In brief

Scottish parliament agrees 50p minimum price for alcohol: Cut price alcohol could be outlawed in Scotland as early as April 2013 after the parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill on 24 May to introduce a 50p (€0.6; $0.8) minimum price per unit of alcohol. It is estimated that the policy could save 300 lives a year and result in 6500 fewer hospital admissions,1 but critics have argued that the measure, which will set …