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Drunk, disruptive air passenger numbers on the rise

Report shows that 60% of fliers have encountered drunk passengers in transit

MPs welcome calls from Alcohol and Families Alliance to champion families in upcoming alcohol strategy

Report urges government to put families first in the battle to reduce alcohol-related harms

MESAS: weekly alcohol sales exceed guidelines

Monitoring report finds alcohol is ‘still a significant health concern’

New report surveys alcohol policy debates following Brexit

Paper identifies future 'battlegrounds' between industry and public health groups

Lack of joined-up action between alcohol and mental health services

Survey exposes 'poor' levels of service support for sufferers of both conditions

Raising alcohol taxes could boost the economy, study finds

Raising alcohol taxes by 10% could boost GDP by £850 million and create an additional 17,000 jobs in the UK

Stereotypes about women’s drinking branded unfair and unhelpful

Stereotypes about women’s drinking branded unfair and unhelpful

Supermarket alcohol 188% more affordable than thirty years ago

New analysis shows dramatic increase in affordability of shop-bought beer as Lords debate minimum unit pricing in England

England: Alcohol-related hospital admissions hit record levels – again

Number rises to 1.14 million, rate stays same – cardiovascular diseases dominate figures

Scotland: One in four alcohol-related deaths due to cancer

NHS Health Scotland figures detail the impact of alcohol consumption in 2015

Drink drive risk as breath tests fall by 25%

Data shows budget cuts undermining road safety

Minimum Unit Pricing declared legal

UK Supreme Court "unanimously dismisses" Scotch Whisky case

New definition, same old story

Narrower take on alcohol-related deaths may worsen efforts to tackle the wider burden of harms caused by alcohol

Wales introduces minimum unit price for alcohol

Welsh to follow the Scots' lead

‘Like sugar for adults’ report highlights anxiety about parents’ drinking

Report finds low-level parental drinking can leave children feeling worried, embarrassed and facing more arguments

Communication of the alcohol guidelines ‘needs to be improved’

Only 8% of people know what the low-risk weekly guideline actually is

Pubs call for action on cheap supermarket alcohol

Four fifths of pub managers say supermarket alcohol is too cheap

Alcohol brands failing to communicate drinking guidelines

Time to move away from industry self-regulation of alcohol labels, new research shows

Scotland: Alcohol-related deaths on the rise again

Annual totals at their highest level this decade

Foundation for Liver Research makes the ‘financial case’ for action on liver disease

Doctors claim heavy drinking will kill 63,000 people over next five years