Articles Tagged: wine

12-year-old kids drinking 19 glasses of wine a week

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 31, 2011

Children as young as 12 are knocking back the equivalent of NINETEEN glasses of wine a week a survey has found.

Continue reading >

Head teacher confiscates drunk mum's car keys

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Aug 16, 2011

A 36-year-old mum from Abergele, Wales, arrived at her seven-year-old daughter's school so drunk that she had her car keys confiscated by the deputy headteacher.

Continue reading >

Drink-driving mum spared jail despite being four times over the limit

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Aug 12, 2011

A mum who crashed her 4x4 into a car on the school run after drinking three glasses of wine has been spared jail by magistrates.

Continue reading >

Drunk driver mum spared jail

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jun 17, 2011

A mum who had drunk two litres of wine was seen by police officers staggering to her car, which had her five and nine year old children inside.

Continue reading >

Drunk gran banned from seeing grandchild

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 9, 2011

PA A grandmother has been banned from seeing her grandchild after she admitted being drunk whilst in charge of him. ...

Continue reading >

Women in Utah could face prosecution if they miscarry

By Jenny Cornish, Mar 1, 2010

A new law is being proposed in Utah, USA, which could lead to women being prosecuted for murder if they have a miscarriage. ...

Continue reading >

Stepfather admits in phone interview to pushing needles in toddler "to kill him"

By Jenny Cornish, Dec 22, 2009

The Brazilian man who has admitted pushing needles into his two-year-old stepson now says he wanted to kill the boy to get ...

Continue reading >

Mother abandoned kids to go on drink and drug binge

By Jenny Cornish, Nov 17, 2009

A mum who left her four young children home alone while she went off partying has been given a suspended prison ...

Continue reading >