'ESPN eyes entry into English soccer with Setanta rights'

ESPN, the US sports cable channel owned by Walt Disney, will bid for the Premier League rights held by Setanta in the event that the struggling media company is forced to relinquish them, according to a person familiar with the process - FT ​

Towns and cities across the country are getting a share of £1.4 million government cash to help them crackdown on teenagers who spend their summer holidays binge drinking, Ed Balls Children's Minister will announce - Daily Telegraph ​

Back in March, investors drinking in the Punch Taverns last chance saloon stared disconsolately into their glasses and saw them half-empty. Or, more accurately, they saw them completely empty, apart from a bit of foam at the bottom. Three months later, investors' view of the world has changed completely and the glasses look temptingly full, writes David Wighton - The Times ​

Alcohol is being used as a tool to mask the inner demons of the middle classes, the chief executive of a new body to tackle substance abuse claimed last night - Western Mail ​

Tesco has seen its best sales growth in two years - and 300,000 staff will be rewarded with a pay rise next week - The Sun ​

Sainsbury's is tapping investors for £445m to accelerate store opening plans as Britain's third largest supermarket seeks to close the gap on larger rivals Tesco and Asda - The Guardian ​

Alcohol goes to your head in just six minutes, boffins claimed yesterday. Fifteen volunteers drank the equivalent of three glasses of beer while lying in an MRI brain scanner for the study. Six minutes later their brains were affected. Chemicals which protect the cells were reduced - The Sun ​