Reading Roars!

The press has devoted ample coverage this week to the controversial issue of late drinking in England.

My feeling is that late drinking would result in an increase in anti-social behaviour.

As the Reading Chronicle opines in its Comment:

November 24 - when the government’s ill-conceived licensing laws come into force - will herald another lurch towards yet more drunken lawlessness on our streets.

We have enough drunk morons already, causing harm to each other and damaging property. So why does the Government believe that Continental-style drinking would emerge from the licensing changes? It is madness. (more…)

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The Evening Post reports that police officers in the town centre will have mobile video cameras strapped to their heads in a bid to cut drink-related violent disorder. The cameras will capture what the cops see, with the footage used later as court evidence. According to Andy Bagnall, Reading town centre inspector, drinkers modify their behaviour when they realise that their actions are being recorded. Yeah…right. Aren’t drinkers aware already of the high concentration of CCTV cameras in the town centre? And surely the camera softens the carrier’s image? Come on, we need to go back to basics to fight this urban disease - not a piece of gimmicky technology.

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From Thames Valley Police:

There has been an increase in hate crime reports to the Thames Valley Police in the days following the events in London on July 7.

From July 7 to August 1 there were 146 reports of racially aggravated crime, compared to 105 in the same period last year. The detection rate is 34.2 per cent compared to 16.2 per cent last year. Furthermore there has also been a significant increase in arrests for racially aggravated crime where the suspect is identified, which currently stands at 57 per cent compared to 28.2 per cent in the same period as last year (29 March to 1 August).

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