A play-by-play guide to the emotion and uproar as the iconic London club is forced to close.

It’s official – Fabric is to close its doors having been denied a license renewal following two drug-related deaths at the London nightspot. FACT writer April Clare Welsh was on the scene at the club’s Islington Council review – read how Fabric staffers made their case, and about the angry, stunned responses from those in attendance, as it happened.

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