Public drinking ban for under-18s
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Police are to get new powers to confiscate alcohol from under-18s who drink in public, the government says.
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Scotland will ban smoking in enclosed public places, First Minister Jack McConnell said Wednesday, following Ireland in enacting a sweeping ban.
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The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, today signalled tougher powers for police to confiscate alcohol from under-18s as part of a crackdown on teenage street drinking
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Â· Â£50 fine each time an excluded child roams Â· New law part of drive to improve school discipline
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Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina yesterday said the consumption of alcohol by those aged 16 and under should be made illegal.
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Jennifer Gilligan says she wasn't drinking at the party and didn't know other underage people were. But when Naperville Police pulled up, the 20-year-old and more than a dozen others were ticketed, not for underage drinking, but for simply being at a party where their peers had alcohol.
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Free and cut-price alcohol offers in Scottish shops will be made illegal, ministers announce.
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New 24-hour drinking may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to inner city A&E departments, a study claims.
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Beer, wine and hard liquor packaging in Britain will carry warning labels next year detailing how many units of alcohol each drink contains as well as recommended safe drinking levels, the public health minister said Monday.
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The Government is unlikely to emulate Ireland in introducing an outright ban on smoking in public places. In March this year. Ireland became the first European country to ban smoking in workplaces, including pubs and restaurants.
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Drunken drivers beware: Police say they are starting a crackdown this month and the government is promising arrests for those who drink and drive.
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Cunning plan to combat binge drinking A health adviser to the government has formulated a cunning plan to tackle the UK's binge drinking epidemic which some claim has seen this green and pleasant land converted into a booze-fuelled version of a bad Saturday night in the Democratic Republic of Congo - simply ban the sale of alcohol in supermarkets.â¦
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Fifty-nine percent of Britons aged between 18 and 24 drink alcohol just to get drunk and the practice is expected to rise during the football World Cup, a health information charity said.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. - Police found more than they bargained for when they stopped a U-Haul truck with a burned-out taillight. Instead of furniture in the back, police on Monday found a rolling keg party with about 20 people drinking whiskey and beer. Eleven people were charged with underage drinking.
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Lawyers for Michigan and New York argued yesterday that the direct shipping bans are not discriminatory because the Constitution&#39;s 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition in 1933, also permits states to regulate the alcohol industry.
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The British government will today outline proposals to ban smoking in all restaurants, cafes and most pubs in England. The proposed ban is part of a wide-ranging white paper on public health which is being published today.
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A ban on adverts for junk food during television programmes aimed at children under 16 comes into force.