Two hundred and fifty-two people died in Northern Ireland in 2011 as a direct result of alcohol abuse, the Social Development Minister said, on 3 December 2012.

SCOTLAND’S alcohol-related mortality rate is two and a half times higher than it was in the early 1980s, new figures show. • Death rates from drink remains nearly twice as high as in England and Wales • People in deprived are

REVELLERS who refuse to leave a pub or a club or fail to obey police orders will be hit with minimum $550 on-the-spot fines as part of the biggest crackdown on alcohol-related violence in Australia's history.

Campaign groups have hit out at alcohol sold 'for pocket money' as one of the UK’s largest off licence chains sell bottles of booze for just 39p. As debate rages over the Government’s plan to intr

(Reuters) - Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, according to a U.S. study that looked at over 1,000 patients.

HEALTH chiefs in Wigan have backed the government ministers proposals to introduce a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol. Bosses at Wigan’s health trusts say they would welcome the move, as they say services and budgets are being pushed to breaking point by alcohol-rela

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Government proposals to introduce a minimum alcohol price which are being consulted on could not only help drive down crime slash hospital admissions but could als

Ministers have unveiled plans for minimum alcohol prices in England and Wales, which could spell the end for cheap high-strength beer and cider as well as a ban on multi-buy offers in supermarkets and off-licences.

Scotland's plans for minimum pricing on alcohol are a disproportionate response to the country's drink problems, the European Commission has said.