'Binge-drinking blamed for rise in assaults by women'

A quarter of all violent assaults in Britain are now carried out by women. Police chiefs have blamed the disturbing trend on binge-drinking and so-called 'ladette culture', warning that Britain's young women are increasingly challenging their male counterparts when it comes to drunken yobbishness and booze-fuelled brawling - Daily Mail​

Strict curbs on the use of CCTV and identity scanners in pubs and clubs are to be demanded by the Government's privacy watchdog in a new bid to prevent the growth of a "surveillance society" in Britain. The Information Commissioner's Office, which is responsible for protecting personal data, will make the call because of concern that police are sometimes pressuring landlords into filming or gathering personal details about their customers without proper justification - London Evening Standard​

The Business and Enterprise Committee Report into the so-called pubcos and the way in which they treat their tenants was critical of most of the big groups. But Peter Luff, the committee's chairman, made an exception of the Wellington Pub Company, an 850-pub business controlled by the Reuben brothers. Mr Luff said it was "striking how few problems we encountered with Wellington" - The Times​

Cans of Red Bull Cola being sold in Germany were found to contain traces of Cocaine after experts ran tests on a key ingredient called the coca leaf. The levels do not pose a health threat but the findings mean the drink cannot be classified as a food stuff and needs a special licence - Metro ​