IT'S the nature of the beast that a nightspot's arrival in this column is usually triggered by a concern and accompanied by a moan.

But stand up bosses at Worcester's popular Chicago Rock Caf, today, and take a well-earned bow for doing the right thing.

Regular Evening News readers will need no reminding that the New Street venue hit the headlines recently when the drunken and lewd behaviour of some of its customers became too much for residents of Nash's Passage to bear.

It's unsurprising, then, that when the nightspot announced that it was seeking to extend its entertainment licence by an hour until 1am, six nights a week, the prospect was almost too alarming for words.

We've always been a strong supporter of the argument that, in a city of nigh-on 100,000 souls with a massive student population, Worcester's economy has to include a thriving nightlife.

But the line definitely has to be drawn when those nightspots begin to have an effect on the reasonable lives of others.

Let's face it, who'd be happy to have drunks continuing to vomit and have sex in their front gardens?

That's why it's an immense relief to those involved that, having made valiant attempts to quieten revellers by handing out free lollipops, of all things, the venue has dropped its plans to add an hour to its licence.

It may seem odd to some that we're going out of our way to praise a decision which, for many, is nothing more than plain, old-fashioned common sense.

But it doesn't hurt to highlight good neighbourliness - especially when it's accompanied by a gentle reminder to Chicago Rock bosses that the problems which have brought the pub into conflict with the good residents of Nash's Passage in the first place still haven't gone away.