By Ryan McAleer November 16, 2022 at 5:00pm GMT PLANS to develop a new £9 million virtual facility at Loop Studios in east Belfast have been approved by the city council’s planning committee.

An attorney representing Chicago native R. Kelly addressed the media Thursday, one day after city inspectors found code violations in the embattled R&B singer's West Loop recording studio.

The inspection was granted by a Cook County judge last week after the City demanded the right to get into R. Kelly's warehouse/recording studio at 219 N. Justine Avenue.