TIME has been called on drunken yobs in Huddersfield.

A Pubwatch scheme has been revived in the town, aimed at preventing violent drunken yobs wreaking havoc.

And those behind the scheme hope to bring in a blanket ban on yobs.

It would mean that a person barred from any of the town centre's 86 bars for violence would be banned from them all - with their photos available to bar staff.

A meeting yesterday determined the policy behind Pubwatch, which is an information and intelligence scheme which shares the personal data between licensees, West Yorkshire Police and Kirklees Council.

Richard Woodhead, licensing officer for West Yorkshire Police, said: "Pubwatch is intended to deter a small minority of yobbish and violent night-time revellers from causing trouble and misery for the well-behaved majority.

"It tells the minority clearly that if you are barred from one, you are barred from them all."

Licensees from town centre bars met at the Bar Rouge in King Street and signed up for the Pubwatch scheme.

Mr Woodhead is now keen to approach those remaining licensees who could not attend and encourage them to join.

He said: "Ideally, we would like them all to join, because a universal ban will make the most of the action as a severe deterrent."

The scheme centres on individuals who have been convicted of alcohol related violent crime.

The police will provide photo- graphs of those individuals convicted and circulate them to all participating licensees.

The licensees will then be able to brief staff on who not to admit or serve.

The photographs will not be available to other members of the public.

The revival of Pubwatch coincides with a new scheme called Best Bar None. It began in Manchester and is becoming a national standard of quality in bars and pubs, monitoring management quality, security and health and safety issues.

It is hoped this will also contribute to a reduction in alcohol-related crime.

Mr Woodhead said he hoped other areas of Huddersfield and Kirklees would set up their own Pubwatch schemes.

He urged anybody interested to contact his office on 01484 223856.