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Nightclubs closing at 'alarming' rate

Figures suggest that nearly half of the UK's nightclubs have shut their doors in just 10 years, following research by Newsbeat.
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), which represents venues, says in 2005 there were 3,144 clubs and this is now down to 1,733.
Chief Executive Kate Nicholls reckons that in some towns "they are gone for good and we're never going to get them back".
But acts such as Rudimental say that clubbing trends "go in cycles".

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