One of Britain's most senior police officers has called for a daytime ban on alcohol advertising on TV and in cinemas.

Drink-related hospital admissions are costing the NHS in London an estimated £264 million a year — or £34 for every London resident. A report revealed that the cost of treating patients with alcohol-related problems varies widely betwee

THE SNP government’s plan to tackle Scotland’s drink problem by introducing alcohol minimum pricing was formally endorsed by MSPs last night. The Conservatives and Lib Dems backed the SNP’s plan with only Labour failing to support the proposals at Holyrood last n

Children as young as 10 are more familiar with some alcohol brands and adverts than those for popular foods and snacks, research shows.

IN ITS report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Parliament’s health and sport committee dr

Medical experts say “210,000 people could die from alcohol abuse in next 20 years”, according to the Daily Mirror. Several other newspapers have highlighted the estimate, based on the latest alcohol-related harm statistics released from the UK’s Office of Nati

MORE than a third of teenagers in Scotland are “binge-drinking” by the age of 13, say researchers. Some 35 per cent of school pupils drink to excess by their early teenage years, a study has found.

The Scottish Conservatives have made a major policy U-turn by supporting SNP plans for minimum pricing of alcohol.

A minimum price for a unit of alcohol came one step closer today with the publication of the Stage 1 report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill by the Health and Sport Committee.

Many young people underestimate how much alcohol they drink, according to a University of Sussex-led study.