A SENIOR council boss has become the latest high profile supporter of moves to call time on glass in city centre clubs and bars.
Roger Honey, Southampton City Council's community safety manager, pictured right, is backing the Daily Echo's Last Orders for Glass campaign.
His support comes after a number of popular nightspots across Southampton announced they would ditch glassware to make the city a safer place.
Mr Honey said: "With police and health colleagues we are carefully monitoring all assaults that are connected to licensed premises.
"A key part of this process is around taking all necessary steps to reduce further occurrences.
"Where the police feel that this should include the introduction of polycarbonate glasses by that establishment then they will be given the maximum support from the Southampton Safe City Partnership to achieve this goal.
"We also support the Echo campaign of trying to persuade city centre nightspots to switch voluntarily to polycarbonate glasses as should this campaign prove successful then it is to be very much welcomed."
The Daily Echo's campaign was launched after new figures showed that more people were being admitted to S o u t h a m p t o n General Hospital following glass attacks than ever before.
Doctors and nurses treat about 250 victims of such attacks every year.
Mr Honey's message of support comes after police, the emergency department and a host of popular city venues decided to back our campaign.
Earlier this week, Sobar, a popular haunt for students, announced it had already made the switch from glass to plastic - and followed up the move by urging others to follow suit.
Owner Neville Virgin said: "Most people are steeped in the glass tradition and it can be difficult to break but it seems to be working here."
