Keep Kids Sober and off booze with the Daily Echo

Film will target young drinkers

Film will target young drinkers

11:30am Friday 18th March 2011

A NEW countrywide attack on under-age drinking and alcohol abuse is being spearheaded in Hampshire.

Yellow cards cut booze troubles

The launch of the Yellow Card Scheme with – from left – Malcolm Goth, Chris Ceaser, Richard Elborough (Licensing Link), Inspector Phil Bates, Councillor Royston Smith and City Centre manager Ian Welland.

7:33am Friday 26th November 2010

THEY were introduced to tackle foul and drunken behaviour blighting Southampton city centre.

Child booze problem in city

Drinkers facing anti-booze zone

5:29pm Tuesday 16th November 2010

CHILDREN as young as ten are being rushed into hospital after boozing on alcohol.

Penny a pint plan has been scrapped

The price of a pint of beer could hit £18 by 2030 according to environmentalists

10:10am Friday 26th February 2010

A Southampton bar’s plans to stage a controversial 1p per pint promotion have been scrapped after inquiries by the Daily Echo.

‘Shocking’ statistics on underage drinking

Police talk to suspected underage drinkers

10:37am Tuesday 15th December 2009

MORE than 1,000 children in the south were caught abusing alcohol in a five-year period, latest official figures show.

Two pubs and off-licence fined

6:30am Saturday 12th December 2009

FINES have been slapped on two pubs and an off-licence who served alcohol to 14 and 15-year-old children.

Drink-drivers face text trap

Police launch summer drink-drive campaign

11:52am Monday 30th November 2009

DRINK and drug-drivers could be caught out by a simple text message from fellow revellers this festive season.

How do we tackle our drink problem?

How do we tackle our drinl problem?

9:20am Sunday 22nd November 2009

IT’S billed as the Government’s ‘last resort’ to stop alcohol-fuelled violence and antisocial behaviour. But is creating an Alcohol Disorder Zone (ADZ) in one of Southampton’s most popular night-time areas – Bedford Place – the answer?

Eastleigh to tackle under-age drinkers

The zone will stretch from Crossway to Carlyle Road and Carlyle Road to Bentham Road.

5:40am Saturday 21st November 2009

A PILOT project aimed at tackling under-age drinking in a Hampshire town could be rolled out to other parts of the country.

Clampdown on alcohol

Cheap booze is fuelling binge drinking in Swindon

7:40am Wednesday 11th November 2009

POLICE on the Isle of Wight have launched a community crackdown on antisocial behaviour on National Trust land on the Island.

Almost half of pubs serve to under aged

Stores ban under 21s from buying alcohol

5:40am Thursday 5th November 2009

UNDER AGE drinkers can get served in almost half the pubs and off licences in one Hampshire town.

New crackdown on yobs

New crackdown on yobs

9:17am Wednesday 24th June 2009

COUNCIL chiefs are launching a new crackdown on drunken yobs.

Shame of city's binge drinkers

The effects of binge drinking among the young are commonplace in Britain's town centres

8:40am Sunday 10th May 2009

Significantly worse than the national average. . .

Hampshire supermarket banned from selling alcohol

Problem drinking – local MPs have rejected minimum costs for booze as a solution

12:46pm Wednesday 6th May 2009

A HAMPSHIRE supermarket has been banned from selling alcohol for 48 hours after repeatedly selling to underage people.

Fines for drunken louts fall by 40%

Problem drinking – local MPs have rejected minimum costs for booze as a solution

2:44pm Monday 27th April 2009

THE number of young people in Hampshire slapped with fines for drunken behaviour fell by 40 per cent in three years – bucking a national increase.

Antisocial behaviour is rife in Hampshire

Cheap booze is fuelling binge drinking in Swindon

2:05pm Tuesday 10th February 2009

MORE than 140,000 incidents of antisocial behaviour were recorded by Hampshire police last year, new figures have revealed.

City given £30,000 to help tackle booze crime

7:10am Monday 22nd December 2008

SOUTHAMPTON is being given a slice of a £1.5m Government fund to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime.

Emergency help at hand for festive party revellers

Emergency help at hand for festive party revellers

6:50am Monday 22nd December 2008

DRUNKEN revellers left stranded or injured after a night out in Southampton this Christmas are being offered a safe haven.

Village shops raise booze age limit to cut bad behaviour

6:30am Monday 20th October 2008

SHOPS in a Hampshire village have raised the age limit for buying booze to 25 at weekends in a bid to cut anti-social behaviour.

Stores ban under 21s from buying alcohol

11:37am Thursday 16th October 2008

ANYONE aged under 21 will not be allowed to buy alcohol from shops in a Southampton community in a bid to cut the number of underage drinkers.

Crackdown on underage boozing is working

Drinkers facing anti-booze zone

4:14pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

OFFICERS are winning the battle against underage alcohol sales in Fareham.

