Local couple buy Broad Campden pub “for the enjoyment of the village”

A NEW era draws ever nearer for a much-loved village pub – and occasional TV star - that is bucking the trend and bouncing back from closure.

The Bakers Arms in Broad Campden has long been one of the area’s best-kept secrets - treasured by villagers and those in the know but largely out of sight of those on a day trip to one of the Cotswolds’ more famous destinations.

It shut in early April, after Michelle Hirst, who had been running the pub solo after the sad death of her husband Dave, stepped down.