A PUB has been allowed to extend its opening hours despite a deluge of complaints from nearby residents.

The Coronation Inn, Middlesbrough, will be able to open from 10am to midnight from Monday to Thursday, and from 11am to midnight on Sunday.

The pub failed in its bid to extend its Friday and Saturday opening hours until 1am. However, Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee allowed an extra half hour's drinking time, taking the closing time to 12.30am on those two nights.

The extended hours are conditional. The pub, part of the Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries chain, must install noise-reduction equipment, double glazing, CCTV security cameras and doors must be closed.

Rresidents complained to the council of disturbed nights of sleep due to noise and brawling as drinkers made their way home from the pub, of glasses being thrown over fences and drinkers urinating in gardens and damaging parked cars.

Councillors also considered concerns voiced by Cleveland Police and from their council officers.