Sherborne Tesco row
Business owners in Sherborne are protesting at plans for a Tesco supermarket. They fear the superstore could take trade away from the town centre.
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Sherborne Tesco row
by Duncan Sleighthome
The supermarket Tesco is in the firing line as another West Country community prepares to fight plans for a superstore.
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Around five hundred people have marched through Sherborne protesting against proposals for a Tesco supermarket.
The demonstration coincided with a consultation by Tesco over plans for a superstore on the outskirts of the town in Dorset. Many shops closed for an hour to show how they think the town centre will be affected.
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Sherborne shops close in anti-Tesco protest
Shops in Sherborne closed for an hour this lunchtime in protest at plans for a Tesco supermarket. Traders fear the superstore could take business away from the town centre.
Tesco is asking residents for their views. It wants to knock down a hotel on the outskirts of town to make way for the development.
A separate campaign is also underway in favour of the plan. A consultation session is being held at the moment in Digby Hall.
Sherborne businesses fight plans for new Tesco
by Duncan SleightholmeShop owners in Sherborne, Dorset, say a new supermarket will take vital trade away from the high street - a claim Tesco denies. The company wants to build a store on the site of the Sherborne Hotel, on the town's outskirts.