Drinkers facing anti-booze zone

Drinkers facing anti-booze zone

2:15pm Monday 6th October 2008

THE streets of a Hampshire town centre could be alcohol-free within three months.

‘Back off parents’

SHOCKING: Police officer Kerry Loveless, pictured at Shirley police station with bottles and cans of booze taken off kids drinking in the streets.

12:26pm Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Charity slams Government’s plans to cut teen drinking

Half-term blitz on under-age drinking

12:08pm Monday 18th February 2008

Police to swoop on city streets

Crackdown on teen drinkers

5:44am Thursday 7th February 2008

PATROLS targeting underage drinkers on the streets of Hampshire will be stepped up over half-term.

Police tackle antisocial behaviour with crackdown on street drinking

11:55am Wednesday 11th July 2007

HUNDREDS of pounds of alcohol has been seized from illegal street drinkers in Fareham after police launched a crackdown following the introduction of new laws in the district.

Drinking ban on council-owned land considered

9:12am Friday 22nd June 2007

THE introduction of alcohol-free zones to clamp down on drunken yobs and booze fuelled vandalism will be discussed by Test Valley Borough Council today.

Parents’ input is needed to keep young off booze

2:37pm Tuesday 27th March 2007

Adults are targeted in campaign to reduce under-age drinking

Esther highlights potential perils of alcopops

4:27pm Monday 22nd January 2007

Mention alcopops and you are guaranteed to inflame TV presenter and Childline founder Esther Rantzen.

Alcohol hospital admissions soar for under-18s

SOBER REFLECTION: Saints footballer Bradley Wright-Phillips is backing the Daily Echo campaign to keep kids sober. Picture by Malcolm Nethersole. Order no: rad0e543

9:20am Monday 1st January 2007

THE number of children and teenagers treated in Hampshire hospitals for alcohol-related illnesses has more than doubled in the past decade, official figures show.

Binge drinking campaign launched

MESSAGE ON FILM: From left, Sophie Townsend, Clare Burton, Emma James, Hannah Porter and Mim Rideout.. Echo picture by Malcolm Nethersole. Order no: 4076658

7:40am Tuesday 12th December 2006

A HAMPSHIRE-wide campaign has been launched targeting binge-drinking and how it can end in rape or violence.

Bar vows to crack down on underage drinkers

7:55am Wednesday 22nd November 2006

A SOUTHAMPTON bar is pledging to crack down on underage drinkers with the help of a novel idea.

Young binge drinkers risking brain damage

11:25am Friday 17th November 2006

UNDER-AGE binge drinkers could be causing themselves long-term brain damage, alarming new research claims.

Crackdown on adults who sell booze to kids

9:00am Monday 13th November 2006

TRADING standards are clamping down on adults who sell booze to under age drinkers.

Seized in just 1 night!

3:57pm Monday 23rd October 2006

THIS is the haul of alcohol seized in just one evening in Hampshire police's latest crackdown on under-age drinking.

£4m Know Your Limits drive to get message across

3:55pm Monday 23rd October 2006

THE government's first national alcohol awareness campaign was launched today with adverts showing binge drinkers becoming the victim of horrifying accidents, rapes and beatings.

Yellow card scheme to be introduced for under-age drinkers

9:00am Saturday 21st October 2006

THEY are usually handed out for bad behaviour on a football pitch but now officers are dishing out yellow cards in a bid to stop under-age drinkers.

Under-age drinking is fuelling arson attacks

FIGHTING ARSON: Firefighters tackle a blaze in the New Forest inclosure.

11:01am Wednesday 11th October 2006

UNDER-AGE drinking is playing a significant role in arson-related crime, which is costing Hamp-shire more than £100m each year.

Doctor helps launch poster campaign

POSTER CAMPAIGN: Dr Roland Simpson. Echo picture by Gordon Agg-Jones. Order no: 3739756

2:36pm Tuesday 10th October 2006

TODAY Dr Roland Simpson, a GP for 18 years, from Brook House Surgery in Southampton helps launch a poster to spread the Keep Kids Sober message.

Dazed, confused, drunk – and he’s just 11 years old

2:35pm Tuesday 10th October 2006

A BOY stumbles along a Hampshire street dazed and confused in the early hours.

Help for alcohol related problems

12:34pm Monday 9th October 2006

National and local helplines and advice for parents at young people

Kids and the perils of alcohol

BOOZE HAUL: Acting Sgt Elizabeth Harfield with alcohol confiscated from under-age drinkers during a month-long crackdown.

11:17am Monday 9th October 2006

The intimidating bunch of youths swigging from bottles on the street corner. The alcohol-fuelled groups of loutish teens roaming our estates and parks.

Saints ace Bradley backs Echo campaign

11:14am Monday 9th October 2006

Southampton striker Bradley Wright-Phillips has issued a don't drink message to budding sports stars.



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