Knifeman slashed bouncer's cheek in 'unfortunate incident' at Bernard Manning's Embassy Club

A 'hostile' man slashed the bouncer's check with a knife before fleeing a fight at Bernard Manning's Embassy Club last week, according to a council report. The incident at the pub off Rochdale Road in Harpurhey is reported to have taken place on Friday (March 11).

It left another man with cuts to his hand. Manchester council has been asked to suspend the premises' licence pending a full review, raising concerns that the pub is associated with serious crime.

But landlady Deborah Siddall said 'nothing like this' has happened before at the 'world famous' club once owned by the late comedian Bernard Manning. She said: "We've not had any incident like this before. It was just unfortunate.

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"We didn't even know the fella. He wasn't one of the regulars."

According to a police statement submitted to Manchester council ahead of a licensing hearing tomorrow (March 18), GMP received a 999 call at 10.43pm stating that someone had been cut by a man with a knife at the Embassy Club. But the statement submitted by PC Alan Isherwood on behalf of GMP on Wednesday (March 16) says 'enquiries to trace the offenders' are ongoing.

After speaking to people who were present, police established that at around 10pm, two 'hostile' men were refused entry after they approached door staff and threatened that they would 'drag them into the road and knock them out'. However, according to the police statement, the site manager instructed the door staff to let them in – something which landlady Deborah Siddall denies.

She said: "They were refused entry and then one of them pushed past my son who was working at the time. My son was telling them he wasn't