TOWN centre revellers were given a safe drinking message last night on a mobile video screen in a pioneering move by police.
The giant three metre by two metre screen, which is fixed to the side of a van, was moved between problem hot-spots in Bradshawgate and Nelson Square to urge drinkers to be careful on the night the World Cup started.
Messages included: "Have fun on your night out but don't over-do it."
The mobile screens form part of a drive by police to make sure that the World Cup, which runs until July 9, remains trouble-free in Bolton.
Anyone caught behaving in a drunken or disorderly manner, or drinking in the street, will be subjected to fines or arrest.
Superintendent Dave Flitcroft said: "We want to make people who come to Bolton town centre aware that they are coming into a controlled environment.
"Any disorder will be dealt with fairly, swiftly and resolutely."
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