The Latest Breaking News from Alcohol

Deaths from alcohol in the UK have risen to their highest level since records began in 2001, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2021, 9,641 people (14.8 per 100,000) died as a result of alcohol: a rise of 7.4% from 2020.

Friends, partners and colleagues are worst peer-pressure offenders, poll suggests

The tale of one intrepid U.S. supporter’s sleight of hand to defy Qatar’s ban on alcohol at its stadiums.

Toll rocketed by more than 25 per cent on 2019 number

'We have had to make five people redundant because of it. One of them lives here and has had to find a new home'

As the mid-morning sun beat down, a guard standing in front of a giant fan and sporting a yellow hi-vis jacket checked the email showing permit number 500690. A smile and he allowed access past the barrier to the car park of the Qatar Distribution Company where customers from earlier…

This candid chronicle of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is sensitive, impeccably balanced – and incredibly uplifting

The venue which is part corner shop, part canteen, placed a notice on its bar stating that it could not serve alcohol due to a 'temporary situation'

Public officials have pleaded with councillors to reduce children's exposure to alcohol and to counter the 'normalisation' of heavy drinking.