'Smoking ban smashes toll of heart attacks'

The number of heart attacks has fallen dramatically since the smoking ban came in, figures reveal. At least 1,200 heart attacks were prevented in England in the year after the ban's introduction, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. In the largest study of its kind, information on adult heart attack patients from the five years before the ban came into force in July 2007, was compared with data from the subsequent 14 months - Daily Mail​

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has issued a plea to opposition parties to support SNP plans to impose minimum prices for alcohol. The call comes ahead of a key Holyrood debate on the first stage of the Scottish Government's flagship alcohol bill tomorrow. Ms Sturgeon has not yet revealed at what level the minimum price will be set, but she said the policy was needed to Scotland's "staggering" alcohol abuse problems, including the soaring costs to the NHS and police - The Scotsman​

A Tory mayor has apologised after handing two young teens eight bottles of beer as a prize at a fete. Cllr Colin Bothwell gave the lager to a 15-year-old lad and his 13-year-old friend, saying: "You can have these." - The Mirror​

Simon Cowell, learner drivers, mobile phones and the blind faith of England's army of World Cup supporters. These are just some of the daily irritations which get pub landlord John Wilkins' back up. Dubbed one of the grumpiest men in Britain, by his own staff no less, the cantankerous grandfather-of-three spends most of his days moaning - The Mirror​