Bristol World discuss: what are the top news stories this week? As ever there has been loads on in the city of bristol this week, from the removal of local van encampments to bristol sounds festival.
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00:00So, as ever, it has been a very busy week in the city of Bristol. So, Charlie, can you
00:06tell us what is our top news story in the city this week?
00:10So our top story this week is that the site of a long-running nightclub in Bristol has
00:17been put on the market. So it's Lakota has been put up for sale for an undisclosed price
00:25and this is ahead of plans to turn the site in Stokescroft into a mixed-use development
00:32with 46 homes and some business space. Now, this sale comes four years after plans were
00:39first approved for the site, despite them attracting 290 objections.
00:47Thank you, Charlie. So we will see how that all pans out.
00:51Shall we move on to our second top news story in the city this week? Tell me about that.
00:56Next is that a cocktail bar and nightclub, on a more positive note, has reopened in the city
01:04centre months after it closed down. So this is the Illuminati space on Park Street, which shut
01:14its doors in February at the time they said they were struggling with hospitality, the industry
01:23being up and down. But it's now reopened and it's adopted a bit of a different model.
01:30Thank you, Charlie. So that is a very exciting one for the drink scene in Bristol. Shall we
01:36move on to our third top news story in the city? Tell me about that.
01:40And finally, on a different note, is that the Mayflower restaurant has closed at its location
01:50of more than 20 years. But it is reopening in a new location, fortunately,
01:56and it's due to the redevelopment of its current site.