Council bosses have given the green light for fetish nights to continue in the Gay Village after a row over the legality of consensual sex in 'darkrooms'.
The M.E.N revealed last month that police and licensing authorities had launched a crackdown on events such as Club Alert! that have been running for decades.
Over the last six months, licensing officers have repeatedly visited premises including Night People and The Eagle and warned them they are breaking the law.
The dispute centred on whether the events were operating as 'private members clubs' and could therefore permit men to have consensual sex.
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