Board game café and banquet hall can sell booze but new city centre bar can't

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A board game café and a banquet hall in Manchester will soon be allowed to serve alcohol. But a new city centre bar's bid to sell booze has been refused.

Goodtime Games in Didsbury has been granted an alcohol licence despite objections from a neighbouring business. Empire House off Cheetham Hill is also now licensed after concerns about a brawl at the venue were addressed.

But a new bar which was due to open in Shudehill within weeks has had its application for an alcohol licence rejected. Manchester council also revoked a Collyhurst shop's licence at a town hall hearing on Tuesday (August 1) after hundreds of illegal cigarettes and vapes were seized in five raids since 2016. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Councillors also approved changes to a Fallowfield convenience store's licence at the hearing after its owner pulled plans to extend its hours.

But the licensing panel rejected an application from a Rastafarian Church in Moss Side to host an event on the Caribbean Carnival weekend despite offers to end it earlier.