A Liverpool bar has had its licence suspended after two men were stabbed outside the premises earlier this week.

Two men, aged 24 and 21, were stabbed outside the Walkabout bar in Concert Square in the early hours of Tuesday.

At a licensing review hearing on Friday, Liverpool City Council suspended the bar's licence.

Walkabout said it closed the bar voluntarily before the hearing, and was installing security measures in line with Merseyside Police conditions.

A spokesman for the Australian-themed bar said he expected the premises to re-open on Monday, following a police inspection.

The owners have been ordered to install and maintain an identity scan system and a knife arch.

Staff in the pub will also have to inform security staff if they see anything suspicious, and all drinks are to be served in plastic glasses after 1900 GMT.

Full story here...

such a bad spot in the city centre!

I wonder if its something to do with the chain - there was one in Leicester - they had nothing but trouble there too.

could well be!

A Liverpool bar which was forced to close after a double stabbing has reopened.

Two men were attacked outside the Australian-themed Walkabout bar in Concert Square on Tuesday.

Merseyside Police applied for the bar's licence to be suspended on Friday, until extra security measures had been put in place.

The owners were ordered to install and maintain an identity scanning system and a knife arch.

It was also told it must serve drinks in plastic glasses after 1900 GMT.

A spokesman for the bar said it had reopened on Monday afternoon following a police inspection.

Merseyside Police said it would continue to monitor the situation closely.

THE BBC