The government will take a "less intrusive" approach to public health - nudging people rather than restricting their choices, the Health Secretary is due to say. Andrew Lansley will set out plans for changing "social norms" around obesity, smoking, alcohol and exercise so that healthier choices are easier for people to make. The government's white paper will describe the creation of a new public health service from existing organisations and will promise to ring-fence public health budgets - Press Association
Nearly a quarter of all fatal road crashes in Wales last year involved a driver over the drink-drive limit, new figures showed yesterday. All accidents across the nation are more likely than the UK average to involve someone who has been drinking, seven per cent compared with a UK average of five per cent, and this is particularly the case with fatal accidents, 23 per cent as opposed to 15 per cent in the UK. Alcohol is a contributing factor in 13 per cent of driver deaths and a third of pedestrian deaths. No motorcycle riders killed were over the drink-drive limit - Western Mail
Celebrities are notorious for choosing truly bizarre names for their children and it looks like Pink is keen to continue the tradition. She has revealed she has picked out the name Jameson for a boy after her favourite whiskey. But the pop singer insists there's more than just her love of the drink that went into the idea - Daily Mail
An MP has hit out at his own government as plans to ban cheap alcohol look set to be unveiled by ministers this week. Burton's MP Andrew Griffiths told the Mail that he was both 'pleased and disappointed' with government plans to stop supermarkets selling drink below cost prices - Burton Mail
It sounds like a slimmer's dream - a fizzy drink that actually makes you thinner. Cranberry-flavoured Aspire is said to burn off 209 calories within three hours of drinking it. Scientists at Leeds Metropolitan University found that when caffeine and green tea were combined with amino acid and ginger, there was a 'thermogenic effect', whereby the body generates more heat to digest food and temporarily stimulates metabolism. However the drink was tested on only 20 subjects - 11 men and nine women - Daily Mail