Hundreds of testimonies have recently been appearing on social networks denouncing cases of GHB intoxication and sexual assaults in bars and nightclubs all over Europe. In the UK, a startup has created a new app to help stop this disturbing phenomenon.
michael kill is the chief executive of the night time industry association and says it s a relief venues in england will be staying open for the new year celebrations. people are very keen to trade, particularly around new year s eve. once we ve got past the christmas day celebrations where people were concerned about infecting, or the virus getting to some of the sort of elderly relatives etc, many people are now sort of focused on new year s eve. and it s notjust about new year s eve for us. i mean, it s bigger than that. it s the start of a recovery and we believe that we ve created safe environments for people to come out and socialise and we think it s the best scenario, given the fact that if we d have closed, we would potentially have seen more house parties and more illegal events which would have been counter productive. our political correspondent ione wells is here. relief from the hospitality industry