Host loses final battle

A Norfolk landlord who had just received £1m in compensation after being badly beaten in a pub attack 10 years ago has died of cancer. Ronald Mizon, 56, of South Walsham, was brutally attacked when he was running the Red House in Cantley, leaving him with severe long-term injuries. His attacker was jailed for four years. Mizon's partner Lynda Bloomfield, 44, said: "His solicitors told us it was a record Criminal Injuries Compensation settlement. It is unfortunate that he never had much time to spend it before he found out he had cancer. "But in the time he had the money, he used it in the best way he knew how to, by helping people and trying to bring a smile to their faces. "We were looking at property in Cornwall with the intention of setting up a haven where disabled and brain-damaged people could visit. But he died before we could put the wheels in motion." Life of grime for burglar A suspected burglar was arrested on Friday after spending seven hours stuck in a pub chimney. The man was rescued from the ventilation shaft of the Twin Farms pub in Kenton Bank Foot, Newcastle upon Tyne, early in the morning after his cries for help were heard by a delivery man. The fire brigade said efforts to free the man were complicated by the fact he was stuck in a bend 12ft down the chimney. Attempts to release him using specialist cutting equipment failed and he was finally recovered using a looped rope, which was lowered into the chimney and attached to his foot. He was then dragged to safety. A spokesman for Newcastle police said: "Once he had been released he made his way on to the roof of the pub. He then came down and was arrested on suspicion of burglary." The man told police he had climbed on to the roof the night before to retrieve a lost cat. Police want late start Police are writing to licensees in Bolton, Lancashire, asking them not to open before noon on Saturday ahead of the football match between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City at the Reebok Stadium. The request is being made after the same policy helped prevent any trouble on the day of Manchester United's visit to Bolton on 22 February. The kick-off for the Manchester City match has been been switched from 3pm to midday on the advice of the police. Licensing officer Greg Pickles said: "We have sent letters to a number of establishments in the Bolton area asking them not to open before midday on Saturday. This is to avoid any potential public disorder. The same practise was used at the Manchester United game and worked very well." He said landlords should only serve regulars and be aware of groups of people congregating. "Put a stop to any problems before they develop further," he added. Rape drug' crackdown People caught carrying date rape drugs could face a two-year ban from pubs and clubs in Hanley, Staffordshire. Senior officers are considering serving exclusion orders on those caught in possession of Rohypnol or GHB as part of a drive to reduce attacks on women. It is not currently illegal to carry the substances, but it is an offence to administer them. The move is part of a new strategy being drawn up by the Nightlife Partnership, which includes police, businesses and the city council, to reduce sexual and alcohol-related crime. Julie Davies, co-ordinator of the Nightlife Partnership, said: "It's not a criminal offence to carry these drugs but clubs should ask themselves why people would be in possession of them in the first place. "Photos will be circulated of the banned people and it will be up to the clubs to ensure they are not allowed in." Davies said drug rape was not a particular problem at the moment, but several people had recently been caught in possession of the drugs in Hanley nightclubs. Police are also preparing to ban up to 30 of the worst troublemakers from 10 of the member premises.