A mum-to-be nightclub manager aims to perform a first on the dance floor by having her baby in a birthing pool at the Blackburn hot spot.

Stacey Hans surprised bosses at Heaven and Hell with her dance floor request with boyfriend John, who also works at the town centre venue.

Now club bosses are in discussions with medical staff and have been weighing up the risks in order to grant the parents-to-be's unusual wish.

Resident DJ Andy Copeland has been booked to play relaxing music and "chill out tunes" during the birth of the baby, which is due next June.

All the happy couple, who have worked together for the last four years, need to decide now is whether to have the birth in Heaven or Hell.

The club has rooms named after each, along with one called Purgatory.

And the baby's name hangs in the balance until a decision is made, with Angel a favourite if it is born in Heaven' or Damian for a birth in Hell'.

Stacey, 32, from Clitheroe said: "Heaven and Hell is a magnificent club and my boyfriend and I have worked here for several years.

"I wanted to give birth in a place of significance that would mean something to us both and be slightly out of the ordinary.

"I am very into natural births and we thought that the club would be a superb place to remember our first child's entry into the world.

"The only thing we have to decide is whether to have the birth in Heaven or Hell."

Birthing pools became popular in the early 1990s as natural medicine and alternative therapy took off.

There is evidence to suggest that having birth in water has many benefits including keeping blood pressure levels steady.

Arrangements are being made for how to decide when Stacey should come into the club to give birth.

General Manager of Heaven and hell, Adele Lord, said: "I was somewhat shocked when Stacey and John came and asked that they could have the birth in the venue next year.

"I would do anything to help my staff realise their dreams, though this did seem like a bizarre request!

"I am helping the couple to look into arranging the birth in the venue and am currently liaising with medical staff on their behalf and looking into the relevant risk assessments, which funnily enough have not been done before!

"I hope to be present on the day of the birth."