The Latest Breaking News from Alcohol

'Bully' who murdered 'drinking partner' wipes away tears as she's jailed for life

Adrian Swift told paramedics that Cheryl O'Callaghan pushed him down the stairs and beat him with a bat

Liverpool Echo · Jan 6, 2023

Disruptive 'drunk' who hid in plane's toilets to secretly sip confiscated alcohol jailed

It took two people to subdue Mr Gibbons when he landed at Newcastle International Airport

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

Man drinking litre and half of vodka a day made vile threat through woman's bedroom window

The court heard Thomas Shone had been drinking 'incredible' amounts of hard alcohol

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

Edinburgh champagne thief snatched 50 bottles from popular curry house

Andrew Stobbs, 37, stole around £1,000 worth of alcohol during his visit to the award-winning Raj Mahal restaurant in Kinross in 2020, before being caught by police a few months later.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 6, 2023

Drunken Ryanair passenger who was disruptive on flight from Spain jailed

Meredith Gibbons had smuggled his own alcohol onto the flight and when it was confiscated from him, he snuck into the galley to retrieve it and took it into the toilet to drink.

Irish Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

Tragic beautician was sat in the middle of the road when a car ploughed into her

Antonia St Louis was a 'loving daughter, sister and granddaughter', her family said

Manchester Evening News · Jan 6, 2023

Drunken Ryanair passenger who was disruptive on flight from Alicante to Newcastle jailed

Meredith Gibbons, of Gateshead, had smuggled his own alcohol on board the Ryanair flight and continued to behave in a disorderly way when arrested at Newcastle International Airport

Chronicle Live · Jan 6, 2023

Men thrown off TUI Manchester Airport flight could face 20 years in jail

An FBI report says the men became loud and disruptive and were refused alcohol

Liverpool Echo · Jan 5, 2023

"It hasn't worked" - Calls for alcohol minimum unit pricing to be dropped

The legislation, which came into effect back in January 2022, meant that going forward every gram of alcohol has to cost at least 10 cents.

Irish Mirror · Jan 5, 2023

Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Senn's father, long dead, appeared to her as she lay back in the dimly lit room at the Santa Monica clinic, a mask over her closed eyes, and the psychedelic trip began.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 5, 2023