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BBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Anti-social incidents down and 'no spiking' at Boardmasters
Anti-social behaviour was "significantly" down at the Boardmasters music festival this year and there were no confirmed spiking incidents, according to said police had confirmed drug-related medical incidents were also down with no festival-goers hospitalised across the five-day festival said it was "encouraging" that sexual assaults were down but "even one incident is too many". Boardmasters CEO Andrew Topham said the figures proved organisers and welfare partners were "making a real difference" and were "committed to creating a space where everyone, of all ages, can enjoy the festival safely". A spokesperson said there were 14 suspected spiking incidents this year compared to 55 in 2024 but nobody had tested positive to having drugs in their system over the past two said 1.79% of Boardmasters' 58,000 attendees were seen by its on-site medical centres, compared to 2.65% last figures come after a difficult year for organisers in 2025 with a series of incidents, including a crowd surge.
BBC News
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Headlines: 'Balloon Fiesta's special shapes' and 'event outbreak'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Bristol Live reports that a 44-year-old Indian restaurant - possibly among the oldest in the city - is open day at HorseWorld this weekend has been cancelled after an outbreak of a respiratory disease, Somerset Live anti-social behaviour wardens are returning to the streets of Salisbury, but only until March next year, the Salisbury Journal reports. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media The Balloon Fiesta has posted a preview of some of the special shapes set to be seen by many people ahead of the first day of the event in Bristol on Gloucestershire Council has apologised for the traffic problems on the the woman behind the idea for Gloucester's various multicoloured "rainbow streets", has revealed her latest city project.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Yahoo
Police finding ‘more and more' laughing gas canisters in Carlisle
POLICE in Carlisle have seen 'more and more' laughing gas canisters by the side of the road in the city. In November last year the law was changed for nitrous oxide - laughing gas - further classifying it as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 if it is or likely to be wrongfully inhaled. Inhaling nitrous oxide while driving will impair a person's reaction times, judgement and coordination, according to police and it also can have dangerous and sometimes fatal health complications. READ NEXT: North Cumbrian teenager prosecuted over roadside laughing gas find | News and Star A spokesperson for Carlisle Police posted an image of cannisters they have found and said: 'Your local City West Carlisle Neighbourhood Policing team are committed to dealing with these issues and encourage anyone who witnesses the inhalation of balloons or any Anti-Social behaviour to report it. 'Increasingly we are seeing more and more "NOS" cannisters discarded at the road side which is where these were collected from.'
