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Plans for Wallsend Buzz Bingo hall to be turned into discount shop given go-ahead

Councillors have approved plans to convert Wallsend's Buzz Bingo Hall into a "discount" shop.

The plans, submitted by BMW (UK) Trustees Ltd, were approved despite many residents complaining the conversion would remove a vital community space. The council recorded 395 public objections to the proposals.

Many residents objected and claimed changing the venue to a shop would disadvantage the elderly and women who value the bingo hall as a safe place to socialise.

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