One in six admit 'regretted sex" after booze binge

Shocking drinking habits of Rochdale’s under-age boozers have been revealed.

One in four drinks more than 20 units a week, according to a North-West-wide survey of 14 to 17-year-olds.

Half the 13,000 young people surveyed admitted drinking to get drunk, one in 20 drinks alone and one in six regretted having sex after consuming alcohol.

The study also found the number of teenagers drinking alcohol at least once a week has dropped to 38 per cent, from 50 per cent in 2005.

The survey was carried out on behalf of trading standards services in the region and published by the Trading Standards Institute (TSI).

According to Bupa, men should not drink more than 21 units of alcohol a week — women no more than 14 units.

MP Phil Woolas, regional minister for the North West, said although the number of teenage drinkers had fallen, the amount they were drinking was worrying.