Newspaper headlines: Polling day papers By BBC News

Staff Published duration 4 May 2017

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As voters go to the polls in local elections, the BBC, like other broadcasters, is restricted to reporting only factual accounts of voting in line with polling day rules. Here is a round-up of other stories.

Young people are increasingly turning away from alcohol, and the number of people who identity as teetotal has risen.

The Sun focuses what it calls the "baby boozers", people aged 45 to 64 who, the stats show, are visiting hospital for alcohol-related reasons in record numbers.

In an editorial, the paper asks why taxpayers should have to foot the bill for the excesses of baby-boomers, suggesting they should be charged for emergency care.

He expresses relief about giving up drinking and speaks of the toll it took on his marriage.

"I could drink a Russian under the table," Pitt remembers, and expresses relief that since giving up on his favourite tipple, wine, he can now feel the tips of his fingers.

He says stepping away from his lifestyle of professional drinking has made him aspire to be a better father.

Fan Yusu's account as life as a migrant worker was published online, read by more than one million people and then deleted - possibly, the paper speculates - because it touches on politically sensitive themes.

The Guardian reports that her overnight fame has led her to go into hiding to evade the hordes of journalists seeking an interview.

He discloses that the 91-year-old Queen is not only is a dab hand at texting, she also has her own, private Facebook account.

He writes that no one outside the Palace knows how many "friends" she has and that her phone is one of the most encrypted in the world.