A shop left gutted by a fire thought to have started by an e-cigarette being charged is due to reopen.

The Co-op in The Street, Upchurch, had to close after the building was left seriously damaged by the blaze last April.

It will now reopen at 7am on Friday.

A temporary trailer unit was brought in after the fire so residents could still buy their groceries.

However, it was closed in May after vandals broke in and stole from it.

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