Geordie lasses make North East the UK’s booziest region

Horrified experts found girls there aged 21 and under now top the list of shame for getting plastered in England and Wales. More are nicked by local Northumbria cops for being drunk and disorderly than anywhere else. Meanwhile the number of under-18s in the area being treated for drink problems is DOUBLE the national average. Shocked Colin Shevills, head of health campaign organisation Balance — which is based in the North East — hit out at telly show Geordie Shore for helping to glamorise alcohol. The MTV programme regularly shows its stars falling out of nightclubs, brawling in the street and downing shots until they drop. Mr Shevills said: “Programmes like Geordie Shore trivialise alcohol misuse — suggesting that drinking to the point of getting in a fight or becoming physically ill is amusing.”