Shop blocked from staying open until 2am after police catch them breaking rules twice

A corner shop has been blocked from staying open until 2am after police caught them breaking rules twice. The off-licence only opened in June and has already applied to Bristol City Council for permission to extend its opening hours from 11pm until 2am Monday to Saturday.

The new Premier, on Quay Street in the city centre, lies in between a former café and an electric bike shop. Twice this summer a licensing officer at Avon and Somerset Police visited the shop to check if licence conditions were being complied with, and found both times they were not.

Councillors on a licensing hearing on Thursday, September 4, heard concerns from the police about the shop. Nobody from the shop attended the hearing t

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