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City is blighted by booze shame

Salford has come second in a nationwide booze ‘league of shame’. The city is just behind its neighbour Manchester in the top 10 places across the UK with severe drink problems.

And it is one of five of the 10 Greater Manchester authorities to be included in the list - Rochdale, Tameside and Oldham were the others.

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FrostySnowman commented about…

City is blighted by booze shame

Is no surprise that Salford comes near the top of this, but trying to blame it on cheap booze from the supermarket is a red herring, if people want to get smashed they will do regardless of co… Read Full Comment

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