'Bank of England to cut interest rates'

The Bank of England has signalled it is ready to cut interest rates further and give ground to British banks' demands to do more to resolve their liquidity problems - The FT​

Pub landlord Hamish Howitt was fined £1,950 and ordered to pay £2,000 costs yesterday for flouting the smoking ban - Daily Mirror​

Furious pub landlords have set about barring Alistair Darling from every boozer in Britain. Two hundred have put up posters warning the Chancellor to keep out since he slapped 4p on a pint in this month's Budget - The Sun​

Diageo's $900m (£449m) purchase of a 50 per cent stake in Ketel One vodka is to be delayed after US regulators requested more information on the deal - The FT ​

Children could be breathalysed under radical new plans to tackle underage drinking. Police officers will also use test strips to check to see if soft drinks have been mixed with alcohol - The Guardian​

The average UK household was £7 a week worse off this February than last, it was revealed yesterday - The Sun​

Desperate fishermen are threatening to blockade 44 British ports over EU quotas limiting their catch to two cod a week. Boats under ten metres can land only 50kg of cod a month. Similar limits have been imposed on haddock and Dover sole - The Sun​

Health watchdogs admit there is no evidence to support their latest advice that women should avoid all alcohol during early pregnancy - The Sun​

Yesterday it was announced that in an attempt to combine two of television's ongoing obsessions, food and business - the man behind the Fat Duck restaurant, in Bray, Berkshire, would try to save Little Chef - The Guardian

Customers chased away armed thieves during two raids on a pub, police said yesterday. Five masked men burst into the Cotton Tree in Withington, Manchester, last month. Then on Tuesday the landlord was attacked with a samurai sword when six hooded men struck - Daily Mirror​

A cornflake shaped like the US state of Illinois has been auctioned for nearly £700. An internet trivia site made the winning bid of $1,350 for the famous flake, found by two sisters and put up for auction - The Sun​