Alan Halsall involved in pub fracas

Coronation Street star Alan Halsall was spoken to by police last weekend after he and his friends became involved in a pub bust-up.

Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV1 soap, apparently sprayed a can of deodorant at a fellow drinker, causing a "huge row".

Staff at the Boundary Stone pub in Worsley, Greater Manchester called police to the scene and closed the bar early.

A witness told the News of the World: "Alan kept playing jokes on this lad but eventually it backfired. First he took a can of deodorant or aftershave and started spraying it about.

"Then he found a can of cider and was shaking it as if he were going to spray it. There was a huge row. Three or four police cars turned up and I saw officers talking to Alan."

The witness added: "There's always decent banter in there and Alan goes along with it. He's normally pretty quiet although he can be full of himself at times."