'Boris bans booze on buses and tube'

Drinking alcohol is to be banned on London buses and the Underground from next month as part of a New York-style "zero tolerance" approach to crime announced by newly electled London Mayor Boris Johnson - The Telegraph​

Pub group Enterprise Inns yesterday said it plans to convert to a tax-efficient property trust. It is expected to trigger similar moves from other pub companies. Shares in Enterprise Inns leapt on the news of its plan to switch to Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) status, jumping 29 per cent to close at 510p - The Guardian​

An improving trend in sales at The Restaurant Group in spite of slowing consumer spending lifted its shares more than 10 per cent on Wednesday. Group sales were aided by acquisitions such as the purchase of Brunning & Price, a 14-outlet pub restaurant chain, last autumn - Financial Times​

Household energy bills will soar by up to 40 per cent this winter as oil prices continue to rise. Families could be paying a quarter more for their gas as early as this summer, experts have warned - The Daily Express​

UK households are throwing out £10bn worth of edible food every year, a study shows.The average household throws out one-third of all food bought, wasting £420 each year or £610 for those with children, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) said - The Daily Express​

Smoking, stressful lifestyles, bad diet, recreational drugs and booze could lead to an explosion in the number of young people suffering heart attacks - The Sun​

Police should be harassing badly behaved youths by openly filming them and hounding them at home to make their lives as uncomfortable as possible, the home secretary will say today - The Guardian​

The holiday couple whose children were taken into care after they apparently drank themselves into a stupor in Portugal claimed yesterday they had done nothing wrong - The Daily Mail​

Britain is basking in beautiful sunshine again today as temperatures continue to climb - The Daily Mail​

Popeye was right. Spinach does give you strength. Scientists have discovered that extracting chemicals from the vegetable and injecting them in liquid form boosts the growth of human muscle by 20 per cent - Daily Mirror​