Fabric nightclub will be closed this weekend after the deaths of two teenagers

Fabric nightclub will close this weekend as police investigate two drug-related deaths in six weeks.

The club has agreed to a temporary suspension to its license after an 18-year-old collapsed outside the Farringdon venue on Saturday morning. The teenager was taken to hospital but died later that day.

Another 18-year-old died in hospital after becoming ill at the club on 25 June. Neither death is being treated as suspicious.

A statement on the nightclub's website said, “For the past two years Fabric has operated without incident, but tragically in the past nine weeks two 18-year-old boys have died as a consequence of drug overdoses.

“In order to understand how this has happened we have agreed with the police and other agencies to suspend our operation while we investigate. The club will therefore be closed this weekend.”

A spokesperson from Islington Council said, “After two recent drug-related deaths, the Metropolitan Police has applied for an interim suspension of Fabric’s licence. This application is yet to be determined.”