The Government has taken the decision to implement Drinking Banning Orders (DBOs) on application. These orders came into force on 31st August 2009 and will be available to practitioners from this date. The Home Office has published guidance on DBOs on application.

Drinking Banning Orders are modelled on Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. The key aspects of DBOs are as follows:

Scotland moves closer to introducing minimum pricing

The Scottish government today announced bold plans to take further action to act on the availability and price of alcohol by introducing minimum retail pricing measures. The plans were announced today as the Scottish National Party published a series of documents as A Framework for Action.

Allowing licensees to choose which forms of ID they accept makes a nonsense of Government attempts to combat underage sales.

That was the stern message delivered by the chief executive of CitizenCard Andrew Charvis on the card's 10th anniversary.

Portsmouth City Pubwatch (PCP) has today confirmed its' Zero Tolerance of violence towards Ambulance workers.

Pubwatch Chair Janet Hillier has spoken with Community Heath Practitioner & Paramedic John Cross of the South Central Ambulance Service to confirm that PCP Members endorsed a motion which will see an immediate exclusion from their venues of any individual who assaults a member of the ambulance service.

A small pub is fighting back against the big boys by offering a pint of beer for less than a pound.

The move by the independently owned Waterfront Quay in Gosport High Street comes after pub giant JD Wetherspoon started a price war by launching its own 99p pint.

THE number of bouncers being attacked while at work in our pubs and clubs has fallen.
Figures obtained by The News under the Freedom of Information Act show the number of door staff assaulted between January and December last year was 140, down 20 per cent from the previous year when there were 174 reports.