'Inspired Gaming shares tumble'

Inspired Gaming shares plummeted yesterday after the ailing company announced plans to raise £40million through a discounted share placing. Plans include 80p preference shares to be placed at 50p a share with larger shareholders - Financial Times​

A Local Government Association report announced this week that the 24-hour drinking law to curb alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour is failing. Seven out of ten police authorities believe the number of drink-related incidents has risen or remained the same - The Times​

Gordon Brown and other world leaders have been attacked for kicking off their G8 summit with an eight course meal; right after Mr. Brown had urged the British public not to waste food and drink themselves - The Mirror​

Wine bought for the Labour Government's cellar last year averaged £15 a bottle. Junior Foreign Officer Meg Munn stated the bottles of wine bought between June 2007 and May 2008 averaged a price of £15.28, whilst the estimated market value of the Government's cellar is £2.4 million - Daily Mail​

Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May were criticised last week for segments of an episode that showed them drinking gin-and-tonic whilst driving to the North Pole - Daily Star​

Werner Busse, a former German SS Officer who moved to Scotland to become a pub landlord, has died aged 88. Busse, a tank commander during the Second World War, ran The Moray pub in Scotland for 20 years before retiring in 1990 - The Herald ​