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Doctors want ban on booze adverts

Good for the doctors. When I went to the Everton v Fulham football match at the weekend, it was unsurprising to see how much blatant booze advertising there was.  For one thing, the Everton players were advertising Chang beer and around the sidings, as if booze wasn't...

Caesar: Canada's National Drink?

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Caesar, Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier is marking Caesar Day. This also marks the beginning of a push to dub the Caesar as Canada's national drink. If I may quote HAL,...

Bacon Cures Hangovers

We all knew this to be true, at least anecdotally, but now science confirms it: Bacon cures hangovers.It's not just eating (which boosts the metabolism so that your body can deal with toxins faster), but the very chemical makeup of the bacon itself.Food does not "soak up"...

Professional drinkers health risk

The working classes are often the ones portrayed in the media as drinking too much and causing problems in the community due to their drinking but when it comes to unhealthy drinking habits the middle classes and...

Booze: Why you need a day off

Health messages around alcohol are anything but not confusing on many levels. One glass a day of red wine is good for you. One glass of red wine a day can cause cancer. Alcohol should never be drunk in pregnancy....

Beer Wars - Pub chain cut price of a pint to 99p

JD Wetherspoon, the biggest high street pub chain in Britain is cutting the price of a pint of beer to just 99p. This is the same price that beer cost in 1989. Other pub chains are thought to be going to match...

Boozy Britain's Bloody New Year

It is very interesting and absolutely shocking report. obviously its not a good starting year  for Britain people with bloodbath and too much offensives. Yes it was Boozy Britain's bloody NEW YEAR " Violence...

Boozy Britain's bloody New Year: A 999 call every seven second...

British culture. When it comes to youth culture youth sometimes gets a bad press. Most young people are actually and self-evidently good but the media often chooses to run endless stories on anti-social, binge...

Biggest Drinkers Are Middle Class and Over 45

Our news media is full of stories about youing people drinking too much but the really big drinkers are the middle class over 45s. This group are most likely to drink 5 nights a week and at high levels. 10 million...

Frozen chickens security tagged to deter shoplifters

When even the cheapest chickens are security tagged to stop shoplifters stealing them then we really must be in an economic trough. This news in the same week that Gordon Brown tells us that Brits must stop...

Many teens get booze from parents

Highschool graduation is undeniably a great triumph for most teens, but for the parents, graduation can be a time of worry as anything can happen unexpectedly. Unexpectedly for the worse, that is. What's the...

Canadian Jihad: Trained for terror

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs the trial is underway, the crown hears of emails and banter among Jihadists which sound more like a couple of guys planning a Funfilled Babes and Beer College Spring...

Booze Hurts

Northern Irelands Top Doc speaks out on underage drinking and instead of pointing his finger at the kids explains that it's everyone's responsibility to change society for the better. "Drinking alcohol can...

Guevara children denounce Che branding

Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...

Fiddle her on the roof

" A RANDY couple stunned their neighbours — by enjoying a booze-fuelled romp on a city rooftop. The pair gave onlookers a sizzling X-rated show — and even stopped halfway through to give them the...

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