While an appeal for the council to spend £700 on a replacement gate for a playground in the town has been rejected, the same authority has splashed out £65,000 on revamping a play park in Sheringham.

Locals in Fakenham were told North Norfolk District Council does not have the budget for the relatively small sum, infuriating many who believe they have been overlooked in favour of their more glamorous seaside neighbour.

Their irritation was further exacerbated with the authority setting aside £30,000 to repair an ice cream kiosk in Cromer.

It led a Fakenham councillor to wonder if the council is "spending money like a drunken sailor" - just not in her town.

The play park in Fakenham, in The Lawns estate (Image: Google)

The new row follows past tensions between Conservative councillors in Fakenham and Stalham and the Liberal Democrat-controlled council, who claim their towns are getting less attention than their more prosperous coastal neighbours.

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