The liver disease specialists claim up to 250,000 extra lives could be lost in the next 20 years if the Government fails to introduce proper minimum pricing for alcohol. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, past president of the Royal College of Physicians; Nick Sheron, from the University of Southampton; and Chris Hawkey, of the Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, are launching their attack in The Lancet journal - Daily Mail
Diageo said this morning it agreed to buy Mey for 3.3bn Turkish lira (£1.3bn) from private equity owners TPG Capital and Actera. Diageo estimates Mey will boost earnings per share by 1pc in the first year after the deal completes, which is expected to happen in the second half of 2011 - Diageo
Drinking levels viewed as acceptable could be doubling the risk of cancer for women in the North East of England, it has been revealed. Research by Balance, a drink awareness group, says 32% of the region thinks it is reasonable for a woman to drink two glasses of wine five nights a week. It is advised women should drink only a glass and a half of wine a day - BBC
A hospital trust has revealed it treated four children aged just five for drinking dangerous levels of alcohol. Brighton and Sussex University Hospital's NHS Trust said the youngsters were among 165 youths under 17 treated because of mental and behavioural disorders over drink or drugs in the last five years - Daily Mail
Up to 250,000 people could die because of alcohol over the next 20 years unless ministers take strong action to tackle Britain's chronic drink problems, leading doctors are warning. The prediction comes in edition of the Lancet medical journal by three senior experts on alcohol, two of whom are advising the coalition on how to reduce drink-related harm - The Guardian