The Scottish government's plans for minimum drink pricing have been defeated at Holyrood, despite a last-minute offer to save the measure. Holyrood's health committee backed a Tory amendment to strike…
The efforts of Diageo to equate Ireland with Guinness via the medium of marketing continue tomorrow with 'Arthur's Day'. The whole shebang is a relic, says Ed Power An unlikely…
The Government made a mistake when it rejected hundreds of pages of official advice encouraging it to lower the adult blood alcohol level, health lobby groups say. Official papers show…
The Co-operative Group has called on the UK Government to work closely with the Scottish Government after the SNP administration announced plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in an…
Alcohol companies world-wide are lining up to fight a Thai plan to require graphic warning labels about alcohol on the country's domestic and imported beer, wine and liquor bottles. The…
In the Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) study, 1,897 participants diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer between 1997 and 2000 and recruited on average 2 years post-breast cancer diagnosis were evaluated…
New research suggests that up to a fifth of all cases of early onset dementia are alcohol related. That's nearly twice the figure suggested by earlier estimates. Drug and Alcohol…
The Scottish Government will "carefully consider" Labour calls to ban caffeinated alcoholic drinks such as Buckfast, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. But she insisted there is no evidence…
There is concern over alcohol-related crime in the New South Wales south east, with assault and under-age drinking at alarming high levels. The Salvation Army launched its alcohol awareness campaign…
Finnish attitudes towards binge-drinking are becoming increasingly strict. Bans and restrictions are accepted these days with more relish than in earlier years. A recent study measuring attitudes to alcohol saw…