“Pubs and bars could be forced to offer smaller glass sizes under plans to tackle binge drinking being drawn up by ministers. Action against premises that offer the largest measures of wine and spirits as standard is one of the key elements of a package due to be announced this autumn.”
The Times, 19th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Welsh pub has been banned from selling alcohol for a month as part of a series of tough measures to reduce bad behaviour, the local council said today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Only one person has been found guilty of selling alcohol to a drunk person since the 2003 Licensing Act was introduced, a minister has admitted.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers are to give the police and local authorities powers to create ‘alcohol-free zones’ through the wholesale withdrawal of licences from pubs and clubs in city-centre problem areas.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown will keep open the option of reversing the controversial move to allow pubs and clubs to open 24 hours a day.”
The Independent, 4th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An attempt to create a Continental-style cafe culture by letting pubs and clubs open for longer will be branded a failure in a major Government review, with people drinking more and committing crimes late into the night.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown may be forced to keep controversial 24-hour drinking laws after it emerged that his own review of the measures had found little evidence that they had fuelled Britain’s alcohol culture.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“About 500 pubs and clubs in England and Wales have been granted 24-hour licences in the two years since laws were changed, government figures show.”
BBC News, 8th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has said he could overturn the recent law allowing pubs in England and Wales to open 24 hours a day.”
BBC News, 24th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The introduction of 24-hour drinking laws may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to A&E departments in inner city areas at night, researchers say.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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