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Scots top UK drink league as pricing row intensifies

Scots drink 25% more alcohol than people living in England and Wales and the booze gap is widening, according to new research.

Average sales per adult last year amounted to 12.2 litres of pure alcohol -- the equivalent of 46 bottles of vodka, 537 pints of beer or 130 bottles of wine, and more than the recommended weekly limit for men every single week.