MSPs vote to reduce drink drive limit to 50mg

The Scottish Parliament has voted in favour of cutting the drink-driving limit to the equivalent of one glass of beer or wine. The move came after doctors urged Scotland's political parties to support reducing the limit from 80mg to 50mg per 100ml of blood. The plan was backed during a debate at Holyrood - although the issue is reserved to Westminster.

Labour and the Tories abstained in the vote, saying it was a UK-wide matter. The British Medical Association Scotland has backed the Scottish Government's bid, saying the move could prevent as many as 65 deaths on the UK's roads every year. During the debate, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill told MSPs the current drink-drive limit, which has been in place for 40 years, was "outdated and unfit for purpose". Any change to the alcohol limit would have to be agreed at Westminster as the issue is reserved. BBC News