Alcohol ban at Wembley shuns police advice
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Your support makes all the difference.A BAN on alcoholic drink will be imposed on the streets surrounding Wembley Stadium despite police concern about public disorder.
The decision of Brent council, in north-west London, to enforce a new by-law with the penalty of a pounds 500 fine, affects thousands of football, rugby and pop fans. Police advice is that the ban would be 'practically impossible' to enforce among 80,000-strong crowds and that it would inflame public order problems. The ban will also create an anomaly whereby someone could drink legally in the forecourt of a pub near the stadium, but would be breaking the law if he or she stepped on to the pavement.
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