'Coca-Cola forced to pull Facebook promotion after porn references'

The Coca-Cola company today pulled an internet promotion campaign, after parents accused it of targeting children by using references to a notorious pornographic movie. The company had been running a promotion for its Dr Pepper brand, in which users allowed their Facebook status box to be taken over by the company. As part of the promotion, supposedly embarrassing messages would be posted under the user's name, which could be seen by friends entitled to view their Facebook profile. But the promotion backfired when a parent protested after finding her 14-year-old daughter had been sent a message that made direct reference to a hardcore pornographic film, which has an underground following - The Guardian​

Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne - and it could be worth £30,000 a bottle. They fished a bottle of the centuries-old bubbly from a shipwreck in the Baltic. Sea and dive instructor - The Sun​

A group of councillors were slammed today for using taxpayers' money to fund a 'fact finding' mission - to a strip club. The thirteen officials say they visited the pole dancing venue in order to help make 'informed decisions' about licensing laws. Ten members of Cornwall Council's Miscellaneous Licensing Committee were joined on the trip by three council officers - Daily Mail​

More and more people are turning to late-night pubs rather than nightclubs as a way of stretching their penny. Six venues are closing a week, with the recession and changing tastes leaving dancefloors empty, a report shows. A total of 355 nightspots shut in the last year - 13 per cent of the country's 2,722, according to market research company Mintel. The smoking ban, increased running costs and cut-price supermarket booze have also been blamed for the closures - Metro​

Actor Graeme Hawley last night told how crazed Corrie fans confront him over his seedy on-screen behaviour. The 36-year-old star spoke after he was attacked in a pub by a Street lover furious at his character John Stape's sordid fling with schoolgirl Rosie Webster - The Mirror​

The pub company reporting round continues this week, with Enterprise Inns set to post its interim management statement tomorrow, and Mitchells & Butlers due to follow suit on Wednesday. Panmure Gordon expects Enterprise to echo the upbeat comments issued by Greene King, Punch Taverns and JD Wetherspoon, with the company likely to draw steam from the good weather and the impact of the football World Cup - The Independent​