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You see them on street corners in every town: groups of furtive teenagers looking for company but often finding trouble. Fairly or not, they usually get the blame for vandalism, assaults and drunken midnight shouts that shatter the peace in otherwise deserted suburban streets. Now police in Redruth, a Cornish town plagued by antisocial behaviour, are to impose a nighttime curfew on under16s during the school summer holidays. The former tin and copper mining centre decided to introduce Operation Goodnight after residents complained about underage drinking and feeling intimidated by groups of young people. Officers in the town, which won an award for its revamped centre last year, hope to clear everyone under the age of 16 off the streets by 9pm. Those aged under 10 will be expected at home by 8pm. Letters have been sent to 700... [read full story]
