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Police: Party will be met with alcohol ban
Police officials said they will use a power outlined under the Licensing Act 2003 that allows an emergency blanket ban on alcohol sales to prohibit the beverages from being sold in one of five towns being considered by organizers of the event, The Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
The party, which was organized on social networking Web site Facebook, is planned to take place in Torquay, Paignton, Preston, Goodrington or Broadsands. The actual location of the event, billed on Facebook as "the biggest ever beach party," will not be announced until hours before the start of the blowout.
"The event is likely to cause disruption and difficulty for our community. The supply and consumption
of alcohol would add to those difficulties," police Superintendent Chris Singer said.
Retailers have said an alcohol ban during the popular drinking weekend would severely harm their businesses.
"Any ban will annihilate trade which is already struggling," said Brian Harris, proprietor of The Yacht pub in Torquay.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 07/02/2008
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07-05-2008 01:25
Izzy in Minneapolis wrote:
Disruption of alcohol sales...
is really a non-issue, since most people actually follow the boy scout's motto: be prepared--and they shop accordingly.
07-04-2008 21:22
David wrote:
alcohol
I hope they do have fun but if you cannot not have fun without drinking large amounts of alcohol then I say you have a problem I go out and have fun and sometimes drink no alcohol at all and guess what I still have a great time it should be the people you are with and not the alcohol that makes it a great and fun time
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