A Hartlepool pub wants to stay open longer.

Bar Paris, in Victoria Road, is open from 11am to midnight, Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 10.30pm on Sundays.

It wants to stay open from noon to 12.30am on Sundays and noon to 2am on Sundays preceding a Bank Holiday.

The town's licensing panel is likely to approve the plan tomorrow, provided a suitable noise insulation scheme is installed before the extended hours come into operation.

It is also being recommended that the back doors should be limited for use as an emergency exit only after midnight.