Underage drinkers 'exposed to significant danger'

Morten Draegebo, an A&E consultant at Cross House Hospital in Kilmarnock, says children who are drinking alcohol are exposing themselves to significant danger.

He told the BBC: "There is a problem with their ability to defend themselves. The typical patient may be found in a field. They often need to hide away from any sort of adults in the area so they're picked up by the ambulance service.

"They have difficulty locating where they are because the description comes through from a distressed half-drunk teenager potentially saying that they're under a tree somewhere in a large park."

His comments come after figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 Live show hundreds of children aged 11 or under were admitted to accident and emergency units for alcohol-related problems.