'Gordon Brown: Any shop twice selling alcohol to U18s should lose its licence'

Off-licences which sell booze to under-18s will be shut down to tackle the binge drinking plague. Gordon Brown promised to strip shopkeepers of their licence if they are twice caught flogging youngsters beer - The Mirror​

Cheap supermarket booze deals are set to end under a crackdown to be announced tomorrow. Ministers will demand an end to cut-price offers that see some stores sell lager for less than water - The Sun​

The introduction of 24-hour drinking laws has been a catastrophic "mistake" which has turned Britain's town centres into no-go areas during the evening for everyone except young drunks, council leaders said today - The Daily Telegraph​

A drunk was stabbed to death by a terrified neighbour who mistook him for a burglar as he returned to the wrong house, it was claimed today - The Daily Mail​

Popping down the Rovers for a quick half will no longer be the exclusive preserve of the residents of Coronation Street if ITV pulls off a plan to put a themed lookalike Rovers Return in every high street - The Times ​

Dairy foods could soon have to carry cigarette-style health warnings in a bid to slash Britain's soaring levels of obesity and heart disease, according to a report yesterday - The Scotsman​

The BBC has been accused of undermining industry efforts to avoid a ban on alcohol advertising. Baroness Coussins, a member of the Advertising Standards Authority Council, accused the BBC of portraying binge-drinking irresponsibly, specifically pointing the finger at incidents in shows such as Holby City and Eastenders - The Guardian​

Production is to restart at a 133-year-old distillery in the Highlands after the business was bought by a Dutch investment firm. The Scaent Group has snapped up the Glenglassaugh distillery for £5m from owner Edrington, whose brands include The Macallan - The Scotsman​