London council saves gay fetish club from redevelopment
(The Guardian World News)

Tower Hamlets says Backstreet bar is `an important community asset´ and blocks 46-flat towerThe UK´s last remaining strict leather and rubber fetish gay club has been saved after a London council blocked plans to redevelop the East End site into a 12-storey residential tower.Tower Hamlets council ruled against the proposed 46-flat development on Mile End Road because it would `harm the long-term provision of a nightclub that serves the LGBT+ community`. Continue reading...