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A pub branded one of the roughest in Britain by neighbours has avoided being closed – but has had its opening hours cut.

The Wilsons Arms has seen a string of violent incidents, including a customer slashing a man across the face with a knife in September.

A suspect was arrested and legal action is pending.

In a mass brawl in February a man was headbutted, another had his head stamped on, and the landlady was hit with a pool cue.

In another bizarre incident a 22-year-old man jealous of his 18-year-old girlfriend talking to someone else threw a brick in the air, which landed on his own head.

He also tried to set himself on fire. He was arrested for breach of the peace.

This week Kirklees Council ruled the pub in Mirfield, West Yorks, which only opens on Fridays and Saturdays, should close at 2am instead of 4.30am and ­increase security staff to 3am.

A police statement to the licensing panel at Kirklees Council said: “The licensee has demonstrated that she is no longer in control of the bar.

"The pub only opens Friday and Saturday night and has become a pseudo night club without the correct measures in place for such trade.”

Neighbour Mark Winfield, 46, who has slept with earplugs for ten years because of the noise and has fitted triple glazing, said: “It’s bloody awful. I would say it is the roughest pub I know.”

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Sally Towlend, who lives opposite the pub, said: “People used to fight but nothing like they do now. It has the worst reputation in the world.”

Craig Moorhouse, 29, who also lives on the same road, said: “Police pull up outside the pub and on my side of the road a hell of a lot, to deal with the pub. The pub is rough as anything.”

After the council hearing landlady Emma Buckley, 33, said: “We are open to all at the Wilsons Arms. We don’t want undesirables or troublemakers.

"I am going to change things. Shutting at midnight would have crippled us. I’m happy with the compromise.”

The hearing asked the police to monitor the pub for the next six months.