Teh One Who Knocks
06-09-2015, 11:27 AM
Ollie McAteer for Metro.co.uk
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Tough new rules cracking down on drunken behaviour came into force in Magaluf last night – but everyone ignored them.
The measures include a ban on drinking alcohol on the street between 10pm and 8am and restrictions on the Majorcan town’s notorious bar crawls.
It comes after a teenager from Northern Ireland caused a furore last summer when she performed sex acts on 24 men in a club game.
Some bars along the Punta Ballena strip had signs up with messages such as ‘no alcohol permitted in the street’ and ‘drink with moderation’.
But no-one cared. Plenty of holidaymakers spilled out of bars with drinks in their hands.
Scuffles broke out and half a dozen police cars intervened to control youths singing football chants.
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Hannah MacDonald, 19, a mental health nurse from Perth in Scotland, said: ‘We’re here for a reason, we’re here to get fucking mortal and just love life, we’re not here to worry about drinking on the street, I do enough of that in Scotland.
‘Fine me, do whatever you want, I’m going to get mortal on the street and I don’t care.’
The new rules say bar crawls must be accompanied by a company rep and accredited security staff, and reps are also required to have first aid training.
All crawls now require at least seven days notice to be authorised and the number of participants is limited to 20 per crawl, with companies only permitted to run one a night.
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Those running businesses in and around the strip complained about what they described as a ‘token gesture’ from Calvia town hall to clean up the resort’s image.
Juan Pedro Leon, 56, an owner of the Office bar on the strip, who has been working in Magaluf for more than 30 years, said the new rules ‘could spell the end’ for its tourist industry.
Mr Leon said: ‘What is the harm in letting people on to the street with drinks if they take them out in plastic cups?
‘It’s still early in the season, but if the police do take a heavy-handed approach that is going to put people off coming here.
‘That could lead to the loss of up to 1,000 jobs for the local economy.’
http://i.imgur.com/4rEKV0a.jpg
Tough new rules cracking down on drunken behaviour came into force in Magaluf last night – but everyone ignored them.
The measures include a ban on drinking alcohol on the street between 10pm and 8am and restrictions on the Majorcan town’s notorious bar crawls.
It comes after a teenager from Northern Ireland caused a furore last summer when she performed sex acts on 24 men in a club game.
Some bars along the Punta Ballena strip had signs up with messages such as ‘no alcohol permitted in the street’ and ‘drink with moderation’.
But no-one cared. Plenty of holidaymakers spilled out of bars with drinks in their hands.
Scuffles broke out and half a dozen police cars intervened to control youths singing football chants.
http://i.imgur.com/Cgx22LX.jpg
Hannah MacDonald, 19, a mental health nurse from Perth in Scotland, said: ‘We’re here for a reason, we’re here to get fucking mortal and just love life, we’re not here to worry about drinking on the street, I do enough of that in Scotland.
‘Fine me, do whatever you want, I’m going to get mortal on the street and I don’t care.’
The new rules say bar crawls must be accompanied by a company rep and accredited security staff, and reps are also required to have first aid training.
All crawls now require at least seven days notice to be authorised and the number of participants is limited to 20 per crawl, with companies only permitted to run one a night.
http://i.imgur.com/gqtkeTr.jpg
Those running businesses in and around the strip complained about what they described as a ‘token gesture’ from Calvia town hall to clean up the resort’s image.
Juan Pedro Leon, 56, an owner of the Office bar on the strip, who has been working in Magaluf for more than 30 years, said the new rules ‘could spell the end’ for its tourist industry.
Mr Leon said: ‘What is the harm in letting people on to the street with drinks if they take them out in plastic cups?
‘It’s still early in the season, but if the police do take a heavy-handed approach that is going to put people off coming here.
‘That could lead to the loss of up to 1,000 jobs for the local economy.’