http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008 en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008 liverpool fc news, everton fc news, Liverpool business news, liverpool news, liverpool daily post, Liverpool golf, everton fc, liverpool fc, daily post, European Capital of Culture 2008, Entertainment news, lfc, efc http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/24/alcohol-related-admissions-now-twice-as-bad-as-feared-for-region-64375-21394207/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/24/alcohol-related-admissions-now-twice-as-bad-as-feared-for-region-64375-21394207/ LIVERPOOL’S binge drinking epidemic – widely recognised as the worst in the country – is twice as bad as feared, new hospital admission figures reveal. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/28/third-of-merseyside-children-binge-drink-every-week-64375-20685039/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:54:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/28/third-of-merseyside-children-binge-drink-every-week-64375-20685039/ A THIRD of Merseyside children are binge drinking every week, and the average 15-16 year-old is putting away up to 67 bottles of wine, or 269 pints of beer, every year. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/03/28/comment-action-vital-on-binge-drinking-64375-20684985/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/03/28/comment-action-vital-on-binge-drinking-64375-20684985/ THE latest figures on children’s alcohol consumption are about as worrying as they can get for parents. A detailed survey by the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, shows a third of Merseyside youngsters – around 57,000 teenagers in the North West – binge drinking on a weekly basis. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/04/mp-hits-out-at-parents-who-ply-children-with-drink-64375-20553240/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/04/mp-hits-out-at-parents-who-ply-children-with-drink-64375-20553240/ A NORTH-WEST MP will today accuse some parents of encourag- ing teenagers to binge-drink, in the wake of the murder of Garry Newlove by drunken thugs. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/14/drinking-culture-making-transplants-crisis-worse-64375-20346152/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/14/drinking-culture-making-transplants-crisis-worse-64375-20346152/ A LIVERPOOL-BASED liver specialist last night warned that the UK’s chronic organ donation crisis will get worse, with Britain’s culture of excess driving a burgeoning obesity epidemic. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/12/17/alcohol-campaign-is-aimed-at-festive-party-goers-64375-20258928/ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/12/17/alcohol-campaign-is-aimed-at-festive-party-goers-64375-20258928/ A CAMPAIGN to try and make people think about how much they are drinking will be up and running across Wirral this weekend. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/11/08/10m-to-prevent-binge-drinking-64375-20079617/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/11/08/10m-to-prevent-binge-drinking-64375-20079617/ AN EXTRA £10m will be spent on addressing Liverpool’s binge drinking culture, health officials announced yesterday. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2007/09/25/urgent-need-for-alcohol-strategy-64375-19844597/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:45:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2007/09/25/urgent-need-for-alcohol-strategy-64375-19844597/ AT A time when it has never been easier to consume copious amounts of alcohol – following the relaxation of licensing laws, its relative cheapness, and the expansion of outlets where it can be bought – it is perhaps not surprising that Liverpool, in common with many other cities, has a culture of excessive drinking.