The BBC website has a story reporting that alcohol consumption is falling (illustrated with the obligatory picture of someone drinking a pint of bitter of course).
It does a reasonable job of explaining that alcohol consumption figures bear no relation to sensationalist newspaper headlines, though it does get a little schizophrenic as it's interspersed with quotes from drinks industry bodies like the Portman group and anti-alcohol campaigners like Alcohol Concern and ends with the usual moral bleatings.
You can read the full story here.
Rather neatly paraphrased by Chris Snowdon here on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist.
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