Tag: alcohol

Buckfast brewers pressured to remove caffeine

Deadline News Journalist - January 17, 2010

By Rory Reynolds THE makers of Buckfast are under pressure to remove caffeine from its recipe after new figures linked the drink to crime. Research shows...

Private garden members locked out by teenage boozers

Deadline News Journalist - December 28, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A PRIVATE pleasure garden for the rich has been hijacked by yobs holding their own “lock-in” drinking sessions. Keys to the tranquil...

Former nurse patents booze-o-meter glass

Deadline News Journalist - December 27, 2009

By Rory Reynolds A FORMER Scots nurse has invented a glass design that shows drinkers the number of units they are downing in an attempt...

One in five people in Scotland fear they will become a victim of crime – ID theft and credit card fraud top list

Shaun Milne - October 27, 2009

by Cara Sulieman SHOCK new figures released by the Scottish government today (Tues) show that one in five people are likely to be a victim...

Ex-Hibs keeper boozed at the wheel

Deadline News Journalist - September 8, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A HIBS reject who “drowned his sorrows” by drink driving has been fined £1,000 and banned from the roads for four years. Hungarian...