Booze Fuelled Violence Falls
The number of arrests for booze-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour in Gwent fell by almost 450 in the last nine months since 24-hour drinking was introduced last year. Critics of the new licensing laws feared an increase in violence, predicting a bleak vision of brawling drunken louts stretching police and ambulance resources to the limit. But since the more relaxed licensing laws were brought into force last November, the latest figures show a very different story in Gwent.
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