Taxpayers Foot Bill to Aid Street Drunks ; Executive Forks Out Pounds 400,000 to Tackle Alcohol Shame [Scot Region]

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WEEKEND revellers in Scotland's towns and cities are to receive counselling and first aid in a bid to tackle the country's alcohol shame.

Taxpayers' cash is to be spent on new 'street pastor' schemes, where Christian volunteers help drunken party-goers to stay safe on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Taxpayers Foot Bill to Aid Street Drunks ; Executive Forks Out Pounds 400,000 to Tackle Alcohol Shame [Scot Region]

The pastors offer free flip-flops for women too unsteady to walk on high heels, space blankets for clubbers...

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