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A TOP doctor warns tonight that booze is killing more and more Brits in their 20s. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore says cases of young people dying from liver disease caused by drink are at levels "just not seen 30 years ago". He blames cheap spirits and 7.5 per cent cider such as Frosty Jack's that costs as little as �1.99 for three litres. The Professor, world-renowned liver specialist and former president of the Royal College of Physicians, says weekend binges are no longer the problem. Youngsters are hitting the bottle ALL WEEK. Sir Ian says: "We are seeing people as young as in their 20s dying." Brandy His warning on BBC1's Panorama: Dying for a Drink? comes as figures show 7,000 patients aged 20-39 were admitted to hospital with alcohol-related liver disease last year. More and more youngsters can afford booze - now 75 per cent cheaper in the shops in real terms than in 1980. Booze-related A&E admissions hit ONE MILLION last year - the highest on record. Panorama filmed cases at Liverpool's Royal Hospital for a week. A mum of two nearly killed by boozing heavily since her teens warns of the perils. Victoria White, 35 - her skin yellow from liver damage - kicked booze briefly but is now on a bottle of brandy a day. She says: "You're selfish through drink. The kids were clean and clothed but they need a mother not a drunk."