Great Yarmouth District Council has granted planning permission for a 250,000 sq ft leisure scheme in Great Yarmouth. The scheme, called ‘The Edge’, is being developed by a company called Pleasure & Leisure, and comprises a 250,000 sq ft leisure complex designed by architect ColladoCollins, which spans 500m of Great Yarmouth’s ‘Golden Mile’ beach frontage. The GBP 35m scheme will create a 60,000 sq ft casino, a 10-screen cinema, bowling alley and a number of food outlets.

Problem gamblers could ban themselves from all of Great Yarmouth's arcades and card tables to tackle their addiction. It is hoped more than 50 gambling premises in the borough will sign up to the Count Me Out gambling self- exclusion programme by February. Many people are getting hooked on gambling as they see it as a way to make money during the credit crunch, but once they are addicted to gambling it can lead to crime.

Within days of Pleasure Beach boss Albert Jones moving an important step closer to full planning approval for his GBP 35m casino scheme, another Yarmouth entrepreneur has restated his intention to also bid for the resort's large casino licence - confident he holds the winning hand. Patrick Duffy, who has already invested more than GBP 9m in his Palace Casino and Palace Bingo complex on the town's old Tesco site...

Great Yarmouth-based Pleasure and Leisure Corporation has submitted a proposal for a GBP 35 million casino, hotel and leisure complex to Great Yarmouth Borough Council, after the UK government granted permission for a new large casino to be built in the town. The council will spend the next six months deciding on Pleasure and Leisure Corporation’s plan for a complex called The Edge on the site of a former caravan holiday park in the South Denes area of town.