'MPs call for change in 'tie' deals to save pubs'

A committee of MPs will call for a reform of the relationship between the big pub companies and tenants, citing it as a key factor in the continuing acceleration in the number of pub closures, The Times has learnt. The Business and Enterprise Committee, chaired by Peter Luff, the Conservative MP, is expected to highlight shortcomings in the tie arrangement, under which tenants are obliged to buy their beer and other drinks from the so-called pubcos - The Times ​

The recession may be over in Britain by August, international experts have said. The influential Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said output was still shrinking but there were clear signs of recovery. Its predictions were backed up by a range of figures on the economy -The Daily Mail​

Hundreds of children - including under-10s - are treated for booze-related diseases in Scots hospitals every year. Government drives to tackle binge drinking are failing miserably, with the number of patients admitted to wards with mental illness, liver failure and alcohol poisoning soaring - Scottish Daily Record​

A man questioned over the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was shot at a Greater Manchester pub has been released on bail. Giuseppe Gregory was shot in the car park of the Robin Hood pub in Stretford on Sunday night and died later in Trafford General Hospital - BBC​

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has vowed to bring in an alcohol ban at the club in the wake of Ledley King's arrest at the weekend. Defender King was arrested for an alleged assault outside a London nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning - Daily Express​