City drink ban area extended.LAW-ABIDING citizens can "reclaim the streets Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalisation, and to the car as the dominant mode of " thanks to new alcohol-banning powers for the police, said MP Jenny Willott (pictured). A pilot alcohol order, which covered parts of Cardiff city centre Cardiff city centre is a large and sprawling area that spreads out from Butetown in the south to Cathays Park in the north, and from Canton and Grangetown in the west to Adamsdown in the east. , is being extended to cover the entire city and should be in place by Christmas. The Designated Public Place Order (DPPO DPPO Designated Public Places Order (UK) DPPO Development-Production Prove-Out DPPO District Publication & Printing Office DPPO Designated Public Protection Order (UK) ) does not make drinking in public illegal. But police can order people to stop drinking on the streets and can confiscate their alcohol. Anyone failing to comply will be arrested. Ms Willott, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said: "Late night alcoholfuelled crime and anti-social behaviour is a huge problem on the streets of Cardiff. "People deserve to have a night out in Cardiff without the fear of intimidation or facing violence as a result of excessive alcohol consumption. This ban should help the law-abiding and responsible majority to reclaim the streets. But the police must be sensible in how they use these powers and act proportionately." Ms Willott added: "More broadly, we must act to counter the growing alcoholism problem in Wales. The number of alcohol-related deaths in Wales has risen by 80% over the past 10 years, twice the increase in England." |
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