Why was Saturday night closed early?

Yesterday night's proceedings were brought to a premature end when the Winter Gardens closed all its bars earlier than planned, sometime around midnight.

There was a lot of debate and discussion among Young Farmers as to exactly why - whatever the reason, it resulted in lots of people dressed as superheroes (that was the fancy dress code for the evening, remember) heading out and home prematurely.

I spoke to two policeman outside (quite a few were present), but the picture at this stage is still confused, so we'll bring you the full SP when we've had a chance to find out the facts today.