Three-year alcohol ban imposed on two English seaside towns after rampaging youths spark chaos

A three-year-long alcohol ban is set to be imposed on the city centres of two much-loved Kent seaside towns. Thanet District Council is set to roll out a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle a spate anti-social behaviour by the sea. Margate and Ramsgate town centres will now have to endure a year-round blanket ban on the public consumption of alcohol, set to come into effect on Wednesday. Areas of Margate, Cliftonville West, Ramsgate and Broadstairs will also see crackdowns on anti-so