A lap-dancing club where police claimed cocaine abuse was rife will have to wait until the new year to hear its fate.

Solicitor John Andrews, representing the Piano Lounge in King Street Parade, Twickenham, asked Richmond Council’s licensing committee, which was due to discuss its future on Monday, to delay the hearing until January 20 next year.

Club owner Walter Angliss, 58, said the drug claims were “absolute nonsense”.