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Monday, 12th May 2008

Alcohol & binge drinking

MacAskill sorry about 'cooking lager' jibe HE TALKS tough about Scotland's booze shame, but now Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, has been forced to grovel to the brewers of the country's best-known lager.

Scots child diagnosed with rare drink-related disease A CHILD in Lanarkshire has become the youngest person in the UK to be diagnosed with a rare drink-related brain disease that usually affects alcoholics.

My ticker's been going 105 years.. thanks to Countdown Great-gran credits long life to clean living and TV puzzles

Alcohol abuse: 'There is no short-term fix for the problem' THE SNP is right to be concerned over the levels of alcohol abuse in Scotland. It is not surprising that it has identified curtailing binge drinking as its number one health priority.

Excess booze drive is a hit

Scotland's Alcohol Shame: Experts target women as middle-class drinkers face health threat

Scotland's Alcohol Shame: Drink abuse costs nation £2.25bn a year

'Radical measures' vow to cut alcohol abuse

All aboard the city 'drunk bus'

Capital targets 'bevvy culture' blighting city

A story every parent should read: 100 Scots children a week in A&E, drunk on about 6 pints each, aged as young as 8

MacAskill leads the crusade to outlaw sales of cheap alcohol

Booze blamed as five women a day charged with violence

Female criminals: 'A new breed of drunk women are as bad as men'

Vodka, Mad Dog and Buckfast: This is Friday night for 'bored' 12-year-old

Long-term alcohol abuse puts nine in hospital every day

Bottle needed in war against under-age drinking

One in seven off-licences sells drink to children

Nightclub spot-checks turn into tea party

Shop hit with alcohol ban

Overnight hospital stays for teen boozers jump by a third

Alcohol abuse: 'The polluter pays principle may be a help'

Pubs measures 'irresponsible'

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