Britain's over-65s drinking at 'alarming' levels

An alarming number of over-65s in Britain are drinking alcohol at unsafe levels, health experts have said after they conducted a study which found one in five are drinking unhealthy amounts.

Academics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London said the Baby Boomer generation represent an ever-increasing population of older people drinking at levels that pose a risk to their health.