British judge: Fast-food joints near schools are illegal

Mr Justice Cranston said that Tower Hamlets council, East London, ‘acted unlawfully’ by allowing a Fried & Fabulous to open on the site of a former grocery shop.

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The takeaway selling burgers, chicken and chips was too close to the Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School, just 500 yards away, he said.

The unprecedented ruling follows a crackdown on unhealthy eating by national and local government.

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