Tattoo artist, 26, who frequently appeared ‘drunk’, is diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome

A woman has been diagnosed with a condition that causes her food to turn into alcohol, after her concerned mother noticed that her daughter frequently appeared ‘drunk’. Brooke Kelsch, 47, from Salt Lake City, Utah, first noticed her daughter Alyssa, 26,  had ‘fruity breath’, glossed over eyes, would break into fits of laughter and had slurred … Read more

Drunk university student wakes up in Norwich rather than Newcastle

Drunk university student wakes up in Norwich rather than Newcastle after typing wrong postcode into his Uber app and falling asleep in back of the taxi – waking 260 miles away after five-hour trip with a £1,300 bill When the student woke up he was 250 miles off course and owed £1,307.64 He drunkenly put … Read more

Charity boss, 56, and her daughter, 34, face up to two years in jail for being drunk on flight

A British charity boss and her daughter are facing up to two years jail after they started a drunken mid-air ‘riot’ on board a passenger jet as they were flying out on holiday to Morocco. Karin Parkes, 56, and former civil servant Carrie Parkes, 34, triggered a ‘full on fight’ on the January 19 easyJet … Read more

Drunk man Lee Abbott admits stabbing Widnes pub landlord to death on police bodycam

Shocking police bodycam footage has revealed the moment a drunken thug admitted stabbing a pub landlord to death – before he sobered up and denied it. Lee Abbott, 35, went to the Hammer and Pincers pub in Widnes, Cheshire, armed with a large kitchen knife to attack Christian Thornton, 49, on August 11 last year.  … Read more

Drunk man Lee Abbott admits stabbing Widnes pub landlord to death on police bodycam

Shocking police bodycam footage has revealed the moment a drunken thug admitted stabbing a pub landlord to death – before he sobered up and denied it. Lee Abbott, 35, went to the Hammer and Pincers pub in Widnes, Cheshire, armed with a large kitchen knife to attack Christian Thornton, 49, on August 11 last year.  … Read more

Was MI6 diver abducted, done in — or just drunk?

HISTORY  Crabbgate by John Bevan (£12.99, submex.co.uk) Navy frogman Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb pictured in 1944 On the morning of Thursday, April 19, 1956, former Navy frogman Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb dived into the waters of Portsmouth Harbour. Working for MI6, his mission was to investigate the underwater workings of a Soviet warship which was … Read more

Almost four in ten cabin crew have been physically abused by drunk passengers, statistics reveal  

Almost four in ten flight attendants have been physically abused by drunk or drugged up passengers, shocking statistics reveal Two thirds of crew say they’ve seen an increase in drinking and self-medication Half say they’ve been verbally assaulted by drunks or those on drugs on a plane Meanwhile, one in 12 have been sexually assaulted by … Read more

One in 20 people in England have been aggressively harmed by a drunk person over the past year

One in 20 people in England have been ‘aggressively harmed’ by a drunk person over the past year, research suggests. A study found 4.6 per cent of 5,000 people surveyed reported being hurt, ‘sexually forced’ or physically threatened as a result of someone else’s drinking. And one in five claimed to have endured ‘minor harms’ … Read more