Teenage drinkers 'admit violence'

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Children are knocking back five or more units at a time, the Trading Standards Institute warned, following the survey of 12,000 youngsters.

Just over half (51%) of the regular "binge drinkers" said they'd been violent when drinking.

While 22% of them regretted having sex while drunk, another 15% had been passengers in cars driven by someone who had been drinking.

Nearly half (44%) of the 14 to 17-year-old pupils surveyed drank alcohol at least once a week, the Trading Standards survey found.

Overall, the proportion of youngsters who drank sometimes was 83% while 17% never drank. Nearly a third (29%) of those who sometimes drank were regular binge drinkers, the poll revealed.

The proportion of 14 to 17-year-olds drinking booze at least once a week has dropped from 50% to 44% over the past two years. And the volume of schoolchildren buying their own alcohol has decreased from 40% to 28% over the same period.

But one in 14 youngsters surveyed carried a form of fake ID - many of them bought over the internet.

The poll of nearly 12,000 schoolchildren was commissioned by the Trading Standards North West under-age sales strategy group.

Its findings will be sent to Government to help inform the next national alcohol harm reduction strategy.