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18/12/2012
Drunken hospital admissions double in the region
The number of people being admitted into North East hospitals for drinking alcohol to excess has more than doubled in less than a decade, with the highest increase seen amongst 60-64...
14/12/2012
Weekly news update: Study provides new alcohol and pregnancy...
Round up of this week's news and policy updates.
07/12/2012
Weekly news update: Green King backs MUP
Round up of this week's news and policy updates.
30/11/2012
Weekly News Update: Minimum price plan to end cheap alcohol sales...
Round up of this week's news and policy updates
28/11/2012
Don't sacrifice 1,000 lives for the sake of 5p
Colin Shevills, Director of Balance, said: “This consultation is a real opportunity to make significant progress in tackling alcohol misuse, as long as we set a minimum unit price of...
23/11/2012
Weekly news update: Alcohol Awareness Week
Round up of this week's news and policy updates
23/11/2012
Landlords call time on cheap alcohol
Pubs across the north east are calling on Government to ease pressure on small business by taking action on cheap supermarket alcohol.
23/11/2012
Open letter to Michael Fallon MP
The great British community pub, so central to our national identity, is on its knees. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) estimates that 16 pubs a week are calling time for the last...
19/11/2012
Cheaper to get drunk than to go to the cinema say UKs young people...
Cheap alcohol encourages young people to drink to get drunk, according to a new report from Balance, the North East Alcohol Office and Alcohol Concern.
16/11/2012
Weekly News Update: Moderate drinking in pregnancy 'harms IQ'...
Round up of this week's news and policy updates