Friday funday – all kinds of anti-social behaviours
Posted by Ingrid Koehler on April 25, 2008
the lighter side of local government
Art and the concealed carry
A graffitti artiste has been handed an ASBO enjoining him from carrying the tools of his “trade”.
Dominic Luke-Clarke, who daubed walls and buses with his tag name “Smokey”, was handed a three year anti-social behaviour order at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The order bans him from spraying graffiti anywhere in England and Wales. As well as being forbidden from carrying paint in public, he is also banned from carrying ink, dye or liquid polish.
The order doesn’t say anything about lipstick or beetroot juice, however.
A spot of graffiti near the IDeA offices
Do you want a flake with that, love?
Next time you hear the chimes of the frozen convection conveyance, it may be information about substance abuse rather than a cornetto handed through the window.
Ice cream vans can act as a magnet for youngsters but this time, teenagers in Beechwood weren’t greeted by Mr. Whippy but youth workers from Wirral Anti-Social Behaviour Team’s Youth Respect Team, as part of a brand new initiative.
The team is using the retired van to go to anti-social behaviour hot spots and places where young people congregate to talk to youngsters about the effects of alcohol abuse and the impact anti-social behaviour has on the community.
And although the van doesn’t serve ice cream is stocked with refreshments and snacks, to further encourage young people to engage. The van also has a “comprehensive supply of information.”
The lap dancing loophole
Don’t go there. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.
In fact, it’s a licensing loophole which means that lap dancing venues are treated as leisure facilities (like a karaoke club) rather than a branch of the commercial sex industry.
Sir Robin Wales, LGA spokesperson on licensing, said people living near the clubs should have a say on whether they have permission to operate.
“It is a worrying loophole that councils are unable to take action when residents have objections to new lap dancing clubs. Parents’ concerns about their children, or neighbours’ concerns about links to prostitution and other crime, should not be ruled out on technical grounds.
