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University head calls for cheap drinks ban

26 October 2006

A university vice-chancellor has written to all clubs and pubs near his campus asking them not to offer cut-price drinks to his students in a bid to end binge drinking. Prof Tony Downes, of Reading University, Berks, said that alcohol discounts and promotions encourage young people to drink more and that in turn affects attendance at lectures because students are suffering from hangovers.

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