Plans to bring a male striptease act to a Bradford pub were scuppered when an entertainment licence for the premises was refused.

Michael Erlam, of Lister's Pub, Manchester Road, had staged the acts at Wednesday ladies' nights until realising he needed permission from Bradford Council.

His application for an entertainment licence asked for a clause banning striptease to be removed.

But the Council's licensing panel chairman Councillor Martin Smith said: "The panel has refused the application on the grounds that the applicant is not a fit and proper person because members are not satisfied he has sufficient control over the premises and because of breaches before."