Alcohol
Caorunn Gin to hand out 1,000 free drinks for World Gin Day - all you need to know
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Letter of the Day 📨
![The Scottish Government's latest target for completing the dualling of the A9 is 2035](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17387272.jpg)
![The Scottish Government's latest target for completing the dualling of the A9 is 2035](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17387272.jpg)
![An increase in the minimum price for alcohol has been approved by MSPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931129.jpg)
![An increase in the minimum price for alcohol has been approved by MSPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931129.jpg)
![Majority of ScotRail passengers want booze ban lifted according to firm's own poll](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13866155.jpg)
![Majority of ScotRail passengers want booze ban lifted according to firm's own poll](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13866155.jpg)
Exclusive
![MSPs on a Holyrood committee have been urged to increase the minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol to 65p.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17824258.jpg)
![MSPs on a Holyrood committee have been urged to increase the minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol to 65p.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17824258.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16932726.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16932726.jpg)
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![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17558837.jpg)
![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17558837.jpg)
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![ScotRail train](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17528852.jpg)
![ScotRail train](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17528852.jpg)
![Doctors want legal measures to be brought in requiring health warnings to be put on cans and bottles containing alcoholic drinks.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17060491.jpg)
![Doctors want legal measures to be brought in requiring health warnings to be put on cans and bottles containing alcoholic drinks.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17060491.jpg)
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![Inside the Herald and Times newsroom on Albion Street during the 1990s](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17837760.jpg)
![Inside the Herald and Times newsroom on Albion Street during the 1990s](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17837760.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Fraternity parties are loud, chaotic scenes where alcohol and underage drinking reign supreme.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17819211.jpg)
![Fraternity parties are loud, chaotic scenes where alcohol and underage drinking reign supreme.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17819211.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
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Scotland & Alcohol
![Annemarie Ward of FAVOR (Faces and Voices of Recovery)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17833175.jpg)
![Annemarie Ward of FAVOR (Faces and Voices of Recovery)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17833175.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![An employee arranges bottles of sparkling wine at a supermarket in Moscow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17834405.jpg)
![An employee arranges bottles of sparkling wine at a supermarket in Moscow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17834405.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Minimum Unit Pricing risks inflicting pain for only theoretical gains](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17822712.jpg)
![Minimum Unit Pricing risks inflicting pain for only theoretical gains](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17822712.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Kevin McKenna and his friend, Thomas Lenaghan at Lauders in Glasgow city centre](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17822705.jpg)
![Kevin McKenna and his friend, Thomas Lenaghan at Lauders in Glasgow city centre](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17822705.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
!['I came to realise that embracing a power beyond myself was not merely appealing but essential'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818573.jpg)
!['I came to realise that embracing a power beyond myself was not merely appealing but essential'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818573.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![SNP call on Chancellor to create no-VAT 'mini enterprise zones' to help pubs and bars](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818493.jpg)
![SNP call on Chancellor to create no-VAT 'mini enterprise zones' to help pubs and bars](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818493.jpg)
Exclusive
![Wine and beer is much cheaper in France, Spain, Italy and Germany than it is in the UK, yet people on average in those countries live longer than in Scotland.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17814184.jpg)
![Wine and beer is much cheaper in France, Spain, Italy and Germany than it is in the UK, yet people on average in those countries live longer than in Scotland.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17814184.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Minimum unit alcohol pricing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15732788.jpg)
![Minimum unit alcohol pricing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15732788.jpg)
Explained in five
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![Alcohol makes you more likely to approach attractive people](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17169606.jpg)
![Alcohol makes you more likely to approach attractive people](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17169606.jpg)
![The Scottish Government is looking again at plans to restrict alcohol advertising](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9362005.jpg)
![The Scottish Government is looking again at plans to restrict alcohol advertising](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9362005.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16683157.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16683157.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16932726.jpg)
![Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16932726.jpg)
![Drinking is considered 'harmful' in women if it exceeds 35 units a week, or 50 in men](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16931994.jpg)
![Drinking is considered 'harmful' in women if it exceeds 35 units a week, or 50 in men](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16931994.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![A study this week suggests that low levels of alcohol may have a cardiovascular benefit by dampening down the brain's stress centre](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16894871.jpg)
![A study this week suggests that low levels of alcohol may have a cardiovascular benefit by dampening down the brain's stress centre](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16894871.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Scotland's landmark legislation on minimum unit pricing is being emulated around the world, but how effective is it at cutting deaths from alcohol consumption?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16567458.jpg)
![Scotland's landmark legislation on minimum unit pricing is being emulated around the world, but how effective is it at cutting deaths from alcohol consumption?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16567458.jpg)
![Anger as Hunt's alcohol duty hike will see £11 of a £15 bottle of Scotch taken in tax](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9362005.jpg)
![Anger as Hunt's alcohol duty hike will see £11 of a £15 bottle of Scotch taken in tax](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9362005.jpg)
Budget
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