Reducing daily alcohol intake could prevent 4,600 deaths every year, including more than 2,600 from cancer, experts from Oxford University have said. Cutting daily alcohol intake to just over half a unit, or 5g, could reduce deaths fro

The Government is looking at how other countries put minimum prices on drinks but Justice Minister Judith Collins says making alcohol more expensive won't necessarily curb binge boozing.

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to back minimum pricing for alcohol. MSPs voted by 86 to one in favour of legislation which will mean drinkers must pay at least 50p per unit of alcohol.

ONE child under five is taken to hospital with an “alcohol-related illness” every WEEK, shock figures reveal. Six times in the last year, medics treated babies who hadn’t even turned one.

May 24 2012 Scotland is set to become the first part of the UK to approve plans for minimum pricing for alcohol. MSPs at Holyrood are expected to back Scottish Government legislation, which means drinkers must pay at least 50p per unit of alcohol.

THE alcohol industry is putting ''booze before babies'' by making false and misleading claims to a parliamentary inquiry into fetal alcohol disorders, a publicly-funded research body says.

The Social Development Minister will launch the new code. (© Getty)

Bill: New legislation would set the minimum price for alcohol at 50p per unit.© HEMEDIA / SWNS Group

INTERNATIONAL experts meeting in the North-East have called for all alcohol advertising to be banned and minimum drink pricing introduced. The Addiction and Lifestyle in Contemporary Europe conference - held in Newcastle this week - aims to tackle the mass

ONE in eight deaths of working age adults in the UK is caused by alcohol, new research has claimed, putting the figure at more than twice the current estimate for Scotland.