A LAST-ditch attempt by a gambling firm to open an amusement arcade in Darlington has been successful.
Count Cash, of Middlesbrough, had tried and failed twice to get planning permission to convert a former Cockerton Green caf into an arcade due to local opposition.
But this week it was revealed that following an appeal against the decision, a planning inspector had overturned the borough council planning committee's decision and approved the arcade conversion.
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