Children as young as eight are being brought into hospitals unconscious after getting drunk on cheap cider, spirits and alcopops such is the ease of access to cut-price alcohol, according to doctors. The problems of binge-drinking are now so serious that small hospitals that used to treat one intoxicated child a month are now receiving several under-age drinkers every Friday and Saturday night, the British Medical Association's annual conference was told - The Times
Rising numbers of graduates are settling for stop-gap work because of the recession. A third of last year's graduates were unemployed or working in bars, shops or call centres six months after leaving university, official figures showed yesterday. Some 21,000 were out of work - a third more than the year before - Daily Mail
A pub that regulars call "Cheers" has been named Britain's best boozer. The Wych Elm in Burntwood, Staffs, beat hundreds of pubs to top a nationwide survey. Undercover assessors gave it full marks for service, a friendly welcome and food quality - The Sun
The heatwave is luring punters back to the pub - raising spirits at Greene King. The pubs group unveiled its strongest sales for three years yesterday and said there were finally signs of a recovery in the trade. Chief executive Rooney Anand said takings in the UK were up 5.2 per cent in the past eight weeks compared with the same period a year ago - The Sun
Gordon Ramsay has seen profits at his restaurants slump almost 90 per cent in the past year. The F Word star, 42, and his business partner, father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, were forced to pump £5million into the business, which his latest company accounts show came close to the brink - The Mirror
An Edinburgh bartender has been crowned the best in the UK. Ryan Chetiyawardana, who works at Bramble Bar in the capital, received his award from Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White - Scotsman