Cracking way to cut bar glass injury toll

19/09/2008

Super-strength glasses are being raised in Sunderland city centre in a bid to make nights out safer for everyone.

...Pc Paul Thomas, of Sunderland Central neighbourhood policing team, said: "Incidents involving glass are very rare, but by using these glasses we can avoid any such incidents in the future."...

Read the full story at:http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Cracking-way-to-cut-bar.4510527.jp

Nightclub wins city's first 5am alcohol licence

02/09/2008

SOUTHAMPTON'S "only gay night club" has become the first pub or club in the city to win a full 5am alcohol licence.

...only high-end non-shatter plastic glasses would be used - something the club had already introduced with the exception of wine glasses.

Granting the 5am licence, licensing panel chairman Councillor Gerry Drake said the application set a "benchmark" of good practice for other clubs and pubs waiting to extend their hours...

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Support grows for plastic to replace glass

19/08/2008

THE major players supporting moves to improve late night safety in Manly have backed Mayor Peter Macdonald's call for plastic cups to replace glasses after 10pm.

..."The last period (of glassings) we just went through is unprecedented," Supt Darcy said. He said both the Steyne and Ivanhoe hotels had already acted to try to stop glassings the Steyne by using plastic at its View Bar and the Ivanhoe by shutting down its Base Bar...

Read the full story at:http://www.manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/08/19/11631_news.html

City MP gets PM's pledge on poly' glasses

17/07/2008

Mark Lancaster raises safer glasses issue in Commons.....

...Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to look at measures to have plastic, or polycarbonate, drinks glasses used in all clubs and bars...

Read the full story at:http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/City-MP-gets-PM39s-pledge.4293995.jp

Pubs and clubs in Bognor move to dump glass for plastic

16/07/2008

Licensees around Bognor Regis are calling time on traditional beer glasses to make the town safer.....

..."It's all about people enjoying themselves in a safe and sound environment and polycarbonate drinking vessels can help to achieve that."...

Read the full story at:http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/Pubs-and-clubs-in-Bognor.4272227.jp

Plastic Future For Town Centre Bar

06/06/2008

A TOWN centre bar will have to serve all drinks in plastic glasses after councillors imposed strict new conditions on its licence.....

...Sergeant Carl Davis, of Harrow Police, said he was pleased with the result and hoped it would help the bar prevent crime and disorder, and secure the safety of customers....

Read the full story at:http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.2325767.0.
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Club told to get tough on yobs

28/03/2008

One of Oxford's biggest nightclubs - the Bridge - has been ordered to clean up its act as part of a "tougher stance" on night-time violence....

...The Police and Oxford City Council's first licence restriction on the Bridge is an instruction to replace glasses and bottles with polycarbonates or plastics....

Read the full story at:http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2155346.0.
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Glass in the past as Luminar goes plastic

05/03/2008

Britain's biggest nightclub operator Luminar is on course to go completely glass-free within the next two months...

...Chief executive Steve Thomas said the introduction of polycarbonate containers had also slashed cleaning costs by 15% while reducing the possibility of violence inside Luminar bars and clubs...

Read the full story at:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/04/bcnluminar104.xml

136 injured by pub glass attacks

29/02/2008

New figures have revealed police in Northampton were called to deal with 136 violent town centre "glassing" attacks in the past three years...

...campaigners say serious injuries could have been avoided had polycarbonates or plastic glasses been used...

Read the full story at:http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/136-injured-by-pub-glass.3830442.jp

Judge calls for ban on glass pints

28/02/2008

A judge has called on pub and club owners to introduce 'unsmashable' polycarbonate drinking cups to their venues to stop glasses being used as weapons...

...Tom Morrissey, East Northamptonshire Council's enforcement officer, said: "These glasses are virtually unbreakable and are one way of reducing the damage caused by violence and the dangerous mess that broken glass leaves on our streets."...

Read the full story at:http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Judge-calls-for-a-ban.3828902.jp

City's glasses switch to plastic

28/04/2007


Pubs and clubs in Newport city centre could soon all be serving drinks in plastic glasses in an attempt to cut down on violent attacks...

..."If we can get Newport city centre licensed premises to switch to polycarbonate glasses, we can cut the levels of glassings in the force area by 50%." Insp Talbot Thrush ...

Read the full story at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6600077.stm