'Sky preparing legal challenge to pay-TV ruling'

BSKYB is preparing a legal challenge against Ofcom's interpretation of the 2003 Communications Act as it attempts to stop the regulator from forcing it to cut the prices for its sports and movie channels. Ofcom is imminently expected to rule that the charges Sky makes to competitors, such as Virgin Media, BT and Top Up TV, for such content should be subject to a maximum price cap - effectively forcing the satellite broadcaster to lower its wholesale prices. The ruling could come as early as tomorrow - Daily Telegraph ​

A cheeky brewer has won the right to market a beer named after the Austrian village of F**king. The European Patent Office originally rejected the brand 'F**king Hell beer' saying it contained a swear word. But after the brewery proved the village of F**king actually existed, EU officials were forced to back down - The Sun ​

Giles Thorley, chief executive of Punch Taverns, Britain's biggest pub group, today said he was quitting after nine years at the helm - The Times​

Britain's stingiest city is Swansea, according to a poll. Just one in five diners there leave a tip for good service. The Welsh city was named ahead of Edinburgh, followed by Coventry, then Glasgow and Manchester - Mirror ​

Pigging out on junk food is as addictive as smoking or taking heroin and cocaine. Scientists found rats got hooked on a bad diet of burgers, chips and sugarpacked snacks just like junkies become dependent on illegal drugs - Mirror ​

A pub band are set to play the Royal Albert Hall - after wowing chart star Paolo Nutini. The rocker invited Aerials Up to support him at the famous venue after they impressed him at the Captain's Rest bar in Glasgow - Scottish Sun ​