'Girls Night In': UK bars and clubs close in solidarity with anti-spiking boycott
Several bars and nightclubs in the UK have said they are closing on Wednesday to "stand in solidarity" with a nationwide protest at the number of young female clubbers being drugged on nights out – often as a prelude to attempted sexual assault.
The closures coincide with a one-night boycott of venues in over 30 towns and cities, called in response to a worrying increase in reports of women having drinks spiked, or being drugged with syringes.
The nationwide movement, 'Girls Night In', began following several police reports of female students being injected with needles while on nights out in recent weeks.
Reports have been recorded in Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow.
The movement hopes to prove women "deserve to
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