'Thirsty World Cup fans boosting beer sales'

Millions of extra pints in England, stores emptied in South Korea and sales up in Japan - beer consumption has soared during the World Cup after falling globally in recent years - The Independent​

Exercise can stop booze playing havoc with the body clock and help fight addiction, claim scientists. US biological sciences Professor J David Glass said: "It seems exercise may be an effective, beneficial, and naturally rewarding substitute for any addiction" - The Mirror​

The government's wine cellar contains more than 37,000 bottles. A stock-take in April recorded 1,779 bottles of champagne, 25,883 of red wine, 6,828 of white and 2,975 of fortified. Details of the hospitality cellar were released by Foreign Office minister Henry Bellingham in response to parliamentary questions. The bottles include high profile wines from the likes of Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite and Chateau Mouton Rothschild. The total value is estimated to be £864,000 - The Mirror​

Artificial fats - declared toxic by the World Health Organisation - should be banned from food, the NHS watchdog has said. New guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) also called for the food industry to further reduce the salt and saturated fats in the food it produces. It suggested 40,000 people in the UK die prematurely every year from cardiovascular disease. According to the experts, removing chemically-altered vegetable oils - trans-fats - could save more than 20,000 lives. Reducing daily salt intake by 3g to 6g per day for adults by 2015 would result in 15,000-20,000 fewer deaths - Sky News Online​

Duncan Colvin from The Old Inn, Axminster, wants George Osborne to resist higher VAT on food. "Recession is the best time to open a business. I can buy things cheaply. There's an awful lot of second hand catering equipment out there because people are going bust." Telegraph​

Young Fraserburgh beer company BrewDog is on course to top £4.5 million of sales this year after reporting a 250% increase in first quarter revenues. The company, known for its quirky marketing and often unusual craft beer, said it is now producing 400,000 bottles a month and is on course to fill 5 million this year. This is in the face of a market that was 5.1% down in the first quarter of 2010, according to the British Beer & Pub Association, as pubs closed during the recession - Herald Scotland​