MACs Bar will remain closed until June 12 after a court hearing was adjourned.

The hearing was to determine whether the venue would have to close permanently and the decision has been delayed for a full contested hearing to take place.

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On Monday, MACs Bar was served with an order that meant it could not open for 48 hours until the outcome of the hearing.

The original statement from Preston Police said: “This afternoon we’ve served an interim closure order on a licensed premises in the City Centre. This closure order is part of the new Anti-social Behaviour legislation from last year.

“The premises is now not allowed to open for 48hrs, we’ll be looking at obtaining a court order on Wednesday to further the length of this closure. We’ll be providing further information on this in due course.”

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