The convicted criminals, who have been released from jail or are serving a community sentence, have been fitted with tags that can detect whether they have consumed alcohol by analysing their sweat.

Nearly 4,000 offenders are wearing alcohol tags this Christmas and New Year - a third more compared to last year. Some 2,800 people were fitted with an electronic monitoring device at the end of ...

Around 770 offenders will wear alcohol tags on Christmas Day as part of the government’s drive to protect the public from drink-fuelled violence. According to the government, alcohol plays a part in ...

the United Kingdom (UK) government said Monday. The tags, fitted on offenders under court-ordered drinking bans, were first rolled out in 2020. They monitor alcohol in the wearer’s sweat and ...

A justice minister has volunteered to wear an alcohol monitoring tag used to help cut re-offending rates for prison leavers. Lord Timpson said he expects to gain “first-hand insight” from ...

Do you remember the first time you tasted alcohol? It could be a gulp of wine at a wedding, or a sip of cider in a park. But ...

My sobriety tag changed my life ... and have just opened the UK's largest alcohol free brewery in Swansea. Joelle and Sarah Drummond holding the pan they brewed their first alcohol-free beer ...

Around 3,800 offenders will be required to wear alcohol tags over Christmas and New Year in a bid to keep the streets safe. The technology monitors alcohol levels through sweat, preventing ...

READ MORE: LIVE: Person dies on railway tracks - latest updates READ MORE: Manchester flights cancelled amid 'emergency' incident at UK airport The tags operate continuously and can swiftly detect if ...