Tackling alcohol-related crime and disorder: Safer Scotland; York and Eastbourne stag nights; Wakefield ASBOs

• Scotland: Police cracking down on street drinking have seized enough alcohol to fill a petrol tanker in the past year.  Officers confiscated 17,451 litres as part of a Safer Scotland campaign against knife and alcohol-related violence. The Herald

• Stag and hen parties have a negative impact on York according to the city's tourism partnership, which has asked if they should be banned. The partnership undertook research into people's opinions of the city's night time economy, asking tourists, business owners and residents for their views. Business owners felt that one of the worst aspects of York in the evening was the prevalence of stag and hen parties and that there should be a debate over whether such groups should be confined to one area or even banned completely from staying in the city overnight through hotels and guest houses adhering to a common policy.  York Press

• New pubs, clubs and bars are to be banned from an area in the centre of Eastbourne over fears it will become the stag party capital of the south. Councillors fear the town could become a ‘downmarket party place’ if they do not limit the number of bars and clubs. Eastbourne Borough Council has also decided to make it much harder for venues to extend their opening hours. The ban covers a half a mile square zone which already contains 37 licensed pubs and clubs - more than half of the total for the whole of the town.  Morning Advertiser

• People in the Wakefield District are being warned not to go over the top when they go out, or they could face severe penalties. Strict new measures have been put into place to reduce alcohol related violent crime in Wakefield City Centre. If a person is arrested for assault, public order offences, being drunk or disorderly or any other violent crime, the police will collate data and record it. The person will also be referred to the Wakefield Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, who will instigate intervention work with the individual. This may take the form of receiving a letter warning them about their behaviour or a warning of notice of legal action, or even consideration to seek an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO), which could prevent them from entering pubs and clubs within the City Centre along with other conditions.  West Yorkshire Police