D-Day for 24-hour drink licence bid

A HUDDERSFIELD newsagent will find out today if he can sell alcohol round-the-clock.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jul 2011, 09:43 BST

Red Square Mini Market in Fartown has asked Kirklees Council for a 24-hour drinks licence.

Police have objected to the proposal, claiming they found out-of-date and untaxed items at the Bradford Road shop.

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Shopkeeper Jaswant Singh Bhullar has applied for permission to sell alcohol 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The council’s licensing panel had been due to decide on the issue on June 20.

At this meeting Richard Woodhead, police licensing officer highlighted concerns about alleged bad management practices at the shop with regard to out of date stock and bottles of spirits/wines for which invoices could not be produced. The police were also concerned that Mr Bhullar “did not seem to have a grasp of licensing law”.

But the matter was delayed to allow Kirklees to receive more information about the shop from West Yorkshire Trading Standards.

Red Square Mini Market is currently licensed to sell drink from 8am to 11pm from Monday to Saturday and from 10am to 10.30pm on Sunday.

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