Pee-proof paint could dampen desperate Manchester drinkers

Hamburg has already trialled the high-tech nano-paint that repels liquids back onto late-night revellers

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Manchester City Council is considering a new deterrent to stop people from urinating in public: pee-proof paint.

The high-tech substance was originally designed to help keep dirt off cars and will bounce back any liquids sprayed at it.

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