The government took a decision to raise minimum wholesale and retail prices for alcoholic beverages produced in Ukraine by 25-50%, First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Vadym Kopylov told journalists by results of the Cabinet's meeting on Wednesday.

The number of children in social care has increased by 25% to 475 since 2009, Somerset County Council has said.

Alcoholic liver disease in the under 30s has risen by half in the last ten years according to official figures. Doctors are warning of the growing impact of alcohol on young people's health after the findings show a quarter of the population drinks too much.

A PUSH to ban the supply of alcohol to children and teens will be brought to State Parliament today.

AAP Controversial new research argues the industry-funded DrinkWise organisation is being used as a puppet by alcohol companies to boost profits. Dr Peter Miller, from Deakin University's School of Psychology, described DrinkWise as a SAPRO (social aspects/public relations organisation) commonly u

THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new law which ends a legal quirk where beer was considered ‘food’. Previous laws decreed that anything with less than 10 per cent ethanol content was not deemed ‘alcoholic’ – meaning that beer was essentially sold as if it was entirely unregulated.

Acute stress is thought to precipitate alcohol drinking. Yet the ways that acute stress can increase alcohol consumption are unclear. A new study investigated whether different phases of response to an acute stressor can alter the subjective effects of alcohol.

THE controversial alcopops tax has worked to curb young people's drinking but sweeping changes are needed to our haphazard alcohol tax regime to tackle widespread abuse, a new report says.

Up to 62,000 children are neglected in Wales because they are trapped in poverty or are being cared for by parents battling alcohol and drug addiction or mental health problems, according to a new report.