Leicestershire charity shop raises milestone £250,000

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A Leicestershire charity shop has hit a huge milestone. Over the years the Rainbow Shop next to St Andrew's Church in Countesthorpe has raised £250,000 for people in poverty. Volunteers there have been selling goods and making teas and coffees for nearly 40 years, to raise money for Christian Aid. The enterprise was started in 1984 by the then vicar Brian Davis and his wife Sylvia following shocking tv news pictures of the plight of people starving in Ethiopia. Jo Bostock has been to the Rainbow Shop to meet the team