Scotland introduces minimum unit alcohol price

by | Apr 30, 2018 | News

Scotland has today introduced a minimum unit price for alcohol – the first country in the world to do so. Retailers must now ensure a unit of alcohol is not priced below 50p, in a government bid to reduce the high number of alcohol-related deaths in the country...

Family's lives changed forever after car hit their home

by | Apr 30, 2018 | News

A family badly injured when a car crashed into their living room have had their lives changed forever, police have said. David and Claire Garnett were watching television in the early hours of 3 September when the high-performance VW Golf smashed into their home in...

Contaminated blood: Firms 'must be held accountable'

by | Apr 30, 2018 | News

Pharmaceutical companies that produced products infected with HIV and hepatitis C must be held accountable by a forthcoming public inquiry, campaigners and victims say. More than 3,000 people, many of them haemophiliacs, were infected by contaminated blood products in...

Pasta diet could bring on earlier menopause

by | Apr 30, 2018 | News

Eating oily fish, peas and beans could delay the menopause, while eating more rice and pasta could bring it on faster, a study has found. According to researchers at the University of Leeds, an additional portion of refined white pasta or rice a day could lead to...