{"id":7540,"date":"2018-02-28T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2018-02-28T16:00:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:00:44","slug":"tower-hamlets-becomes-a-responsible-drinking-borough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/tower-hamlets-becomes-a-responsible-drinking-borough\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower Hamlets becomes a \u201cResponsible Drinking Borough\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7541\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Drink.jpg\" alt=\"Drink\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/>Tower Hamlets Council is introducing a public order to give police and council enforcement officers new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by people drinking alcohol in public places.<br \/>\nThe order comes into effect on 1 March 2018. It means that people who are being anti-social and drinking alcohol in a public place could be issued with an on the spot fine up to \u00a3100. Fines of up to \u00a3500 could be issued if they are convicted for being anti-social and refusing to stop drinking when asked to by a police officer or enforcement officer.<br \/>\nJohn Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets said, \u201cResidents have told us that anti-social behaviour and crime linked to excessive alcohol consumption is an issue across the whole of Tower Hamlets.<br \/>\n\u201cThis order provides reassurance to law-abiding residents that something is being done to tackle these issues and gives police and council enforcement officers additional powers to target those who cause misery to others.\u201d<br \/>\nCouncillor Asma Begum, Cabinet Member for Community Safety, added, \u201cThis order will only be used to tackle the poor behaviour that our residents face when people drink to excess.<br \/>\n\u201cBy making it borough wide, we can ensure that the whole of Tower Hamlets has equal protection from bad behaviour. I look forward to the improvement it will bring to our residents\u2019 quality of life.\u201d<br \/>\nAn extensive 6 week public consultation took place in February \u2013 March 2016 to decide whether the order should be introduced.<br \/>\n84 per cent of residents, businesses, charities, partner organisations and licensees\u00a0 were in favour of introducing a Responsible Drinking Borough order.<br \/>\nStreet drinkers in the borough will continue to be offered advice and support into treatment services to help them address their addictions, move out of the \u2018street lifestyle\u2019 and address their anti-social behaviour.<br \/>\nSigns have been placed in prominent locations across the borough to inform residents and visitors of the public order and its implications to them.<br \/>\nAlcohol related anti-social behaviour can be reported by calling the Police Non-Emergency Number, 101.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/tower-hamlets-becomes-a-responsible-drinking-borough\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower Hamlets Council is introducing a public order to give police and council enforcement officers new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by people drinking alcohol in public places. The order comes into effect on 1 March 2018. 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