'Africa toasts Obama with pints of Senator beer'

Kenyans in Barack Obama's ancestral homeland prayed for victory yesterday. Election fever swept the country as babies were named Obama, pints of 'Senator' served and pops stars sang his praises. Obama: The Musical opens in Nairobi on Sunday - Metro​

Punch Taverns, the troubled pub landlord group, has slashed the value of hundreds of poorly performing inns in its accounts, resulting in annual pre-tax loss of £80m - The Guardian ​

Carlsberg, the Danish brewing giant, today confirmed that it will close its 186-year old brewery in Leeds and said that it had cut its full-year operating profit forecasts by 2.5 per cent. The beer maker, which acquired Scottish & Newcastle with Heineken earlier this year, will shut the historic Tetley site in 2011 with the loss of 140 jobs - The Times​

A drug inspired by red wine could allow people to eat as much junk food as they like without putting on a pound. The man-made drug, which is known only as SRT1720, fools the body into thinking food is scarce and it has to burn off fat to survive - Daily Mail​

A study of sexual attitudes among 14 to 16-year-olds found teenage boys thought it was acceptable to pressure girls into sex and to use alcohol to get them into bed, a research team has said. Researchers from Sheffield University said their analysis of groups of sexually active teenagers showed considerable differences between the way boys and girls looked at sexual scenarios - Daily Mail​