Summary
The Home Office and the Department of Health say there is "no indication" that the change in licensing laws has had a negative impact on alcohol-related crime or public health. However, any price increases brought in by the government could be made largely redundant by the European Court of Justice, which is about to rule on the legality of Britons ordering alcohol from another country and having it delivered to their doors free of excise duty. A recent Young's Bitter billboard poster, which featured a man with a ram's head wearing a white suit surrounded by bikini-clad women, with the strap line "This is a ram's world", was found to breach the guidelines as it "linked the image of an alcohol brand with seduction".
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Stupid Drinking
At 3am on a Saturday night in Croydon High Street, the bars and clubs are kicking out. Hundreds of young people pack the street, shouting drunkenly and milling around, reluctant to go home. There is an aggressive edge to the crowd that makes the heavy police presence reassuring. "There's always a meat wagon and an ambulance parked here," says Dean Leahy, 24, who has been drinking in Croydon for years....
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