Leeds newsagents denied alcohol licence by council after community backlash

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35 neighbours signed a petition against the idea

Town Street News, on Town Street, had applied for a licence to sell booze for 16 hours a day, but ., with one saying he’d been threatened by drunks in the street.

At a licensing hearing on November 2, the shop’s representatives insisted crime in the area was “remarkably low” and that residents’ concerns were “well meant” but “misguided”.The shop lies just 0.3 miles outside ofNo decision on the licence was revealed on the day of the hearing, but now the council has confirmed the application was rejected.

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