The operators of a bar linked to crime and disorder worries have blamed reduced alcohol sale hours for harming its business.
Chaplains on Front Street, Consett was temporarily closed less than a year ago as police felt it was “associated with serious crime and there was a significant risk to public safety”, according to a police letter to the council.
Now it had just 10 punters on a Bank Holiday Saturday when they had to stop serving alcohol at 2am while revellers carried on drinking down the road, councillors heard.
