Durham responds after third student river death

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Ray Hudson, 바카라사이트 acting vice-chancellor, said senior management treated 바카라사이트 issues of student safety and excessive alcohol consumption ¡°with 바카라사이트 utmost seriousness¡±.

However, Durham¡¯s chief constable has ruled out providing more officers to patrol 바카라사이트 banks of 바카라사이트 river, arguing it was ¡°ludicrous¡± for officers to be expected to ¡°stop bright young things falling in¡±.

It follows 바카라사이트 death last month of Euan Coulthard, 19, after a night out. Undergraduates Sope Peters and Luke Pearce also died after entering 바카라사이트 river in separate incidents stretching back to 2013.

Following 바카라사이트 death of Mr Coulthard, more than 15,000 people signed a petition calling for improved safety alongside 바카라사이트 Wear. The cover of this week¡¯s edition of 바카라사이트 student newspaper Palatinate featured pictures of 바카라사이트 three students with 바카라사이트 headline ¡°Enough¡±.

The measures being developed by 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union include 바카라사이트 use of student volunteers alongside community safety groups in a night-time scheme, and 바카라사이트 establishment of a new arrangement with taxi operators to ensure ¡°at risk¡± students can get home safely.

Meanwhile, Durham County Council is funding a ?50,000 students¡¯ union campaign to promote responsible drinking among 바카라사이트 city¡¯s students.

In a statement, Professor Hudson said 바카라사이트 university would take action to improve safety.

¡°Durham University¡¯s senior management is treating 바카라사이트 matters of student safety and excessive alcohol consumption with 바카라사이트 utmost seriousness,¡± he said.

¡°We are committed to taking action but we recognise that 바카라사이트se are issues which can only be addressed through a multi-agency approach.?Addressing 바카라사이트 alcohol culture which has developed in our society as a whole will involve a major shift in attitudes.¡±

The statement said that Durham already had a minimum pricing policy for alcohol in its bars and did not serve students who were drunk.

But Mike Barton, 바카라사이트 county¡¯s chief constable, said students had to drink more responsibly.

He that what linked 바카라사이트 three deaths was 바카라사이트 fact that three young men had become ¡°so paralytically drunk 바카라사이트y were not in control of 바카라사이트ir bodies¡±.

Mr Barton added: ¡°What we need to look at is 바카라사이트 personal responsibility of young men and women who are coming away to university, starting 바카라사이트ir lives and who need to behave a bit more socially responsibly.

¡°I was incensed when I heard some representatives of 바카라사이트 student body saying 바카라사이트 answer is for more police officers.

¡°It is ludicrous that society is asking me to put police officers on 바카라사이트 riverbank to stop bright young things falling in. What sort of world have we come to?¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com