Club is shut a day after launch

A revamped bar and nightclub in Telford has been forced to close down just 24 hours after its launch night after attracting just four customers.

The DNA Venue Bar and Nightclub in Oakengates, formerly known as Insomnias and 42s, opened last Friday with a foam party after a huge refurbishment.

But club boss Alan McMahon said revellers refused to go into the nightclub, despite an offer of free entry.

After taking just £84 over the first two nights, Mr McMahon emptied the revamped building and gave the keys back to the building's owner. Mr McMahon, from Gloucester, who has now started running a pub in Bristol, said: "We changed the two floors of the club and it looked fantastic.

"We opened the doors and there were plenty of people out in the town but we just couldn't get them inside, despite offering free entry and a free entry drink. The people of Oakengates wouldn't step foot in the place."

Mr McMahon said he was also unaware a noise abatement order was in place so if he had been busy he would have been closed down anyway. He said the appropriate sound proofing would have cost £70,000.