NEARLY 50 jobs will be created by a new £1.4 million pub in Knaresborough.

Superpub chain JD Wetherspoon is eyeing up a site in High Street, which is already a licensed premises.

Customers will benefit from cut-price drinks at The Crown Inn, which will open on April 1, said the company.

Bosses say 40-45 jobs will created.

A spokesman said: “The pub will serve food all day from breakfast – around 8am – to around 11pm.

“Jobs are being recruited locally – primarily bar and kitchen staff. Managers will be recruited from existing Wetherspoon pubs.”