HYNDBURN Council is trying to promote safety awareness over the millennium by issuing a warning to landlords and club owners to ensure their premises are not overcrowded.

It said that allowing more than the specified number of people into licensed premises is a breach of licensing conditions and could lead to fines for offenders.

Chairman of the licensing sub-committee Coun Sandra Hayes said: "We do not want to detract from anyone's enjoyment of the millennium celebrations in Hyndburn but that enjoyment must include the knowledge that their safety has not been compromised."

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