6 h. ago How Lulu, 76, hid her alcohol addiction to keep up appearances after revealing she was a 'secret drinker' and 'battled shame in secret for years'

The singer, 76, who is now in recovery and was previously admitted to rehab, made the candid admission in an interview with The Times ahead of the release of her memoir, If Only You Knew.

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11 h. ago In Australia, racist violence is nothing new. But emboldened neo

The so-called ‘March for Australia’ echoed the Cronulla race riots – and not by accident. Are we seeing history repeating, or the start of something worse?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe text messages circulating around Sydney’s Sutherland shire in early December 2005 explained precisely the purpose of the gathering. “Just a reminder that Cronulla’s 1st wog bashing day is still on this Sunday,” one read. “Chinks bashing day is on the 27th and the Jews are booked in for early January.”On Sunday 11 December, more than 5,000 people, mostly young men, swarmed Cronulla beach. They wore Australian flags as capes, they had drawn the Eureka flag on their bodies. They were drinking alcohol and they were chanting – and they were beating up anyone who wasn’t white. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Foreign Office issues symptoms alert to Brits who drink alcohol on holiday

The Foreign Office has issued a warning over potentially fatal methanol poisoning caused by contaminated drinks

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52 h. ago UK Foreign Office alert to anyone who drinks alcohol on holiday

A fun-filled trip abroad can go badly wrong, travellers have been warned

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3 d. ago Could drinking alcohol on an aeroplane be banned? Simon Calder investigates

As air rage incidents rise, The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder considers whether it is time to trial alcohol-free flights.

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9 d. ago Dad of Celtic fan killed after boarding wrong bus urges pals to "stick together"

James Burns wants young people to look out for one and other when drinking alcohol after the death of his son.

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1 week ago Edinburgh crime: 'Depraved' man who raped two teenage girls after meeting them at Edinburgh nightclub jailed

The 35-year-old assaulted them when they were unconscious after drinking alcohol

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1 week ago Gogglebox star admits 'it's a terrible feeling' as he details reason for giving up alcohol

The TV star has revealed they are 'very pleased' with their decision to stop drinking alcohol

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1 week ago Is it okay to drink alcohol while on Mounjaro? Risks of mixing weight loss injections with alcohol explained

Drinking alcohol on weight loss medications can come with risks 🍷

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2 w. ago Most teetotal places in Britain as students fuel growing no alcohol trend

Sales of no and low alcohol drinks have been increasingly rapidly in recent years, with research showing which areas are the most likely to abstain

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2 w. ago The science behind what happens to your body when you quit drinking alcohol

Katinka van de Ven and Nicole Lee explain how the body recovers after removing alcohol from your life

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2 w. ago How long it takes for alcohol to leave your bloodstream as new drink driving rules considered

As the drink driving limit might be reduced for the first time in over half a century, you must know how long alcohol remains in your body

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2 w. ago Get the pints in! Gen Z are drinking again, according to new research

The number of young adults in the UK who say they never drink has dropped by 23 per cent

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2 w. ago New 'sin taxes' could be added to everything from junk food to gambling

Chancellor Rachel Reeves may also increase the cost of cigarettes, alcohol and sugary drinks to raise £50billion

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3 w. ago Are YOU drinking more than your friends? Use our interactive tool to tell to you exactly how you compare to others of your age and gender

Using The Daily Mail's alcohol tracker, you can work out how much you are drinking and how it compares to others of the same age and gender.

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3 w. ago Southwest Airlines pilot arrested as he was about to fly plane after drinking alcohol

A pilot was pulled off a flight by police moments before the plane was about to take off as officers suspected he was intoxicated.

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3 w. ago Booze up: is gen Z’s ‘sensible’ relationship with alcohol moving towards hedonism?

Reports those born between 1997 and 2012 are ditching clean-living ways don’t tell whole story, say expertsGen Z have long been hailed as “generation sensible” – dozens of articles have charted how they drink less alcohol, exercise more, eat a more healthy diet and have ditched night clubs for book clubs.But could that be about to change? Recent data has shown the proportion of gen Z – those born roughly between 1997 and 2012 – who are of legal drinking age and have consumed alcohol in the past six months has increased by 7% between 2024 and 2025. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘This is America’: New Jersey gym teacher told Egyptian Muslim student she’d be in ‘jail’ by 16 during bullying campaign, lawsuit alleges

Kathie DeBonis allegedly told teen Jana Gadalla that fasting during Ramadan might help her lose weight and she should ‘just go drink alcohol’

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3 w. ago Are you drinking too much for your age and gender? Use our interactive alcohol tracker to find out if you need to cut down on boozing

Using The Daily Mail's alcohol tracker, you can work out how much you are drinking and how it compares to others of the same age and gender.

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3 w. ago I knew working from home had made me an alcoholic when I started hiding 3

Jennie Mccormack, a 52-year-old mother from Liverpool, had always been a 'big drinker' but her alcohol intake skyrocketed during the Covid pandemic when she was at home a lot more.

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