A holiday firm may stop selling stag and hen weekends in Brighton because of recent violence fuelled by binge drinking.

Brilliant Weekends has described Brighton as one of the main problem areas, along with Bournemouth, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

The firm has already suspended sales of stag and hen weekend trips to Nottingham and expects to make a final decision on Brighton shortly.

The concern comes after Sussex Police warnings that stag and hen parties have been getting out of control.

Last month two stag parties on the Palace Pier descended into violence, which meant three bars on the pier had to be closed.

A bottle-wielding attacker came within an inch of blinding PC Paul Grzegorzek, one of the officers called to deal with the 20-man disturbance.

Police also issued warnings after becoming worried by revellers stripping off in the streets and breaching the city's street drinking bans.

Brighton was voted the country's favourite venue for hen parties in a nationwide poll by internet site MyVillage last June, with Nottingham top for stag weekends.

But Bristol-based Brilliant Weekends, which arranges short breaks to more than 50 destinations across Europe, said enough was enough after recent attacks.

Managing director Richard Dennys said: "Unfortunately, there are many other rogue stag and hen weekend operators in the market these days who don't share our concerns and are happy to sell low-cost 'binge breaks' without a second thought for the safety of the customer or the impact on the destination.

"We call on Government and local trading standards officers to crack down on these for the safety of party-goers and the future of UK city centres."