Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Alcohol

NT reinstates alcohol bans in effort to curb crime surge in Alice Springs

Federal government agreed to $250m in additional funding for measures including youth engagement programs and job creation

The Guardian - AU

Alcohol bans to return in Northern Territory

Alcohol bans will be reinstated in central Australia, banning the sale of alcohol to Aboriginal people in town camps and remote communities.

The New Daily

Alcohol bans to return amid Alice Springs crime crisis, but key funding recommendation not addressed

Take-away alcohol will again be banned in town camps in Alice Springs and remote communities, six months after the Intervention-era restrictions were rolled back.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Pleas for grog ban in crime-stricken Alice Springs

Country Liberal Party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will push to reinstate alcohol bans in central Australia, making an impassioned plea to the government.

AAP

Drinking and suicide: How alcohol use increases risks, and what can be done about it

Nearly half of us know someone who ended their life by suicide. Worldwide, 700,000 people die by suicide each year. In Canada, 12 people die by suicide each day — and another 200 attempt suicide. While the prevalence and destructiveness of suicide is clear, much less is known about why…

The Conversation

Police officer sacked after turning up to work twice the drink-drive limit

He was also six times the limit allowed for an on-duty officer

Wales Online

Mount Isa 'overwhelmed' with NT itinerants in wake of Alice Springs alcohol crackdown

More people are crossing the border after recent crackdowns on alcohol consumption in Alice Springs, with leaders in Mount Isa saying itinerants from the NT are exhausting local resources.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Man, 26, diagnosed with 'incurable cancer' warns of signs to look for

He initially thought his issues were alcohol related

Irish Mirror

Concerns raised over location of new drug rehab centre in Llanelli

Residents have voiced concerns as the centre is near a playground and popular tourist attraction

Wales Online

Blind date: ‘She said she was off alcohol, then smashed through four glasses of wine’

Suraiya, 27, a trader, meets Gary, 30, a TV producer.

The Guardian - UK

Alice Springs ED doctor says key to youth crime wave solution is to move past 'politics of alcohol'

Emergency doctor Stephen Gourley warns that focusing only on alcohol and not the reasons why people drink — poverty, housing, education and jobs — will not fix the issues plaguing Alice Springs and the rest of the nation.

ABC News

Experts say earlier FASD diagnosis a key step in tackling Alice Springs youth crime wave

As debate rages over a youth crime wave in Alice Springs, those on the front lines say this major issue can no longer go "hugely neglected".

ABC News

Florida moves to revoke Orlando event venue's liquor license after drag queen show

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Plaza Live, an Orlando event venue that came under state scrutiny for hosting an all-age drag queen performance in December, could lose its ability to sell alcohol, according to a complaint filed Friday by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orlando Sentinel

Infographic: A global look at cancer

In 2020, more than 18 million people around the world were diagnosed with cancer.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Young man, 26, diagnosed with incurable cancer after having trouble weeing while drunk

Phil Dobson from Blyth first noticed something wasn’t right when he had trouble passing urine in July 2021, but initially believed it was due to alcohol before severe pain in his bladder left him in A&E

Manchester Evening News

Man who turned up to court drunk for brutal airport attack told to 'grow up and sort your life out' - by his own barrister

Liam Roof, 25, and James Robson, 26, took part in a drunken brawl at Manchester Airport's bus station as members of the public walked by

Daily Mirror

'Our neighbourhood is now a drunken, drugged up 24-hour party place not fit for humans'

People living in Fallowfield Brow, a district in south Manchester, are worried that a new off licence store selling alcohol may make the problems they face daily in the area even worse

The Guardian - AU

‘We have to come together’: alcohol bans alone won’t fix Alice Springs’ problems

Restrictions have had success but an Aboriginal health group warns the ‘underlying drivers of destructive drinking’ must be dealt with

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Belfast Live

NI counsellor tells of the impact of alcohol on mood and mental health

In NI, 7 out of 10 adults drink alcohol and 3 out of 10 of those who drank in the week had engaged in at least one binge drinking session

Wales Online

Driver drank cider and smoked cannabis behind wheel before killing teenage passenger

Ricky Davies, 30, caused the death of Dafydd Hughes, 18, and caused serious injury to Graham Leader, in a collision on the B4235 in Monmouthshire

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trea Turner’s path to Phillies’ $300 million man began as a baby-faced freshman at N.C. State

RALEIGH, N.C. — During Trea Turner’s three years at North Carolina State, the only opponents who could stop him were the ones manning the entrances to the local taprooms. When Turner was a freshman, his buddies on the baseball team would bar-hop on Friday and Saturday nights, many of them…

Insider UK

Drinks industry 'in crisis mode' over DRS implementation and alcohol promotion ban plan

Sector stakeholders warn that prices will rise for consumers and overseas producers may leave the country altogether

AAP

Alleged drunk driver nears record blood alcohol reading

A Sunshine Coast woman has allegedly gotten behind the wheel while more than eight times over the legal alcohol limit before being involved in a two-car crash.

ABC News

NT government under fire for letting Alice Springs grog bans lapse, urged to act quickly on report

The chief minister is criticised by the First Nations justice commissioner for not listening to community concerns sooner and urged to quickly reinstate grog restrictions in and around Alice Springs.

ABC News

Alice Springs alcohol support sector says significant funding is needed to address alcohol-related harm

The NT's peak drug and alcohol body says dire funding shortfalls could be hampering government efforts to reduce soaring rates of alcohol-related harm in Alice Springs.

1 … 165 166 167 168

People

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

British Transport Police

Country Liberal Party

36 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.