'Alex Salmond hails Labour split over alcohol minimum pricing'

The SNP's case for introducing a minimum price for alcohol in Scotland has been boosted by a Labour split over the issue, Alex Salmond has claimed. The First Minister seized on an interview given to The Daily Telegraph by Andy Burnham, the Westminster Health Secretary, in which he called for public backing for the controversial scheme - Daily Telegraph​

China is tipped to become the world's biggest wine producer. The Far East giant - better known for its Great Wall than its vineyards - already makes more wine than Spain and Portugal. And with British supermarkets stocking up, experts predict it will overtake Australia in 2010 and Italy and France within 50 years - The Sun​

A Cambridge University team has been axed after players trashed a pub on a boozy night of shame. St Catherine's College students ripped pictures from the walls, started food fights, threw up and urinated from a window. They also sexually harassed a barmaid at the Red Bull pub, Cambridge - The Mirror​

Heavy snowfall and icy conditions will return after this weekend's thaw and could last until April, forecasters have warned. Despite temperatures expected to hit double figures in the south west of England for the first time this year, experts warned it could only be a brief respite from the wintery weather - The Telegraph ​

British families are spending less on clothes and booze - because taxes, petrol prices and energy bills have rocketed. Official figures revealed yesterday show millions of households have been clobbered by the soaring cost of electricity, gas, fuel and taxation - The Sun​