Dover.uk.com
If this post contains material that is offensive, inappropriate, illegal, or is a personal attack towards yourself, please report it using the form at the end of this page.

All reported posts will be reviewed by a moderator.
  • The post you are reporting:
     
    The top story in the Dover Express this week is all about the horrendous boozing problem amongst our young kids, some as young as eleven.More than 800 kids were stopped in Dover and more than 400 bottles and cans of booze were found. Kathy Bailes was the probing journalist on the case. A photograph was shown with assorted bigwigs standing behind the very large confiscated collection.

    We have all gone booze mad. Drinking is seen, is it not, as an affectionate good natured part of the culture and is also most certainly seen as 'dead cool' amongst the young. "Our parents are boozing so why not us!" But its doing terrible things to these kids both healthwise and socially.

    I went to the announced launch of this booze clean up initiative in attendance with among others Chief Insp Tony Kofkin, Julie Rook DDC Cabinet, Chris Allen Community Safety Manager and others.... and now with this latest news, the initiative is clearly proving effective. One hears about so many initiatives that somehow get lost in the annals of time but this one is proving to be effective with added teeth. Chris Allen is a worthy Community Safety Manager.

    Let's hope it continues in fine fettle because getting this booze off the streets means less trouble for the teenagers themselves and less aggravation for the wider community.

    I dont think many of us were aware that the local Asbo-type trouble from very young kids, as young as 11, was/is often drink fuelled. Staggering.

Report Post

 
end link