CAN'T afford a holiday this year? If finances demand that you pay off your credit card instead of sunning yourself in foreign climes, Atlantis holds the perfect substitute. The club will be holding a beach party this evening, so you don't have to miss out on your jollies after all.

Atlantis is requesting that you "Bare all at the Beach Ball". This, apparently, is not an inducement to turn up starkers but to don swimwear, sarongs and other holiday type tackle and imagine you were trotting over a beach in Barbados rather than nellying about in a North-west nightclub.

Still, expect to see Atlantis decked out in style with palm trees, sand and sunbeds not to mention grass skirts, flower garlands and the obligatory inflatable beach ball. Bolton babes take note -- those willing to adopt beach-style on the night could be eligible for the Beach Babes competition, run by Front magazine this evening -- with the chance to get your photo in the July and August issues or win a holiday for two. Time to start applying the fake tan...