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The people of Preston have a mixed feelings on whether 24 hour drinking will help ease the city’s alcohol problem.
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Amelia Bailey 31/10/05 Drinking/1 The people of Preston have a mixed feelings on whether 24 hour drinking will help ease the city's alcohol problem. Most people interviewed disagree with plans to relax licensing laws to enable 24 hour drinking. Only two people gave a firm yes with one person unsure. Figures for England show that out of 1.4million crimes in the second quarter of 2005, 318,000 were alcohol related. These figures also show that of the violent crimes more than half are believed to have been drink-fuelled. This increase in drunken violence has prompted calls for the Government to halt the introduction of relaxed licensing laws which as many in Preston would argue will make matters worse. David Hemming, 21, a 3rd year psychology student said: "People will just get more drunk than before, causing more problems to society and costing the police more to contend them." He added: "Its likely to result...
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