Locals have lost a last-minute bid to save a hideaway seaside hotel beloved by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Campaigners fought to restore The Corbett Arms where Beatles fans have made pilgrimages to follow in the footsteps of a Lennon family holiday.

But council chiefs have ordered the fans to 'Let it Be' because the hotel is too dangerous to be saved.

Safety chiefs says the site is a danger to the public after hotel has been allowed to crumble away in Tywyn, North Wales.

The authority was accused by locals of 'cultural vandalism' for failing to save the grade-II listed structure which has been closed for 14 years.