Tesco has laid down the gauntlet in Marston.
A two-day planning inquiry into a scheme to transform the Friar pub into a new store is under the spotlight.
Yesterday the company’s lawyers suggested local shops worried about their future should “relish the challenge” of a new Tesco opening up next door.
Yeah, right.
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