Kieran Lamb's List: Mid-Cheshire News

A TOP doctor has warned a conference that heavy drinking poses a greater threat to society than heroin.

John Bache, who has worked in accident and emergency rooms in hospitals in Cheshire for 26 years and is also a magistrate, has demanded an increase in the price of alcohol and asked the Government to look again at 24-hour licenses for pubs and clubs.

MORE than 47,600 voters in Eddisbury intend to vote for a political party that prioritises social care for older people at the next election, according to research by Help the Aged.

The charity also found 52,000 people in the Shadow Minister for Health Stephen O'Brien's constituency believe politicians have neglected social care to the extent that it is now in “crisis”.