DJ STEPHANIE Hirst has given her backing to a struggling Barnsley Record Shop for fear of it going the way of legendary town centre store Casa Disco.

Hirsty met Debut Records owner Stuart Sheard yesterday to talk about ways to boost business after Stuart announced on Facebook he was pulling out of Record Store Day next month due to poor trading.

DJ Stephanie Hirst said: "Music's got me through everything, vinyl really is tangible, we need record stores."

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated March 13. **