Parents ‘allow kids get drunk on holiday’

Children as young as six are being allowed by their parents to drink alcohol abroad on holiday, according to a survey.

As many as 44% of the children under 18 given permission to partake in alcohol became drunk, the poll by travel agent sunshine.co.uk found.

Overall, 26% of parents surveyed said they had let children under 18 drink alcohol on foreign trips. Of these parents, 55% had given the go-ahead for 15 to 17-year-olds.