Russ Harmer has run Happisburgh Stores for 16 years and Mundesley Stores for six years. on the north Norfolk coast.

He is one of a number of newsagents and newspaper delivery services that still recognise the importance of newspapers in an increasingly digital age. 

Mr Harmer said: "There is still a need for physical press. There is still a demand for it.

"I don't think that they will ever go away.

"Especially because of people who want time away from screens to actually sit and read a paper.

"It is an escape from the digital world for a lot of people. 

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Russ Harmer, 40, runs Mundesley Road and Happisburgh Road Stores in North Walsham.Russ Harmer runs Mundesley Road and Happisburgh Road Stores in North Walsham. (Image: Archant) "Trends over the last decade have seen a move towards digital, but I have noticed over the past couple of years across papers that sales of physical papers have actually increased, especially when it comes to deliveries. 

"There are also people who depend on the delivery of papers, especially older people, to get their news. 

"We will sell about 600 copies of the EDP a week across both sites, roughly 50/50 in terms of deliveries and people who come in to buy. 

"Maybe physical papers will have a comeback like a lot of old mediums have such as vinyl. 

"They need to have a proper comeback."

Mr Harmer was speaking during Home News Delivery Month, which aims to celebrate and promote home newspaper delivery.

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