It used to be associated with older heavy drinkers but serious liver disease is rising fast in young people. All it takes is a few pints of lager and glasses of wine a week. Lucy Atkins reports.
Children are often forgotten casualties of their parents' drug addiction. But Addaction, the charity born from a Guardian article 40 years ago this week, is helping families rebuild their lives. In the second of two special reports David Ward tells of one mother's salvation.
Binge drinkers in the 18-24 age group are the target of the government's first national advertising campaign to encourage sensible drinking of alcohol.
Teenage drinkers don't just risk making fools of themselves. Doctors now say that binge-drinking in your youth can cause long-term health damage. Emine Saner reports.