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Article: Protesters stop lap dancing club.
- Article from:
- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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Campaigners have won their long-running fight to stop a Boldon company opening a lap dancing club in Durham City.
The Royal Courts of Justice in London closed the case after Vimac Leisure failed to appeal against the High Court's decision in the given time limit.
The company planned to open a lap dancing club in the Loft nightclub premises at North Road last year but was blocked after residents raised concerns.
Dr Desmond Evans, Ann Evans and Kirsty Thomas are the only residents in the UK to successfully challenge plans for a club since the 2003 Licensing Act was introduced.
Mrs Thomas, of Clay Path, Durham City, said: "It is really ...