'It's never too late to save London clubs' says city's new night tsar Amy Lame

London's new night tsar has said it's "never too late" to save the city's clubbing scene.

Amy Lame's job is to work with policy makers, police, businesses and venue owners with the aim to make sure "London thrives as a 24-hour city".

Newsbeat found that more than half of all UK clubs shut down between 2005 and 2015.

"I need to stem the flow of those closures," she said after being unveiled by London mayor Sadiq Khan.

"That will be one of my top priorities - it's never too late.

"Unfortunately some venues have been lost, but we have to look to the future and make sure we're creating a vibrant, diverse, 24-hour city."

Fabric is in Farringdon in central London

She also said the closure of the iconic nightclub Fabric was "terrible".

"The mayor and I are united on this, we want to see it reopened. But it's symbolic of a much bigger problem."

Amy Lame says she will hold night surgeries to discuss the potential for London

Amy Lame says she understands the issues facing nightlife culture after running club nights and being a big part of a campaign to keep venues open.

"London nightlife is my life. There's a huge potential.

"We have an amazing team of people at City Hall but also we have the night-time commission.

"That is a body of people with representatives from across every aspect of London nightlife."

Sadiq Khan rode the first night Tube when it launched on 19 August

One of the concerns with the new role is that, despite having a background in nightlife culture, Amy Lame won't have a strong enough voice when talking to regulators.

That's something Sadiq Khan disagrees with.

"What we don't want is someone who isn't a fighter and a champion for nightlife," he said.

"She's going to argue to make sure we've got a decent culture in London, she's got a huge amount of experience."

There are also calls for night tsars be introduced in places like Glasgow and Manchester - but London isn't the first city to have one.

San Francisco already has one and it's based on an idea which started in the Amsterdam in 2012.

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