RESTORATION work is continuing at a Pickering pub - and it could soon have its own brewery.

Jill and Phil Hall took over The Black Swan in Birdgate earlier this year, and have been carrying out extensive renovations.

Four guest rooms have now been upgraded and fully refurbished and they hope to have their brewing licence from HMRC in the next few weeks.

The couple have also now bought the freehold on the building from Enterprise Inns.

They were already free of the controversial beer tie, which allows pub-owning companies to limit what licensees can sell, but they now own the building outright.

Jill said: "That was definitely a proud moment when that went through."