'Doctors sound alert over binge drinking from age eight'

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 ​