'Warning over cheap alcohol: Youngsters can get drunk for half the cost of a chocolate bar'

Youngsters can get drunk for half the price of a bar of chocolate, a worrying new study has found. Strong cider is available in city centre supermarkets and off-licences for as little as 10p a unit, while lager can be bought for just 26p a pint, researchers found. Three-litre bottles of strong cider - containing more alcohol than doctors recommend a man should drink in a week - are on sale for £2.25, the study shows - Daily Mail​

Campaigners found young adults could get drunk on strong cider for as little as 10p a unit and for half the price of a bar of chocolate. Their study coincides with criticism from two charities that millions of children are being left to cope with the effects of their parents' drinking problems - Sky​

The secret to a successful pub is to offer good beer served by a friendly landlord, a survey has revealed. Despite recent efforts to gentrify the boozer by offering coffee, cakes and wi-fi, pub company Greene King found a more traditional approach is what people wanted. Two thirds of those quizzed said a good choice of food and drinks was top of the pub-goers wish list, with just 1% listing wi-fi as important. Only 1% expected to find cakes and Danish pastries in a proper pub and only 7% wanted coffee and a range of tea. A friendly landlord was thought essential by 57% of interviewees - Press Association​

Heavy drinking by parents is doing so much damage to children that a national inquiry into the scale of the problem is needed, two influential charities demand today. Little is being done despite the widespread suffering parental drinking causes, according to a new report from the Children's Society and Alcohol Concern - The Guardian​