Raising the price of ultra-cheap lager, gin and vodka will save more than 1,000 lives each year, according to new research today.

THE number is on every cask, bottle and can but we still have no idea how many standard drinks are in our favourite tipple, a new study shows.

The scourge of cheap booze remains rife in Northern Ireland where strong alcohol continues to be sold at knockdown prices, it can be revealed. Stormont ministers have hit out at the low-cost drink culture here after a charity discovered that two

FOSTER parents and public health groups have urged federal politicians to take urgent action to prevent more babies from suffering foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

The Government has warned that it will consider a ban on alcohol advertising unless more action is taken to reduce young people's exposure to it. Alcohol advertising: document seeks to…

Europeans are world's heaviest drinkers: WHO report LONDON | Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:42pm EDT (Reuters) - People in Europe drink more alcohol than in any other part of the…

A quarter of children have parents with drug or alcohol problems, a year-long study shows. The 3.6million youngsters were found to be seven times more likely to develop similar problems themselves.

The UK government is to commission a review of the current guidelines on alcohol consumption. The move is part of the government's alcohol strategy aimed at curbing excessive drinking and in response to a recent parliamentary committee report on alcohol guide

Health officials in Guernsey are considering introducing minimum-pricing on alcoholic drinks, the BBC has been told.

David Cameron said binge drinking accounted for 'half of all alcohol consumed'