| Sulks and strops become the norm as alcopops and body piercings replace Barbie dolls and Action Men. |
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| Why do we allow alcopops and alcohol iceblocks to be targeted at our young? |
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| But their celebrations hadn't long started, when police, tipped off by school staff, raided the party and seized lager, beer, vodka and alcopops. |
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| It is time for women to leave behind lager and alcopops to quaff real ale, according to the first female head of the Campaign for Real Ale. |
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| The development of alcopops and other drinks clearly designed to attract the young is one of its most unpleasant developments. |
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| Defence barrister David Taylor said he did it because he had drunk ten to 12 pints, and several alcopops with vodka. |
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| By contrast, the traditionally more popular blended whiskies are barely holding on against vodka, rum and alcopops. |
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| Donna, also 18, from East Didsbury is proud to admit she loves drinking alcopops. |
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| Mr Melia had three pints of lager, a bottle of alcopops and a double brandy and coke on a night out with friends before getting behind the wheel. |
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| Beer, lager and cider were the most popular drinks but there was a sharp increase in alcopops drinkers. |
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| Gala is gambling that blackjack and slots will compete with sharking and alcopops on the night-out menu. |
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| The danger lies in alcopops, which are flavoured with things like cranberry or orange to disguise the taste of vodka. |
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| The 16-stone defendant had drunk several pints of beer, alcopops and a quadruple vodka. |
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| In December, 18 out of 22 premises sold beer, strong cider, lager and alcopops to two 15-year-old boys. |
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| Sergeant Jim Nicholls, who is in charge of the team, said his officers seized 35 cans of lager, as well as bottles of beer, cider and alcopops. |
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| They crowd around Burger King drinking alcopops and being generally lairy. |
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| It was accepted he had drunk five or six pints of lager and two alcopops. |
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| Mr Barton said he and Mr Whitelock, who had been friends since they were 12, had drunk cans of lager and alcopops earlier that evening in a field behind Mr Whitelock's house. |
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| The court heard the teenagers and Huffey got involved in a drinking competition and drank a pint of wine each on top of more alcopops they had been drinking earlier. |
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| Police concerns are heightened by the fact that the alcohol seized has frequently consisted of not only beer and alcopops, but also bottles of strong spirits. |
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| The alcopop market is now also targeting traditional lager-drinking lads with masculine alcopops such as Smirnoff Black Ice. |
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| One outlet, in Tarbock Road, made a sale of alcopops to a test purchaser and the two people involved were given fixed penalty notices. |
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| The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture. |
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| Everything about the marketing of alcopops, from the design of the bottles to the chemicals which create the taste inside them, are designed to lure youngsters. |
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| The first prosecution in January involved 56 bottles, again they were lager, alcopops and flavoured water, and he was given a suspended sentence that time. |
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| Beware of drinks like alcopops which are notoriously high in calories and try swapping to spritzers because a longer drink will stop you refilling and overdoing it. |
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