New Year drinkers warned that cheap, fake alcohol can kill

New Year's Eve partygoers are being warned to watch out for counterfeit alcohol laced with chemicals which can cause serious illness and even death. Thousands of litres of fake booze have been confiscated nationwide, the Local Government Association (LGA) says. Simon Blackburn, the chairman of the LGA's safer and stronger communities board, said: "New Year's Eve is the biggest drinking night of the year but people need to avoid suspiciously cheap, fake alcohol at all costs because it could serio