SEVEN men were seen near the Rockcliffe Club in Bacup where the condom machine was stolen from the men's toilets.

Manager Sharon Yerkess said: "I was called by the police at 6.15am on Saturday who said they had found the condom machine outside the premises on Rockcliffe Road.

"Thieves had removed a grille from a window, prised it open and got into the toilets.

"But the doors are locked overnight so there is no way of getting into the club from there so they must have decided to steal the condom machine."

Sharon said there was no money in the machine and as police have taken it away for evidence she did not know if any condoms were missing.