A wedding ended in chaos after a fight broke out between guests who were left covered in blood.
They caused £15,000 of damage to the Daresbury Park Hotel in Daresbury near the outskirts of Runcorn and left the rest of the 50 to 60 guests shaken. Violence broke out in the bar in the hotel function room before spreading to other areas.
Tables, chairs and glasses flew as men aged between 21 and 55 fought. Cheshire Police said the men armed themselves with makeshift weapons such as coat stands and fire extinguishers before returning to the main room to carry on fighting.