Waitrose has taken on a beer created by university students as a business project. Muddy Wellies Original Ale was created by students at the Royal…
Waitrose has taken on a beer created by university students as a business project. Muddy Wellies Original Ale was created by students at the Royal…
Commentator Steve Topple has ripped into “fundamentally flawed” research suggesting alcohol abuse will kill 63,000 people in the next five years if punitive measures are not slapped on alcohol. Writing in The Canary, Topple said calls from the Alcohol Health Alliance, Alcohol Concern and the public health lobby to introduce a 50p minimum unit price offer “nothing more than a tax on the poorest…
The University of Lincoln has expressed disappointment over the news that a nearby supermarket has been granted a 24 hour license to sell alcohol, despite submitting a “significant objection” when a proposal to change the license was initially made. Sammi Storey, president of the Executive Committee of the University of Lincoln’s Student Union, which represents 14,000 students, told OLN that the university felt students would…
After last week’s negative headlines about hospital admissions among the over 65s, this week the national media painted a gloomy picture of alcohol use among young people. Rather than demonstrating that our 16 to 24-year-olds are leading the way when it comes to responsible drinking, the press drew on the findings from a Glasgow University study to suggest a link between higher education…
Researchers urged the Government to ban alcohol firms from sponsoring football matches after finding armchair fans are bombarded by more than 100 images of beer, wine and spirits every hour. The study was conducted by Newcastle University in conjunction with the NHS, and the team analysed six matches spread over 18 hours and 21 minutes on the BBC, ITV and Sky. In that time there…
