Monday, May 01, 2006

Softly-softly stance helps tackle mall's street drinkers / Scotsman, 1 May 2006

http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=650682006
Andrew Picken
"A SOFTLY-SOFTLY approach towards drug addicts and street drinkers hanging around a city shopping centre has forced council chiefs to rethink plans for an Asbo. But bosses at the Edinburgh-based homeless charity Streetwork persuaded the council to hold off on any dispersal order to let the group try and tackle the problem first. "