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| Brown: doubts on 24 hour drinking | Brown: doubts on 24 hour drinking |
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| Gordon Brown says he was never happy with the way licensing rules were relaxed to allow 24 hour drinking. | Gordon Brown says he was never happy with the way licensing rules were relaxed to allow 24 hour drinking. |
| He plans new powers for local councils to curb opening hours in towns and cities where it had created problems. | He plans new powers for local councils to curb opening hours in towns and cities where it had created problems. |
| The Prime Minister praised Yorkshire's Street Angels who have just launched their tenth project in the region. | The Prime Minister praised Yorkshire's Street Angels who have just launched their tenth project in the region. |
| He was speaking after meeting Street Angel volunteers who help drunken people on the streets at weekends. | He was speaking after meeting Street Angel volunteers who help drunken people on the streets at weekends. |
| Angel's police blessing | Angel's police blessing |
| York has become the tenth urban area in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire where the Christian-based Street Angels volunteer groups help people they find drunk on the streets get home safely. | York has become the tenth urban area in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire where the Christian-based Street Angels volunteer groups help people they find drunk on the streets get home safely. |
| Alcohol related admissions, 2006/07 (North Yorks & York PCT) York 1,270, up 8%Richmondshire 1,252, up 12%Hambleton 1,311, up 15% | Alcohol related admissions, 2006/07 (North Yorks & York PCT) York 1,270, up 8%Richmondshire 1,252, up 12%Hambleton 1,311, up 15% |
| Equipped with high visibility jackets and personal radios the Street Angels mount patrols on Friday and Saturday nights. | Equipped with high visibility jackets and personal radios the Street Angels mount patrols on Friday and Saturday nights. |
| With the blessing of local police the volunteers avoid any possible violent confrontation but claim simply being there has also helped reduce street crime. | With the blessing of local police the volunteers avoid any possible violent confrontation but claim simply being there has also helped reduce street crime. |
| Brown's mixed blessing | Brown's mixed blessing |
| On a visit to Yorkshire Gordon Brown said he had met members of the Street Angels and they were doing a valuable job. | On a visit to Yorkshire Gordon Brown said he had met members of the Street Angels and they were doing a valuable job. |
| An Angel meets a devil on the streets of Bradford | An Angel meets a devil on the streets of Bradford |
| In an interview for the BBC's Politics Show the Prime Minister insisted longer opening hours had not caused problems everywhere. | In an interview for the BBC's Politics Show the Prime Minister insisted longer opening hours had not caused problems everywhere. |
| In some areas he said the problem of drunken rowdiness on the streets has been reduced by cutting the numbers leaving clubs and bars at the same time. | In some areas he said the problem of drunken rowdiness on the streets has been reduced by cutting the numbers leaving clubs and bars at the same time. |
| Mr Brown was speaking on the day that new research shows hospital admissions caused by "alcohol related harm" are rising fast. | Mr Brown was speaking on the day that new research shows hospital admissions caused by "alcohol related harm" are rising fast. |
| The respected research group the North West Health Observatory forecast annual admissions rising to a million within two years unless action to curb binge drinking is taken. | The respected research group the North West Health Observatory forecast annual admissions rising to a million within two years unless action to curb binge drinking is taken. |