Automobile

‘Drunk’ pub chef ‘lunged at car with 12-inch knife’

03-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A drunk pub chef brandished a knife at a car and was tasered by firearms police, a court was told. 

Drink driving

Licensees urged to prevent customers drink-driving

25-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Licensing legal specialist Poppleston Allen has urged licensees to prevent customers from getting behind the wheel if they have been drinking.

Boy, 3, drives car down two 30ft banks and crashes in pub garden

24-Jul-2014 By James Wallin

A three-year-old boy managed to drive his father’s car down two 30ft embankments and into a pub garden – but walked away with just a bump to the head.

ASA slaps immediate ban on 'I don't want to die sober' club night ad

19-Jun-2014 By James Wallin

An advert for a Newcastle club night featuring a man slumped against a car with the text “I don’t want to die sober” has been slapped with an immediate ban.

Derbyshire licensee hits out at TripAdvisor posts

30-Oct-2013 By Helen Gilbert

A licensee has claimed that TripAdvisor does not have “robust systems in place” to deal with review mix-ups.

Video: New anti-drink driving campaign shocks 'pub-goers'

10-Jun-2013 By Mike Berry

The government's latest anti-drink driving campaign - launched last week - was filmed in a north London pub and aims to get its message across through the 'shock factor'.

Mark Daniels: Why I love my Brulines...

01-Dec-2010

My first car was an Austin Rover Mini Metro, and I loved it. Despite the beating that the spotty, seventeen-year-old me gave it, that car just kept...

Pubs to be penalised for clamping cars

17-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Pubs will no longer be able to clamp or tow the cars of non-customers under new legislation to be introduced at the end of the year. Wheel clamping...

Locals battle on against Tesco

06-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Campaigners are continuing the fight to save a former Punch pub that was bought by Tesco in June. A council meeting was held last week on whether to...

Smoking ban for car and van?

23-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil

SIXTY per cent of motorists are in favour of a ban on smoking while driving - according to a survey published in today's Mirror. The survey carried...

Do you allow non-customers to use your car park?

28-Jul-2005

Carol Holden The Spring Inn Rochdale Yes, we are a community pub and have a large car park so we do not mind as long as people ask first. There is a...

Police launch probe into man's death

08-Apr-2004

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man died following disturbances at a Torquay pub. Michael Duffy, 31, who is from the Torbay area, died...

Bite horror alleged

02-Oct-2003

A man has been accused with biting another man's nose off during a fight outside a South Wales pub. Doctors attempted emergency reconstructive...

Spirit car clamping defeat forces rethink

04-Sep-2003

by Claire Hu Spirit Group is looking at its policy on pub car parking control after being sued by a group of parents whose cars were clamped by an...

Brave pair praised

21-Aug-2003

A pub manager and his deputy have been commended by a judge for their bravery in trying to stop a drunken customer from driving. Christopher Dye,...