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Vikki Holt has called on the DVSA to reopen South Tyneside's former driving test centre.

The time our students are waiting for a driving test is ridiculous

Vikki Holt, the owner of South Tyneside-based Top Gun Driving School, has called on the DVSA to reopen the borough's former driving test centre.

I’m relaunching the campaign to reopen the former driving test centre

The former DVSA Test Centre, at the Bede Industrial Estate, in Jarrow.

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