Alcohol Alert, August 2015: This edition features an interview with Melanie Lovatt, who explains how the findings of her recent epidemiological study pose searching questions over the usefulness of the UK's alcohol unit guidelines.

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Alcohol Alert, June 2015: The senior medical adviser for the National Association for Prevention of Alcohol and Addictions (ANPAA) responds to the controversy surrounding the EU Alcohol and Health Forum, from which over 20 NGOs have resigned following the failure of lead Commissioner Andriukaitis to adopt a new EU Alcohol Strategy.

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Alcohol Alert, April 2015: This edition features an interview with Mariann Skar, Secretary General of Eurocare, who discusses the benefits that a new and improved EU Alcohol Strategy will bring.

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Alcohol Alert, March 2015: This edition features an interview with Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance.

Sir Ian explains the effects of a rumoured cut in alcohol duty by the Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the 2015 Budget.

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Alcohol Alert, February 2015: This edition features an interview with Cllr Jonathan McShane, who explains the intentions behind the report "Tackling the causes and effects of alcohol misuse" by The Local Government Association.

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Alcohol Alert, January 2015: This edition features an interview with Dr Richard de Visser, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex, explaining the findings from independent research into participants' drinking behaviours during the course of Alcohol Concern's annual Dry January challenge.

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Alcohol Alert, November 2014: This edition features an interview with acclaimed public health expert Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who gives his thoughts on the new IAS report "Alcohol, health inequalities and the harm paradox" (http://bit.ly/alcoholharmparadox).

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Alcohol Alert, October 2014: This edition features an interview with Dr Peter Catterall, author of an Institute of Alcohol Studies essay looking into the politics of alcohol within the Labour Party (http://bit.ly/labpoliticsalcohol).

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Alcohol Alert, September 2014: This edition focuses on a report exposing the harmful relationship between alcohol, domestic abuse and sexual assault, published by the Institute of Alcohol Studies (http://bit.ly/iasdomabuse).

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Alcohol Alert, July 2014: We speak to Jackie Ballard, the newly appointed Chief Executive for leading UK charity Alcohol Concern.

The former Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton is known for campaigning vigorously on issues close to her heart; when in parliament, she led calls to outlaw fox hunting. She also has experience of heading influential NGOs in various sectors, including the RSPCA and Womankind Worldwide.

Jackie explains what she thinks of the state of alcohol policy today, reveals the culture of drinking at Parliament in her former life as an MP, and her ambitions for the future of Alcohol Concern.

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