PLANS to allow licensing boards to ban under-21s buying alcohol from shops and supermarkets have been rejected by MSPs.

Proposals to give licensing boards the power to ban alcohol sales to under-21s in Scotland were overturned today.

STUDENT leaders have issued a plea to MSPs to overturn plans for a ban on off-licences selling alcohol to under-21s.

THE SNP has hit out at a Labour bid to scupper plans for some areas to ban under-21s from buying alcohol.

Labour will try to overturn plans to ban under-21s from buying alcohol in some areas.

Pupils from the richest neighbourhoods in England are twice as likely to go to university as those from the poorest homes, data analysed by the Conservatives shows. This proves the £2.3bn spent each year encouraging working-class children to apply to university is largely fruitless, they argue. The Conservatives analysed data from the Office for National Statistics on how many under-21s went...

The following article from the Liverpool Echo reminds me strongly of Metelmann's warnings. How long will it be before Britain's under-21s find the question: "when did you join the Youth Academy?" on their job application forms?

THE Scottish Labour Party yesterday set out measures aimed at curbing the supply of alcohol to under-18s which it claims are "workable".

THE Scottish Labour Party yesterday set out measures aimed at curbing the supply of alcohol to under-18s which it claims are "workable".

Controversial plans to raise the minimum age for buying alcohol from off-sales were backed today by delegates at the SNP conference.