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Army general reveals how he drank alone at 2am after horrors of Iraq war

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An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more

Susannah Constantine drank up to a bottle-and-a-half of wine every day as a ‘functioning alcoholic’

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Susannah Constantine has admitted she would down up to a bottle-and-a-half of wine every evening as a ‘functioning alcoholic’ – and would wake up in the morning ‘praying the four horsemen would come and take me away’. The London-born TV star, who lives in West Sussex, told how she was ‘very controlled’ about her drinking and … Read more

Welsh Tory leader QUITS after admitting he drank alcohol on Welsh parliament grounds

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The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has stepped down after admitting he downed alcohol on Welsh parliament grounds days after a pub alcohol ban was enforced.  Paul Davies was accused of drinking alcohol with former Welsh Government minister Alun Davies, Tory chief whip Darren Millar and the party’s chief of staff Paul Smith in a licensed Senedd tearoom … Read more

City worker drank three bottles of wine a day before she and lover shook baby to death, court hears

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City worker, 44, was drinking three bottles of wine a day before she and her Lithuanian lover, 45, shook their four-week-old baby to death, court hears Clare Sanders, 44, and Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, allegedly shook baby three times  City worker and her Lithuanian lover blame each other in a ‘cut throat’ defence Prosecutor said records show … Read more

Belgian medic ‘who drank before fatal caesarean on British mother’ goes on trial for manslaughter

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An alcoholic Belgian anaesthetist accused of downing drinks before a fatal caesarean on a British mother has gone on trial in France. Expat Xynthia Hawke, 28, from Somerset, died shortly after giving birth to her baby son Isaac at the Orthez maternity hospital in southwest France, in September 2014. Ms Hawke went into cardiac arrest … Read more

Belgian medic ‘who drank before fatal caesarian on British mother’ goes on trial for manslaughter

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A Belgian anaesthetist accused of downing drinks before a fatal caesarian on a British mother has gone on trial in France. Expat Xynthia Hawke, 28, from Somerset, died shortly after giving birth to her baby son Isaac at the Orthez maternity hospital in southwest France, in September 2014. Ms Hawke went into cardiac arrest after … Read more

Britons drank more alcohol than usual during the lockdown but smoked less, study reveals

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Britons drank alcohol more than usual during lockdown but there was a rise in the number of people who gave up cigarettes, research has revealed.  One in six people admitted binge drinking at least once a week in April, during the darkest days of the crisis, up from one in 10 before the pandemic reached … Read more

Kansas man drank cleaning product after Trump suggested injecting disinfectant to fight coronavirus 

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Two men in Georgia and one man in Kansas drank liquid cleaning products ‘to ward off COVID-19’ after Trump suggested injecting disinfectant into the lungs to combat the virus The Georgia Poison Center on Tuesday revealed that two men guzzled cleaning solution over the weekend in misguided attempts to prevent catching COVID-19  GPC Director Gaylord … Read more

Teenager with a vampire obsession ripped out a 90-year-old woman’s heart and drank her blood

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Paperboy, 17, with a vampire obsession murdered a 90-year-old woman, ripped out her heart and drank her blood in a bid to become immortal, new documentary reveals By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 00:45 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 02:12 BST, 5 April 2020 Matthew Hardman (pictured), then 17, broke into widow Mabel Leyshon’s … Read more