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Left to right: Charles Knight, Kay Bower and Chief Constable Michelle Skeer 14/11/19: Cumbria Chief Constable Michelle Skeer presented NPW Star Awards to members of Carlisle and Barrow Pubwatch schemes. The recipients of the awards were nominated by NPW regional representative Joe Murray. Joe highlighted the important role of that local Pubwatch schemes play in […]
27/11/19: Story and photographs courtesy of The Courier www.thecourier.co.uk A Police Scotland-backed campaign which aims to stop drinks being spiked has been branded a waste of time and effort, by members of Fife’s Licensing Forum. Police Scotland’s Fife division is supporting a new initiative by the nationwide Girls Against Spiking group which has seen thousands […]
27/11/19: Story and photograph courtesy of Northamptonshire Telegraph www.northantstelegraph.co.uk Pubs, clubs and businesses across Kettering will be given specialist kits to help anyone suffering serious bleeding. A new pilot scheme will launch next month providing venues in the town with bleed control kits after Kettering Pubwatch put up £1,500 in funding in partnership with Kettering […]
21/11/19: The Institute of Licensing announced that David Lucas is the winner of the 2019 Jeremy Allen Award for excellence in licensing. David has for many years given sterling service to Nottingham City Pubwatch and the scheme was recently awarded the National Pubwatch Award. We were very pleased to support his nomination for the Jeremy […]
11/11/19: Story courtesy of IOM Today www.iomtoday.co.uk New data protection rules are causing a headache for pub and club landlords who want to ban troublemakers from their premises. Introduction of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in the island in May last year has had unexpected consequences for the Pub Watch scheme. Under the scheme, introduced […]
16/11/19: Story courtesy of Horncastle News www.horncastlenews.co.uk Organisers of the campaign to save Horncastle’s Roman Wall are happily toasting the success of one of their latest donations – from a surprising source. Members of the now defunct Horncastle Pubwatch Scheme have handed over £480 to the wall appeal fund. Public houses used to pay into […]
12/11/19: Story and photograph courtesy of Edinburgh Live www.edinburghlive.co.uk Staff at bars and nightclubs in Midlothian handed hundreds of fake IDs to police in the last year. Officers are warning anyone purchasing or carrying forged driving licenses “not to waste their time”, adding that they are actually committing a criminal offence. They say that although […]
25/10/2019: Story courtesy of East Ayrshire Council www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk East Ayrshire Council’s ‘Here to Listen’ campaign gained additional supporters this week, when 20 local licensed premises confirmed their involvement with the East Ayrshire Pub Watch scheme. ‘Here to Listen’ seeks to break the stigma of suicide and get people talking openly about their mental health. David […]
24/10/2019: Photographs and story courtesy of Falkirk Herald www.falkirkherald.co.uk A collaborative initiative which aims to keep people safe in Falkirk during the evenings is gaining momentum with the backing of 16 local late-night venues. The Falkirk Pubwatch Association is the new name for the local Pubwatch group following a restructure and members include representatives from […]
Left to right: Chief Constable Garry Forsyth, PC Rob Sparkes and NPW regional representative Steve Evans 23/10/2019: A Bedfordshire Police officer has been awarded the first National Pubwatch (NPW) ‘Star Award’ in the county. Thanks to a project conceived by PC Rob Sparkes; offenders who have assaulted or abused people working in the night time […]