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The 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants could be scrapped as Boris Johnson seeks to simplify coronavirus restrictions. As lockdown is eased, ministers are looking to make the rules easier to follow for both businesses and the public. The Prime Minister wants to remove the requirement on pubs to serve a ‘substantial meal’ alongside alcoholic … Read more
The 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants could be scrapped as Boris Johnson seeks to simplify coronavirus restrictions. As lockdown is eased, ministers are looking to make the rules easier to follow for both businesses and the public. The Prime Minister wants to remove the requirement on pubs to serve a ‘substantial meal’ alongside alcoholic … Read more
Investors toasted pub and restaurant stocks as the industry gears up for a flurry of takeovers. Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand revealed he has received backing from one of the world’s biggest investment management firms, Oaktree, as part of a £500m swoop on the beleaguered UK sector. They have put £200m into RedCat Pub … Read more
Pubs have been forced to throw away up to 87 million pints of beer in the UK since the start of the pandemic, an industry body has claimed. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) said the waste was the equivalent of £331 million in sales, based on the average cost of a pint at … Read more
‘Look at the size of it!’ Moment a 14ft PYTHON is found near Scottish pub – after another 6ft snake was found dead nearby amid fears MORE could be on the loose The reptile was coiled up next to a metal fence and the men thought it was dead It comes amid fears there could … Read more
Great-great-grandmother, 100, checks out of her care home to be with her family and her first request is to go to the PUB Doreen Tilly, 100, left Woodside Court Care Home in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland She asked her great-granddaughter if they could head straight to the local pub Former landlady was becoming withdrawn at the lack of … Read more
Just one more for the ROGUE! Burglar is found asleep inside pub after he broke in and helped himself to drinks before causing thousands of pounds worth of damage Marius Petrikas, 30, caused extensive damage costing more than £21,000 after helping himself to a drink at City Tavern, in Newcastle city centre, last summer Petrikas … Read more
A landlord who admits manslaughter after a seven-year-old boy was electrocuted in his pub garden swapped ‘banter’ with his punters about the lethal fusebox, a court heard. Harvey Tyrrell was killed by a massive shock when he sat on a wall lamp and touched a metal railing while playing with his friend, jurors heard. He … Read more
Ex-Man United star Ronnie Wallwork, 43, is accused of fracturing man’s eye socket during pub brawl Former Premiership midfielder was charged with causing grievous bodily harm The 43-year-old and a pal allegedly attacked another drinker at a bar in Tameside Victim suffered swelling and a bloodshot eye, needing three stitches on his face By Amie Gordon … Read more
It began serving beer on its current site in the 1600s and survived the Great Plague but the Lamb and Flag in Oxford is set to close for good after being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grade II-listed pub where JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis and Thomas Hardy once visited has shut its doors after … Read more