Article: Massage parlour forced to close; Cathedral protests win day.(News)

Byline: Rachel Newton and Ron Quenby

SENIOR clergymen have won their battle to close down a massage parlour which has opened 50 yards from Chester Cathedral.

Gemini has been operating for several months outside one of the ancient entrances to the cathedral precincts after opening without permission.

The business calls itself a ``gentleman's recreation club''.

Yesterday the city council's planning board overturned the advice of its officers and rejected a retrospective application for the former tea shop to become a massage parlour.

It follows a protest from cathedral authorities who submitted a letter and a petition signed by ...

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