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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Groucho Club allowed to reopen after licence suspension over rape allegation

The Groucho Club entrance
The Groucho Club in Soho counts many A-list celebrities among its members. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Media

The Groucho Club will be allowed to reopen after an emotional council meeting at which its licence was reinstated, providing that the 39-year-old institution follows strict police-proposed rules on members’ guests and the monitoring of toilets.

The London private members’ club’s licence had been temporarily suspended after allegations that a woman was raped inside the venue on 13 November. A 34-year-old man was arrested in Hertfordshire on suspicion of rape and has been bailed.

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