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News This Week
GREEN LIGHT TO
In the City
Regent Inns
FIGHT FAKE ID
CEO John Leslie leads a
management buyout of the
Walkabout operator from its
administrators
See City & Business page 16
Home Office confirms confiscating fake ID is not an offence
BrewDog
By Matt Eley and policing, stated: “It is the govern- lenge being successful “is low”. The Scottish brewery’s punk
matte@thepublican.com ment’s view that doorstaff are Harmston said the letter is good attitude won’t stand in the way of
not committing a criminal news for responsi- selling a 10 per cent stake via a
PUBS HAVE been given the go-ahead offence by confiscating the ble venues share issue
to confiscate fake or borrowed ID ID as they lack the dishonest across the See City & Business page 18
after a Home Office minister stepped intent necessary to commit country.
in to clarify the situation. the offence of theft.” “I carried on
Nick Harmston, manager of It adds: “The view of the doing it anyway Gordon
Marston’s venue Que Pasa in Home Office is that the and since August
Chelmsford, contacted The Publican premise should not return we have confis- Richardson
in August after Essex Police warned that document to that indi- cated 100 pieces
him he could leave himself open to vidual but should hand it of ID, but this just Former coffee outlet mastermind
legal action if he carried on taking ID over to the police.” confirms we are takes on S&NPE leases and has bold
away from underage people trying to However, it also states doing the right plans for the future
get into the club. that there is a chance thing. See City & Business page 19
But with other local forces actively doorstaff could “lay “For me this
encouraging licensees to seize the themselves open to a letter from the
documents, Harmston enlisted local civil claim for trespass Home Office is
MP Simon Burns to seek guidance to goods” if the person worth its weight in
from the Home Office. the ID was taken from is gold and I will be
And in a letter this month David entitled to hold it. However, the Home taking the matter up
Hanson, minister of state for crime Office says the risk of such a chal- with my local licensing officer.” VICTORY
IN FIGHT
TO OPEN
LATE
A PUB in Brighton is celebrating after
being given permission to carry on
trading into the early hours.
The West Hill was one of the first
pubs to be granted a late licence
under the Licensing Act in 2005 but
the council reviewed its hours after a
neighbour complained about noise.
The pub received 33 letters of
support from residents and just four
opposing it staying open until 3.30am
on Friday and Saturday nights.
In a hearing Brighton & Hove City
Council allowed the pub to keep the
same hours.
However, the council added condi-
tions restricting the number of
smokers outside after 11pm and
ensuring the pub employs security.
Debora Parr, co-owner of the West
Hill, said: “We’ve now got it written
into our licence that we have to
employ a doorman at weekends and
limit the number of smokers outside,
A musical beer lover has combined his two passions to create a new version of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Old Speckled Hen devotee and but we’ve been doing both those
classically trained musician Jonathan Vincent created an instrument from bottles and pint glasses in his shed and sent a recording of his things on a voluntary basis ever since
finished effort to the beer’s brewer Greene King. And the Suffolk company was so impressed it filmed ‘Ode to Hen’ professionally. The clip can we took over in July 2008, so we’re
now be viewed at www.youtube.com. Jonathan said: ‘It’s fairly straightforward to get a note out of a bottle or pint glass, but quite a challenge very happy with the councillors’
to create a fully playable musical instrument.’ decision.”
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