The annual Pubwatch Conference, to be held in Harrogate in February, will feature a ministerial key note speech this year.

Home Office minister Alan Campbell will be one of three speakers at the event, which will also offer delegates tips on how to ban troublemakers from their premises without facing legal proceedings.

The one-day event will also include a range workshops, from offering licensees the opportunity to find out how to set up a Pubwatch to a review of the current Licensing Reviews.

The event will take place on 10 February at the Harrogate Majestic Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It is organised by National Pubwatch, a voluntary organisation set up to achieve a safe, secure and responsibly led social drinking environments in all licensed premises throughout the UK and helping to reduce alcohol-related crime.