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A new bottle store is to open at Washdyke, opposite the site of another proposed bottle store which had its liquor licence application declined earlier this year.
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The objection was not available for the public to view. Stewart said she would be disputing the police opinion. She said she had worked with police on a trial basis between January and March, with no liquor sold, to show she could run the strip club responsibly. She had installed cameras, employed security staff and did not have a smoking area for patrons outside. There had been no incidents and no fights. “There was trouble at every other bar, but not mine.” She believed she had done everything necessary to convince the police to withdraw their objection, but they did not.
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