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2nd July 2026 |
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UK news
Alcohol Awareness Week resources
This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 6-12 July 2026. Find your free resources below for sharing during this year's campaign | Alcohol Change UK, UK
WithYou welcomes repeal of law that made homelessness a crime
"This is a brilliant start and a long-overdue step that finally aligns the law with the reality of the work we do on the ground every day,” says Richard Chapman, rough sleepers team leader at WithYou in Wigan and Leigh. Earlier this week the government repealed the Vagrancy Act, which for almost two hundred years criminalised rough sleeping and begging | WithYou, UK
Enabling the use of digital proof of age for the sale and supply of alcohol in England and Wales
Today I am pleased to inform the House that those members of the public who are fortunate enough to look younger than their age, but are always having to carry their passport or driving licence to prove they are 18 or over to buy a pint in a pub, will soon no longer have this dilemma. In future, digital ID will be a quick and secure way to prove age without revealing any additional personal details to bar staff, and will mean that passports can be left safely at home by those who choose this option | They work for you, UK
Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are used by his Department to monitor the prevalence of anabolic steroid and other image and performance enhancing drug use in England | They work for you, UK
Hull Unity Day to Bring Recovery Community Together for a Celebration of Hope and Achievement
People from across Hull's recovery community are set to come together this summer for a new event celebrating recovery, connection and personal achievement | Forward Trust, UK
Rivals cast used fake cigarettes due to Wales smoking ban
The cast of the Disney+ hit show Rivals were confused when given fake cigarettes while filming in Wales due to a smoking ban in the work place, one of its stars has said | BBC, UK
Police seize £44k of spice in drugs crackdown
Police confiscated a package of the drug spice with a street value of £44,000 during a raid as part of a sweeping crackdown on drug crime | BBC, UK
Men jailed for cannabis farm near police station
Two men have been jailed for their part in producing a multi-million pound cannabis farm on the same street as a police station | BBC, UK
International news
Did this AI anti-drug video make drugs look appealing? - video
An AI-generated anti-drug video from Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department is facing backlash for allegedly making substances look too appealing. The video was released by authorities on 26 June for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The BBC's Chinese service reporter Martin Yip explains how the controversy unfolded | BBC, UK
A boy clowning around on a basketball court in a Colombian cocaine corridor: Mads Nissen’s best photograph
A boy clowning around on a basketball court in a Colombian cocaine corridor: Mads Nissen’s best photograph
‘I took this in 2017, when Didiller was nine. A few years ago, I returned to the area and asked about him, but couldn’t find him. Someone told me he had been killed’ | Guardian, UK
“No Judgment”—Ten Personal Stories of Alcohol Harm Reduction
The need for harm reduction around alcohol use is both pressing and obvious. Yet too often—in a field dominated on the one hand by concerns over use of banned drugs, and on the other by the ubiquity of Alcoholics Anonymous and abstinence-only rehabs—it is overlooked and unsupported | Filter Magazine, USA
Blogs, comment and opinion
You Are Not Alone: Breaking Silence Around Alcohol Harm in South Asian Communities
One of the most significant moments in my recovery did not come from a formal intervention or a structured programme. It came from recognition. I heard someone describe their journey with alcohol in a way that mirrored my own experience. The language was different, the circumstances were not identical, but the feeling was unmistakable. For the first time, I understood that what I was experiencing was not unique to me | AntiStigma Network, UK
Children and young people have a right to a childhood free from alcohol marketing
Amy Smith from Alcohol Focus Scotland explains why Scotland must protect young people’s rights by restricting alcohol marketing and supporting an Alcohol-Free Childhood | Children in Scotland, UK