Councillor questions decision to turn Fen town's former Halifax into gaming centre
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Councillor questions decision to turn Fen town's former Halifax into gaming centre
• A leading Fenland councillor is asking "what on earth is going on?" after planning officers granted permission for the conversion of a former Halifax bank into an adult gaming centre.
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