Teenagers in the North-west are drinking 44 bottles of wine or 177 pints of beer a year each, a new study into under-age alcohol intake and violence shows. The figures relate to 15 to 16-year-olds and stem from a study of 9,833 youngsters. The report, produced by the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, Trading Standards North West and the Home Office, also said that out of 190,000 15 and 16-year-olds, 57,000 binge-drink by having five or more drinks in one session.
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