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A MAN who was barred from a pub in Trawsfynydd slapped the license holder’s husband across the face when challenged, Dolgellau magistrates heard. William Harry Barker, 41, now living in Llanaelhaearn, was on a 12-week suspended prison sentence for assaulting a local man who needed £1,300 medical treatment to his teeth when he entered the […]
Mike Yates, licensee at Mr Whites Pub in Birkenhead where a doorman was stabbed over the weekend. He wants to relaunch a pub watch scheme for the town. A landlord whose Birkenhead pub was the scene of a vicious assault on a doorman is calling for the introduction of a Pubwatch scheme in the town. […]
A total of 72 people caught causing trouble in South Shields town centre bars are currently on a pub ban list. South Shields Pubwatch has released the figure as a reminder to those coming to the town for a night out to behave or risk being barred. “The bans show we do take action against […]
A report by Bob Mackenzie the Offending Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme worker for the registered charitable organisation Orkney Alcohol Counselling and Advisory Service known locally as OACAS. In December 2008 I retired from the Northern Constabulary after 31 years police service with my final seven years being as the Detective Sergeant / Crime […]
Gareth Wood pledged to give up the booze after his second drunken assault, three years after being jailed for a separate attack A violent drunk who served five years in jail for knifing a man vowed to quit booze for ever after he was sent back to prison for another attack in a pub. Gareth […]
WEYMOUTH TO WESTMINSTER: Cheers to sensible drinking TWENTY-FOUR hour drinking was a disastrous idea from its inception. Unlike the Mediterranean countries, we have neither the culture nor climate to accommodate this way of life. The consequences are too often felt by local communities, police and the NHS. And nowhere more so than in Weymouth, whose […]
Do you know of a local Pubwatch scheme which is making a real difference to reducing crime and disorder in your community? If you do, then please seriously consider helping them to make an application to enter this year’s Diageo National Pubwatch Award. We think the best way to promote best practice is to identify […]
From left Mark Worthington (NPW Committee) and Mick Willey 4th May 2016. At today’s Corby Pubwatch Committee meeting, which also hosted the towns Best Bar None Awards, Mark Worthington presented Mick Willey with a National Pubwatch Commendation for his commitment to Corby Pubwatch. His contribution to the scheme was also recognised by the Corby Community […]
29/04/2016 Three brothers have been jailed for a vicious assault on a man in a Birmingham pub which left him with a ruptured spleen. A row between the group resulted in Marvin, Ashley and Darren Trevis chasing the man around the Yardley Arms on 26 June last year and carrying out a sustained attack with […]
With less than two months to go until the start of Euro 2016 and with three home nations taking part, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has produced definitive guidance for pubs planning on making the most of the tournament. The guidance, freely available on the BBPA website, via this link, has been developed with […]