A McDonald's restaurant has banned people aged under 18 after 5pm unless they are with an adult. It follows anti-social behaviour by youths in the outlet on Lord Street, Liverpool.
The giant food chain says it imposed the temporary restriction after a number of incidents. They involved employees being "subjected to verbal and physical abuse", the Manchester Evening news reports.
One restaurant-goer told the Liverpool ECHO about chaotic scenes as security guards are forced to turn away customers. They said: "As I was leaving the security guard stopped a man he believed to be a teenager and told him they weren't allowing people under 18 into the restaurant after 5pm without an adult with them."