A Newcastle shop previously accused of selling booze to children is bidding to win back its licence after being taken under new management.
Youngsters aged just 13 were among those allegedly being served vodka, wine and other alcohol from the Fawdon Wine Centre, according to lengthy Northumbria Police complaints from 2020. The business was said to have caused "absolute misery" for people living around Fawdon Park Road, with underage kids supposedly flocking to the shop from around Tyneside and becoming a major nuisance for locals.
But, after the Lifestyle Express store changed hands last summer, its new bosses are bidding to regain the site’s surrendered alcohol sales licence. At a Newcastle City Council hearing on Tuesday morning, councillors were told that the past problems were “nothing to do with this premises and this operation”.
