Iphone 5 lock button stopped working

Hello
My lock button on my iphone 5 started to take a couple of presses to work a few weeks ago and now wont work at all,
I have had to start using assistive touch to lock my phone,
Will apple fix this or give me a new phone under warranty ? also do i ned to take it to the apple store ? which is a long way from where i live.
Regards

C&P #1
You will see me repeat this often and in fact, I will cut and paste it for future use.
A malfunctioning sleep/wake button is the prelude to catastrophic device failure and loss of data.
Very shortly, the user will need to reset and/or restore but will find that these actions are impossible without a working sleep/wake button.  Get the iPhone serviced or replaced ASAP.
End of C&P
Backup if you can.  Clock is ticking, time's-a-wasting.

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