One of the most prominent venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival has spoken out against a rival who is “threatening to destroy” the event with his claims of infighting, and called for a truce.

Country singer Randy Travis was charged with driving while intoxicated and threatening law officers after he crashed his car and was found naked and combative at the scene, Texas officials said.

A killer who shot dead an Indian student was “purposeful” in throwing a mop bucket of hot water over a fellow inmate, a jury heard today.

Nearly a century ago, Mafia money bankrolled an explosion of erotic popular fiction, says Arifa Akbar

More than 300 people have been arrested as part of a Metropolitan Police crackdown on unlicensed activity across the capital.

Sperm count study confounds conventional wisdom

New guidelines warn Britons to drastically reduce their boozing. But is a life without liquor worth living? Hell no, says John Walsh

Drugs such as LSD and MDMA should be decriminalised and sold in pharmacies, the government's former chief drug advisor has said.

There’s domestic drama at Brighton's Theatre Royal where the stage is filled with a large window, behind which twinkles an invitingly lit dining room. This is the setting for Interiors, first seen at Edinburgh’s Traverse in 2009 and now, thankfully, revived.

Few of the customers who scramble to be served at Vijay Sharma's humble off-licence would describe themselves as whisky connoisseurs.

The potential value of a pill to battle the effects of intoxication is huge, both in health and in social terms

A north-south divide in the prevalence of alcohol-related problems has been revealed by a new study.

Smells like Regency teen spirit