14 h. ago Thomas Kwan: Second victim feared poison plot GP 'could have killed my family'

Dad-of-four Torquil Gundlach spoke for the first time of how he fell ill after drinking a bottle of vodka Kwan laced with thallium, banned as a rat poison due to its high toxicity

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17 h. ago Why you should NEVER drink bottled water after its best before date

While it's unlikely that your bottled water will go bad before you get round to drinking it, experts have warned that the plastic its stored in can degrade overtime increasing the risk of bowel cancer.

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38 h. ago ‘It started with wine o’clock, then I spiralled to drinking two bottles a day’

‘On the outside, everything looked lovely... but inside, I was lost’, reveals Helen whose social drinking eventually became an addiction

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4 d. ago Woman tells how secret teen drinking turned into bottle of vodka a day by 20

Lacey Davis says that 'drinking vodka for breakfast nearly killed her'.

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4 d. ago 'I was drinking so much I almost died but doctors said I wasn't alcoholic'

Lacey, 22, was drinking a bottle of vodka or gin every day - starting at 7am

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7 d. ago 'I'm a wine expert and there is 1 bottle you should never order in a restaurant'

A wine expert has shared his tips for getting the best value from your wine - and it turns out you should avoid the cheapest bottle

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1 week ago You'll need eyes of a sniper to spot fourth person hiding in optical illusion

A photo of a group of friends clinking their drink bottles together has left people scratching their heads as they try to spot the fourth person hiding somewhere in the photo

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2 w. ago Better Days review – modest, honest study of woman trying to grapple with a drinking problem

Valérie Bonneton is terrific in French drama about women in rehab that gets a little carried awayThis French rehab drama begins with some painfully realistic scenes showing the grim slog of maintaining a hidden drinking problem. At night, after her kids go to bed, mum of three Suzanne (Valérie Bonneton) gets a box down from a high cupboard. Inside is her stash of vodka, which she carefully siphons into mineral water bottles for the next day. There is no pleasure in her drinking; it makes her foggy at work and detached from her boys. Bonneton, better known in France for comedy roles, is terrific, with her warm, worn performance, not a scrap of sentimentality in it.Suzanne hits her rock bottom after a car accident; the court puts her sons into the care of their grandparents and orders her into rehab. First comes denial. “Some wine with dinner,” she tells the doctor who asks her about her drinking at the all-female unit. Other residents include Diane (Michèle Laroque), a famous actor w...

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