'Pub chain slashes beer prices'
Leading managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon is to slash prices on some drinks and food, offering a pint of beer for less than £1, down to 1989 prices. The company, which operates 713 pubs across the UK, said the price reductions on some beer, bottled lager, wine and spirits will run "indefinitely". A number of meals will also be offered at £2.99 - Press Association
After going ex-dividend yesterday, shares in Enterprise Inns dived 10½p, or 16 per cent, to 55½p, their lowest level in more than 10 years - The Times
The number of people admitted to hospital suffering from alcoholic liver disease has rocketed. Cases among people aged 18-45 have more than doubled since 1997, according to figures obtained by Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow. The total number of admissions for all age groups was 43,548 in 2006/07 - The Mirror
Parents are to be issued with government guidance about letting their children try alcohol at home. Currently, children as young as five can legally drink at home if they are supervised by their parents. For the first time, however, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson is drawing up a series of recommendations, which will include how much alcohol parents can safely give to their children - Daily Mail
Police believe raids on two pubs in Lincoln could be connected. Burglars stole cash from the Nosey Parker and the DeWint in the early hours of Wednesday. Lincolnshire Police spokesman Dick Holmes said: "They're only a maximum of half a mile apart I would think. The likelihood is that they are connected." BBC
A landlady has been fined after admitting she had failed to stop regulars smoking in her pub. Susan Wigglesworth, landlady of the Hare and Hounds pub in Field Head Lane, Batley, had earlier denied a charge that she had failed to stop customers lighting up. She was fined £100 by Dewsbury magistrates, ordered to pay £200 costs and a £15 victim surcharge - Yorkshire Post