Newcastle clubs to introduce ID scanners

Newcastle revellers are kissing good bye to borrowing their mates student cards as ID, as clubs introduce state of the art identity scanners to sniff out fakers.

Only Tiger Tiger and Perdu have introduced the super strict security measure, sure to weed out the under-aged and ruin the nights of unfortunate babyfaced clubbers.

The scanners log who is and isn’t in the club by recording who’s ID has been shown at the door in hopes of also finding the naughty of-age owner of the provisional license you’ve had a lend of.

Party place Perdu

The controversial measure has been introduced to help tackle the under-age drinking problem in the North East.

No more drinking on a school night

Bruce Story of Northumbria police said: “The feedback from the scanners in Perdu has been really positive but we know it won’t suit every type of bar.

We hope these new systems will deter underage drinkers from coming to the city. We aren’t here to stifle their fun, we just don’t want them to break the law as it could really ruin their lives.

“If we see underage drinkers, we will report them and that could affect their future prospects if they end up with a criminal record.”

No use paying £9,000 a year on a degree if you can’t get a job because of that double vodka you got caught with when you were 17.

Door staff of Monday night hang out Perdu are reportedly loving their new high tech ID-ing machine.

Michael Searle, the club’s security manager said: “We’ve always had issues with people using their brother’s and sister’s ID’s.

“Asking people for their ID and waiting for them to find it to show us takes a while and then you have to check it.

“With this, it flashes up in a second. It helps us assess if someone is in trouble elsewhere as well, so we hope to cut down trouble altogether.”

You can’t sit with us if you’re underage

The scanners were funded by Newcastle City Council in 2013 and have emerged recently in time to hit the once a year drinkers around the Christmas and New Year period.

More Newcastle clubs are expected to adopt the ID scanners in 2015.

Northumbria’s Police and Crime commissioner Vera Baird said: “We want to keep Newcastle a place where people come for a good time. Other cities have similar scanners and the system has been a success, and money well spent.”