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| BOOZE
BAN IN STREETS |
Town
Hall plans alcohol-free zone throughout borough
DRINKING alcohol outside could be banned throughout Camden under
a new scheme currently being hatched at the Town Hall, the New Journal
has learned.
Private discussions between council chiefs and police are centring
on the possibility of creating a massive Controlled Drinking Zone
(CDZ) covering the whole of the borough.
The measure, which gives police the power to confiscate alcohol
from street drinkers, is currently used only in the booze hotspot
around Camden Town Underground Station.
But with a 12-month pilot project almost up, crime-busters think
the project could work as a borough-wide strategy.
Tight-lipped council officials were keeping mum on the possibility
of creating a bigger zone but police insiders say that discussions
have already taken place in a series of high-level meetings.
A Town Hall press official said on Tuesday: “Nothing has been
ruled in and nothing has been ruled out.” |
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| Hollywood
hotshot says yes to novice filmmaker |
A NOVICE director from Kentish
Town has persuaded one of the world’s biggest film stars to
be in his low-budget film which is set on Hampstead Heath.
Ewan McGregor, the star of the new crop of Star Wars films, who
commands millions of dollars per film, has agreed to be in Scenes
of A Sexual Nature by Edward Blum and Aschlin Ditta, which will
cost just £500,000 to make.
Oscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo and a slew of home-grown
stars including Gina McKee, Dame Eileen Atkins and Benjamin Whitrow
have also all waived their normal fees to appear.
Mr Ditta, of Lady Margaret Road, and Mr Blum, of Carleton Road,
Tufnell Park, both 37, have been friends since they were boys at
school together in Cambridgeshire – but to date have only worked
on Crimewatch reconstructions and TV dramas. |
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