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A teacher says she was refused entry to a club because she was wearing flat shoes.

Abby Ashcroft, who is eight months pregnant, cried when door staff would not let her in when she turned up to the bar for her best friend's hen do.

She was trying to get into Club Liv on Deansgate, Manchester, when she says a bouncer told her "You can't get in here with flats on" despite being on the guest list.

The 28-year-old art teacher and the other nine hens pleaded for her to be allowed in – explaining that she did not want to wear heels because she was pregnant, according to the Manchester Evening News.

But Abby said one staff member, a woman carrying a clipboard, replied: “Fortunately when I was pregnant, I was still able to wear heels. You can’t come in.”

Abby, who is married and has a two-year-old daughter, blasted the door worker as ‘arrogant’ and said she felt discriminated against for being pregnant.

She added: “I’m annoyed to say I cried. This woman upset me, I couldn’t help it. I’m not an emotional person. I don’t really get upset but this shocked me.

“I felt victimised. We were all sober and dressed well. It didn’t make sense.”

Abby, who lives in Durham, said she had rarely gone on nights out during her pregnancy but decided to travel to Manchester for best pal Gemma Pedersen’s hen weekend.

After a fun night out on Friday, Abby, who was drinking orange juice, said she was excited to go to Liv on Saturday and felt like a ‘million dollars’ after spending hours getting ready.

But she told how she was left ‘subdued’ after being turned away.

Abby, who is expecting another daughter in late September, added: “It made me feel like I didn’t belong and should have confined myself to the nursery knitting cardigans for my new arrival rather than supporting my friend. I’ve never been made to feel like that before during either pregnancy.

“I was having such a nice time in Manchester. It’s such a big city so you expect people to just shove past you but everyone had been unbelievably friendly – holding doors open for me and offering to carry my bag.

"Saturday night soured that and put a dampener on it for the other girls as they were worried about me.”

Abby intends to complain to bosses at Liv, which opened in April and is the brainchild of Mo Mohamud, former manager of celeb-haunt bar The Circle, which closed last year.

The club declined to comment.