Figures discovered by the Labour party show that Britain's hospital emergency departments dealt with 102 alcohol-related admissions in children aged 11 and younger last year. In addition, the figures show that 7,892 under-18s ended up in casualty for alcohol-related issues in 2013, with 2,084 of those aged 15 or younger, reports the Express
Retired judge Baroness Butler-Sloss has stepped down as head of an investigation into historical child sex abuse saying she was "not the right person" for the job, the BBC reports. Downing Street said a new chair would be appointed within days. Lady Butler-Sloss has been under pressure to quit from MPs and victims concerned about her family links - her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s.
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