Warrington’s biggest club has had its licence under the spotlight after police called for a re–examination of its terms.

Halo’s full licence review came weeks after town centre officers asked the borough council licensing committee for an interim hearing following two incidents where men were seriously assaulted by bottles.

At that hearing officers said the club had become a hotspot for attacks but at the licence review last Monday, police said they were very pleased with the club’s management and progress.

Paddy Whur, said in support of the venue: ‘We have started incident mapping at the venue and CCTV has been put in the black spots. We have been using plastic bottles or decanting drinks at the bar and the door staff are going to be re–trained and have started wearing high visibility vests.’

But Inspector Richard Reeves is concerned that there were still not enough door supervisors.

He said: ‘We had an interim review because we were concerned with the number of victims of assault and want to see one doorstaff to every 85 customers.’

‘I agree that a lot of work has been done in the last few weeks and the club is embracing it but there are still victims being generated from the night time economy.’

The licence committee imposed a number of conditions including re–training of door supervisors in dealing with violent incidents and ID, one member of door staff to every 100 revellers and for them to wear high visibilty clothing.

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