What the papers say - March 30, 2007

ITV and Setanta Sports have won the rights to broadcast the FA Cup and England's home international football matches, according to reports - The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Express, and others​

After ScottishPower, is Edinburgh-based Scottish & Newcastle about to be the next public company to disappear from the share price lists? Shares in the UK's largest brewer - and Scotland's sixth largest firm - soared 64p or 12 per cent to 595p yesterday, its biggest one-day gain since October 1988 - The Scotsman, The Times ​

Boys as young as 11 are downing the equivalent of 12 vodkas a week or six pints of lager. Girls of this age have also upped their alcohol intake and now drink an average of eight-and-a-half vodkas a week - Daily Express​

Rates of teenage drinking, smoking and drug use have declined according to government statistics which suggest that the worst habits are confined to a hard core - The Guardian​

One in five working men's clubs in England and Wales fears it will be forced to close as a result of the smoking ban coming into force within the next few weeks, according to a poll released yesterday - Western Mail​

Plans for Britain's first Las Vegas-style casino in Manchester face months of delay as doubts last night grew over Gordon Brown's willingness to revive the project when he becomes prime minister - The Telegraph, The Daily Mirror​

The super-casino plan could be axed to ensure 16 smaller gaming venues are given the go-ahead, it has emerged - Daily Mail​

Plans for a supercasino in Manchester are "very much alive", despite their surprise defeat by peers on Wednesday, Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, declared yesterday - The Guardian​