Council bosses in Newcastle are to renew a crackdown on street drinking and dog dirt in the city.
Civic centre leaders have decided to reimpose restrictions that can see £100 fines issued on the spot to anyone caught drinking alcohol in a public place, failing to clean up after their dog, or for not keeping their dog on a lead. Newcastle City Council’s cabinet agreed on Monday to confirm a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), in the hope of keeping the city’s streets safe and clean.
The order will run for three years and mirrors a previous one which was approved in summer 2020 and expired last week. Council bosses have previously used PSPOs to target other problems on Tyneside, including legal highs, aggressive begging and charity ‘chuggers’, but none of those are included in the latest controls.
