I totally agree with what you say about Norwich and the circumstances, but the reports mention two other smaller market towns in the area. many incidents do go unreported which I think is what the media along with the authorities is trying to challenge across East Anglia..
the pattern of these reports hints that they are being sent to media by East of England Ambulance Press Office. In fact in many areas the Police, NHS and Council work together with the media to report as many of these incidents as possible, whilst staying within human rights/privacy laws.
the idea is to shame people without naming them and to highlight the level of violence associated with the night time economy and the wider cost to everyone, taxpayers are paying for the treatment costs.
most people below the age of 30 and certainly those in their teens and 20s understandably take the amount of (legal) venues selling alcohol and playing music late at night aimed at younger people for granted, as they have not seen much else. but this is all relatively new…
I got an email from a government petition I signed a while back (protesting against planned restrictions on pubs/nightlife). The reply was that the Government are going to do it anyway but target “troublesome” venues harder than good ones – but all venues opening after 23:30 will be subject to higher licensing fees.
The authorities are also geared up to deal with any rise in illegal events and succesfully close them down, particularly as the local people where they happen are assisting the cops by telling them which tracks to roadblock etc…
