9th Febuary 2010

Alcohol deaths up but overall drinking falls.

14th January 2010

Health Secretary Andy Burnham has announced that a commitment to introducing minimum pricing will be in the Labour election manifesto.

15th December 2009

Rise in child alcohol - related crimes recorded. More than 6,000 children aged 10 to 15 were handed police cautions or taken to court for abusing alcohol between 2003 and 2007, official figures have showed.

27th October 2009

The Drinks Business: Assumptions mask facts in health row - an industry view. As “Alcohol Awareness Week” brings us endless tales of the damage drinking can do, the fear is that sensationalist stories and exaggerated claims will further undermine the steps the industry is taking to clean up the British drinking scene

11th August 2009

Children’s Minister, Dawn Primarolo, has published the responses to a consultation on children, young people and alcohol. The responses show that there is a broad base of support for guidelines from the Chief Medical Office on safe levels of drinking

22nd June 2009

Confirmation that brief advice to risky drinkers identified in accident and emergency departments can cut drinking and reduce the chance of further injuries

18th May 2009

The Scottish justice minister leads the crusade for minimum pricing of alcohol

6th May 2009

Scheme to tackle youth alcohol abuse welcomed

16th March 2009

FINDINGS: Overwhelming evidence of the effects of alcohol prices on drinking.

16th March 2009

Brown cool on alcohol price plan.

16th March 2009

Plans for minimum alcohol price.

5th March 2009

Scottish minimum price plans "illegal".

26th February 2009

Scottish Government's press release about the new National Statistics Report. (below)

26th February 2009

Scotitsh National Statistics on alcohol misuse.

26th February 2009

British Medical Association: Alcohol misuse - tackling the UK epidemic.

20th February 2009

Submissions invited for Parliamentary tax inquiry

20th February 2009

Health Select Committee enquiry on alcohol. Organisations and individuals are invited to submit written evidence.

12th February 2009

The Times: Low-alcohol wine manufacturer fights ban.

4th December 2008

Sheffield report analyses effects of alcohol pricing and promotion policies.

28th November 2008

The Alcohol Learning Centre aims to provide online support and resources to commissioners, service managers and practitioners with a responsibility for, or an interest, in the prevention and treatment of alcohol misuse or alcohol-related ill health.

3rd November 2008

Drinkers Alliance: Supermarket shoppers could be forced through alcohol-only checkout.

3rd November 2008

Daily Mirror: Credit crunch puts plans to shelve cheap alcohol on ice.

3rd November 2008

A swift two-thirds: Pubs in Britain could soon offer two-thirds of a pint following proposals put forward by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory.

29th October 2008

Daily Telegraph: Women unaware of wine breast cancer risk

29th October 2008

Alcohol industry 'should help pay cost of problem drinking'.

20th October 2008

World Health Organisation: Public hearing on ways of reducing harmful use of alcohol.

1st October 2008

Guardian alcohol supplement: This recently published supplement covers a wide range of alcohol issues.

29th September 2008

Drinks Business: French wine industry lobbies for more freedom.

15th September 2008

New South Wales: list of the 39 signs of drunkenness.

15th September 2008

Stanford University Research: Key enzyme for regulating heart attack damage found in biochemical response to alcohol.

11th September 2008

Price & Promotion: Amid social unease about Britain's harmful relationship with alcohol, the government is under pressure to adopt price controls and stricter regulation.

8th September 2008

U.S. Voices for Recovery: The following PowerPoint presentation can help to promote the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in your local community.

8th September 2008

British Medical Journal: Lowering the price of alcohol is associated with an increase in alcohol related mortality, a study of the effects of substantial price cuts in Finland indicates.

8th September 2008

BBC News: A generation of young binge drinkers are increasing their risk of developing dementia in middle age, experts have warned.

25th August 2008

Nurses help prevent future hazardous consumption while caring for injured drinkers.

19th August 2008

Drug & Alcohol Findings: How to identify retention enhancing alcohol counsellors.

19th August 2008

Violent Partners to Face Drinking Ban.

18th August 2008

Against the Booze Bans - and the Hyperregulation of Public Space.

18th August 2008

Drug & Alcohol Findings update: We already have strategies that can promote responsible service of alcohol.

11th August 2008

Two-thirds of Scots believe ministers are acting unfairly by pushing up the price of alcohol for everyone.

8th August 2008

Findings Effectiveness Bank Bulletin: Universal screening for alcohol problems in primary care fails in Denmark and is no longer on UK agenda.

8th August 2008

Pubs are in trouble for cheap drinks. But ever more is being sunk at home.

8th August 2008

Alcohol Concern has just published a new report into the limitations of the alcohol regulatory regime. In the report Alcohol Concern says that the long standing agreement between the government and the alcohol trade associations is failing to safeguard the public.

1st August 2008

Identifying cost-effective interventions to reduce the burden of harm associated with alcohol misuse in Australia.

29th July 2008

Chronic alcohol consumption discovered in wild mammals: boozing is older than mankind.

25th July 2008

A licence for disorder and dangerous drinking. In the 2003 Licensing Act, the Government severed the link between pubs and the criminal justice system by transferring licensing powers from magistrates to councils, and now wonders why public houses do not keep better order.

23rd July 2008

Pricing and promotion review: In Safe. Sensible. Social: next steps in the national alcohol strategy, the Department of Health committed to commission an independent review of the relationship between alcohol price, promotion and harm. This Phase 1 report is a comprehensive summary of international evidence.

9th July 2008

Alcohol returns to Baghdad - Militants' control diminishes as secular social life returns

The BMA will propose that beer and wine bottles should carry graphic images of in an effort to curb the country's alcohol abuse.

7th July 2008

The first meeting of the Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum was held in Brussels on June 30th.

More than 100 people in the east end of Glasgow are to be given one-to-one help to beat alcohol addiction.

Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has challenged the Drinks Industry to work with his Department and other agencies to tackle the growing problem of young people’s drinking.

The first meeting of the Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum was held in Brussels on June 30th.

More than 100 people in the east end of Glasgow are to be given one-to-one help to beat alcohol addiction.

Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has challenged the Drinks Industry to work with his Department and other agencies to tackle the growing problem of young people’s drinking.

Motorists in Britain are among the worst offenders in Europe for drink-driving, a new study suggests.

2nd July 2008

Cancer Research UK have created an online Alcohol Tracker widget for iGoogle users.

1st July 2008

The Government’s attempt to reduce alcohol-related disorder by introducing 24-hour drinking has failed dismally, according to a survey.

June 15th 2008

UNDER 21s will be banned from buying alcohol at supermarkets and off licences under a controversial plan to shake-up Scotland's drink laws.

May 25th 2008

The World Heath Organisation (WHO) has adopted a Sweden-backed global alcohol resolution at its annual World Health Assembly.

May 6th 2008

Alcohol misuse is costing Scotland a staggering £2.25 billion, more than double previous estimates - according to figures released today.