A university frisbee team has been forced to drop its nickname 'Mental Discs' after it was deemed inappropriate.

Staffordshire University's Ultimate Frisbee Club has the name branded on its logo, but the Students' Union has ordered the team to remove the name to avoid causing offence to mental health patients.

Union president Fiona Wood said: "Mental is a derogatory word and we are pre-empting any complaints because there are a few people unhappy with it.

"The club itself is happy to change its name. We are helping them out with the re-branding."

However, team captain Lee Priest questioned the move, telling The Sentinel: "Mental Discs has been printed on our t-shirts for the past six years so we were amazed when the union requested we change it.

"We've never had any complaints. We respect people's opinions if they think it could be offensive, but we don't think it is."