A Darlington restaurant fined £90,000 for employing illegal workers is facing a licensing review. Immigration officers raided the Oak Tree Inn, Middleton St George, last December and found four people working there illegally.

The Home Office said three of the four people did not hold the right to work, while the other was working in breach of conditions. Darlington Borough Council will consider the future of the Yarm Road venue's alcohol licence at a meeting on Thursday (September 11).

The previous operators were issued a £90,000 fine earlier this year for employing two people who did not have the right to work. Bailiffs have reportedly been sent to collect the fine. A premises licence report said one of the workers tried to run from the kitchen when officers arrived, while another "

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