How Freddie survived his 24-hour binge

David Adam: As befitting his new status as national hero and general God-like cricketing genius, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff was spared the usual tabloid scorn when he chose to celebrate England's dramatic victory on Monday night with a 24-hour booze-fuelled binge.

Britons drink more alcohol as French cut intake

The hard-drinking British increased their consumption of alcohol by 5% over the past five years while the French and Germans were sharply cutting back their intake, market researchers reported today. They found more young people in mainland Europe were switching … Continue reading →

Substantial problems

Leader: There was bad news yesterday on two of the country's heaviest addictions: alcohol and cannabis. On the alcohol front, a new study of teenage girls showed that for the first time they had overtaken boys in levels of binge drinking.