Buckfast monks make record £8.8m

Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland raked in a record £8.8m in a year.

Sales of the caffeine-fuelled wine made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon make up most of the income to its charitable trust.

A Scottish sheriff said last week there was a "very definite association between Buckfast and violence". Full Story

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