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July 1, 2006 at 11:01 am

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and the cops are alll on standby as well – (Eastern England has a high proportion of Portugese immigrants, there was a near-riot in Thetford in 2004 following the last England vs Portugal match)

Ambulances set for cup emergency

A newly merged ambulance service says it expects a record number of 999 calls on its first day of operation. England are playing a quarter final in the World Cup and their last weekend game brought a 25% increase in calls to the East Anglian ambulance service.
The new East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust covers Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.
A spokesman said: “We’re ready for a huge increase in calls on Saturday.”
Although the service now covers a much wider area, managers claim response times will not be affected.
The spokesman said: “Most of the calls last time came after the game and were the direct result of people drinking too much and fighting or falling over.
“Football, the weekend and sunshine are a potent combination producing cases of dehydration and violence.”
July 1, 2006 at 11:23 am

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General Lighting wrote:

and the cops are alll on standby as well – (Eastern England has a high proportion of Portugese immigrants, there was a near-riot in Thetford in 2004 following the last England vs Portugal match)

Was talking to the Thetford police the week after that incident. They were saying how much better it was to be at a free party.

Souded quite savage really. Families were trapped in a pub while people went to work on the outside, scaring the crap out of the kids and older people.
July 1, 2006 at 11:37 am

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BioTech wrote:

Was talking to the Thetford police the week after that incident. They were saying how much better it was to be at a free party.

Souded quite savage really. Families were trapped in a pub while people went to work on the outside, scaring the crap out of the kids and older people.

TBH I don’t think football was the sole reason though – this tension had been brewing up for months/years simply because of the perceived competition for jobs, women etc..

Free parties are safer but I think thats only through constant vigilance amongst the people who organise and attend them – rather than these events being intrinsically safer than any other social gathering in this country.

There also was a once prominent culture of good behaviour and non-violence at rave events – both licensed and free (which sadly seems to be getting forgotten nowadays)
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