Shane Croucher

Work on Lincoln’s latest nightspot is well underway, as the Constitutional Club gets transformed into Tokyo Lincoln.

There’ll be a 1,000 capacity nightclub and a restaurant once the £1.5 million renovation is completed by owners Tokyo Industries.

After 15 years as a derelict property, the building will re-open its doors to the public for the August Bank Holiday — with Calvin Harris and 2 Many DJs already booked to play the opening weekend.

Built in 1895 by architect William Watkins, the Silver Street building is Grade II listed. The Lincolnite was invited to explore the property as it is given a new lease of life. Here’s a gallery of what we discovered:

Photos: Samantha Fisher for The Lincolnite

There are 5.2 Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Lincoln for every city vacancy advertised by Jobcentre Plus.

A total of 2,978 people in Lincoln were claiming JSA, with just 568 vacancies advertised in the area, as of the latest figures from May 2011.

People claiming JSA in Lincoln has actually fallen on last year by 263, from 3,421.

Figures on the rate of JSA claimants versus Job Centre vacancies were released by the Office of National statistics, after a parliamentary question from Labour MP Chris Ruane.

However, the figures must be treated with a degree of caution. The document containing the data says: “Jobcentre Plus vacancies are available from the NOMIS website. They relate to ‘live unfilled vacancies’, which are vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus and currently thought to be unfilled.

“A large number of vacancies are not notified to Jobcentre Plus, and the rate of notification can depend on location, occupation and industry. Data for Lincoln is affected by armed forces recruitment.”

There are currently 1.49 million people over 18 claiming JSA in the UK.

Source: House of Commons Library