'More than half of underage drinkers get their alcohol from local shops'

More than half of 10-19 year olds in deprived areas buy their alcohol from their local shop, a Home Office-funded study has found - The Guardian​

A promise to introduce a single, simple food labelling scheme this year, ending the contradictory and confusing systems, will form the centrepiece of the government's anti-obesity drive today - The Guardian​

Chief executives of big companies and public sector organisations are coping with their stressful positions by drinking the equivalent of almost three bottles of wine a week, new research shows - The Independent​

Teenagers will be given compulsory cooking lessons at school, under government plans to ensure that all pupils know how to make eight different healthy meals - The Times​

Britain enjoyed a brief respite from its downpours yesterday, but more were forecast at the end of the week in the latest episode of flooding linked to La Niña - The Times​

Stronger wine and the trend for larger measures mean 12 million Britons are regularly drinking too much alcohol - The Daily Telegraph​

Millions of middle-class women are drinking far more alcohol than they thought because of larger wine glasses, according to official figures - Daily Mail​

Young people are binge-drinking at an increasingly early age, with serious consequences for health and crime, according to new research - Daily Express​

Just 22 per cent of adults smoke - the lowest number recorded, according to figures out yesterday - Daily Mirror​

People from professional and high-income households are the heaviest drinkers in Britain, and Scots drink less than people in England, figures revealed yesterday - The Scotsman​