What the daily papers say - March 27, 2007

Greene King said yesterday that it is to split its managed pub operation into two, a move which will see the departure of Mark Angela, the current head of the business - The Guardian​

A booze-free town has won a battle to stay dry and stopped a supermarket opening an off-licence. Timewarp Bournville has had no pubs or bottle shops since choc tycoon George Cadbury founded it 100 years ago - The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent​

Alcohol sales should be restricted to over-21s, according to a new report that reveals that the drug is killing tens of thousands of teenagers and young adults in the developed world - The Scotsman​

Only one smoker and one business have been taken to court for flouting Scotland's strict anti-smoking laws in the year since they were introduced, it emerged yesterday - The Guardian​

Our Boys have been banned from a city's pubs — because they keep on pulling girls. Most pub bosses in the centre of Exeter have told soldiers and sailors they will not serve them - The Sun​

Tessa Jowell has tried to 'buy off ' a rebellion over Britain's first supercasino, it has been claimed. The culture secretary promised Labour MPs and peers Blackpool would be next in line for a vast casino complex after Manchester, authoritative sources said - Daily Mail​

Tessa Jowell is under increasing pressure to avert an embarrassing defeat on plans to liberalise the gaming industry tomorrow by allowing further scrutiny of the proposal for a supercasino at Manchester - The Guardian​

Ministers are expected to abandon plans for a statutory definition of "drunken consent" in rape cases after new guidelines from senior judges - The Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express​