MPs call for action against fake IDs
07-Dec-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
An MP is calling for Government action against firms that produce realistic-looking fake ID cards used by youngsters to buy alcohol in pubs. Linda...
27-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
An MA investigation has shown how easy it is to order realistic-looking fake ID from the internet. Last week trade leaders hit out at the fake ID...
19-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Mock cards exploit children and make it easier for underaged to buy alcohol.
What the Sunday papers said
07-Aug-2006
Police have seized more than 500 fake identity cards from children trying to buy alcohol in a Cornish resort plagued by raucous public school pupils....
02-Aug-2006 By Graham Ridout
A leading bar operator has warned that the use of false ID cards is escalating.Ultimate Leisure executive chairman Mark Jones said: "It has increased...
What the Sunday papers said
19-Mar-2006
Bob Ivell, head of Regent Inns, is being courted to head up a bid for Mitchells & Butlers. Mr Ivell has been approached by a rival consortium to...
10-Mar-2006
The Home Office has agreed to donate £20,000 to the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS). PASS is the national validation scheme for proof-of-age...
BEDA questions on-the-spot fines
09-Mar-2006 By Ewan Turney
The rise in on-the-spot fines for serving underage drinkers BEDA.
Test purchasers shouldn't lie, says LACORS
26-Jan-2006
The body which advises councils on underage 'sting' operations has indicated that it will not be encouraging children to lie about their...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Jan-2006
JD Wetherspoon is to put TV screens into all its 600-plus pubs, but the decision is not a move to protect sales during the World Cup. Chief executive...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Jan-2006
After years of binge drinking Britain's female twenty- and thirtysomethings are starting to pay the physical and psychological price. Cheap drink and...
What the Sunday papers said
08-Jan-2006
Local councils are to be given sweeping powers to investigate homes for identity card evasion and levy hefty fines on occupants found without one. An...
What the Sunday papers said
06-Nov-2005
The new licensing law, which comes into effect in less than three weeks, could lead to more drink-related violence, rather than reduce the...
What the Sunday papers said
10-Jul-2005
All the Sunday papers report the stock market's response to the terrorist attacks of last Thursday. Down 70-odd points at the end of the day, the...
What the Sunday papers said
10-Jul-2005
All the Sunday papers report the stock market's response to the terrorist attacks of last Thursday. Down 70-odd points at the end of the day, the...
What the Sunday papers said
26-Jun-2005
Nine out of ten people in the UK reject the government's plans to introduce identity cards. According to a poll commissioned by the Mail On Sunday,...
Adrian Clay
19-May-2005
The Litten Tree Blackpool "It would certainly be a first if it did, but it all depends how secure and tamper-proof the card is going to be. The...
Legal advice: What's on the cards?
11-Nov-2004
The idea of an identity card combining passport and driving licence has been dropped but the scheme still promises to be a fool-proof age check.By...
On the cards
13-Oct-2004
Licensees cannot wait for the government's ID cards to provide them with a proof-of-age defence. But there are other options, Daniel Pearce...
Under-age but above law
23-Sep-2004
The news about under-age drinkers caught in the national sting operations made grim reading for the pub trade. When half of the pubs targeted were...
PASS under fire
22-Sep-2004
An increasing number of licensees are claiming they would not rely on the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) card when serving customers they...
Legal advice: National ID cards update
24-Aug-2004
By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.After hearing evidence from the private and public...
Keep it simple
12-May-2004
A town in Northern Ireland has opted for a simple approach to the ID card issue - accepting only state-sponsored ID. Andrew Burnyeat explains how...
Legal advice: Identity cards and the pub trade
06-May-2004
How the national identity card scheme can benefit the licensed trade.By David Clifton and Kathryn Dowsett of thePublican.com's team of legal experts...
What the Sunday papers say
26-Apr-2004
Sunday ExpressPatients will need ID cards to see their own health records. Home Secretary David Blunkett is expected to publish a draft bill to...
Legal advice: Decisions on disorder
07-Apr-2004
The Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy outlines how local authorities must tackle crime and disorder.By David Clifton of thePublican.com's team of legal...
National ID scheme is on the cards
23-Mar-2004
The pub trade has welcomed news that a national ID cards scheme could be a step closer.MPs have complained that Home Secretary David Blunkett is...
Cabinet row stalls ID cards
13-Nov-2003
Compulsory national ID cards will be introduced but not until 2013, David Blunkett has told the House of Commons. Blunkett said: "An ID card is...
Crusader joins trade
07-Aug-2003
The founder of Mothers Against Drink Drivers, who wants all learner drivers to be shown a video detailing how her own daughter was killed by a car...
ID card scheme plan welcomed
10-Jul-2003
By Tony Halstead Home Secretary David Blunkett is trying to persuade Prime Minister Tony Blair and fellow cabinet members to back the introduction of...
Support appears to drop for national ID cards
25-Jun-2003
Moves towards a national ID card scheme may be delayed to allow the government to carry out more research into public opinion.The hold-up means that...
Public support for ID cards grows to 80 per cent
12-Jun-2003
A national ID card scheme looks more certain after home secretary David Blunkett revealed that 80 per cent of the public support the scheme.The...
Government denies £25 charge for ID cards
25-Apr-2003
Rumours that national identity cards could cost £25 have been denied by the government. National newspaper reports last week said Home Secretary...
ALMR backs calls for ID card
18-Feb-2003
Publicans' calls for a national ID card received a boost last week when a major industry association backed its introduction.The Association of...
An age-old concern
12-Feb-2003
Jackie Annett investigates the wealth of fake ID cards that are readily available on the internet and the repercussions they have on the trade.An...
PASS scheme will help pubs to cut underage drinking
23-Jan-2003
Difficulties in weeding out underage customers are set to become a thing of the past following the launch of a pioneering new scheme.From now on, all...
Off-licences caught selling alcohol to under-18s
22-Oct-2002
Off-licences in Lancashire have been caught out selling alcohol to children as young as 15.Four out of seven Wigan off-licences visited in a trading...
Websites offering fake proof-of-age cards shut down
02-Sep-2002
Licensees have welcomed news that two websites offering children fake proof-of-age cards have been raided and forced to close down.The sites,...
Alcohol wardens proposed in bid to cut underage drinking
13-Mar-2002
A former headteacher is calling on the Scottish Executive to bring in alcohol wardens to monitor underage drinking in Edinburgh.Frank Gerstenberg,...
Trade supports ID card u-turn
08-Feb-2002
The trade has welcomed an apparent u-turn by ministers over the introduction of national ID cards.Former Home Secretary Jack Straw said last year...
