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Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021

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.

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2022

Third of adults ‘feel pressured to drink alcohol while socialising’

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

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Domestic violence increasing in NT, Indigenous Australians struggling to find employment, inquiry hears

The chief executive of an Indigenous health service has told a federal inquiry she supports the return of liquor bans in the NT and that Aboriginal families "have the right to conduct their lives free of alcohol-fuelled violence."

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Covid lockdown drinking led to record alcohol deaths, new figures show

Toll rocketed by more than 25 per cent on 2019 number

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Bar forced to close after official digs up 1980s planning restriction everyone had forgotten about

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

Wales Online · Dec 8, 2022

Cutting through red tape to buy red wine at Qatar's World Cup

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…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 8, 2022

I’m An Alcoholic: Inside Recovery review – the first ever peek inside an AA meeting is hugely moving

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Stretford Foodhall was unable to serve booze for SIX WEEKS - here's why

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'

Manchester Evening News · Dec 7, 2022

Gateshead Council urged to do more to protect children from exposure to alcohol

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

Chronicle Live · Dec 7, 2022

Five 'sober up quick' myths busted ahead of Christmas party season

The only way to remove alcohol from your system is to allow your body sufficient time

Irish Mirror · Dec 7, 2022