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Glastonbury Gets Underway in the Sun!
Posted by FoM on June 26, 1999 at 08:02:54 PT
Hope they have a wonderful weekend!
Source: ITN
The Glastonbury festival is officially underway and for the first time in three years, music fans emerged from their tents to no rain. The festival is being staged over three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday and is billed as the biggest event of its kind in Europe.
It is expected to attract 100,000 visitors. Fans have been pouring into the site since the car park gates opened on Sunday June 20.But the festivities have been marred by crime. Police said that 401 crimes have already been reported - 100 more than this time last year.Avon and Somerset police confirmed 110 arrests have been made at the festival site, including 40 for theft. Cannabis, LSD, cocaine and ecstasy have been seized and 41 people arrested for possession of drugs and drug-dealing offences. There have been 317 thefts of property from cars and tents at the site and 45 robberies.
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