Wetherspoon, Tesco and Lidl ban beef from mega farm amid evidence of appalling cruelty

Wetherspoon, Tesco and Lidl have banned beef sourced from a concrete mega farm amid evidence of appalling cruelty and abuse. Cattle reared in sheds on the US-style factory farm suffered severe lameness, making it painful and difficult to walk. Secret filming showed stockmen beating and abusing the animals at the unit, which operates from concrete-floor … Read more

Three staff at Wetherspoon pub in North Wales test positive for coronavirus

Three staff at Wetherspoon pub in North Wales test positive for coronavirus and other workers go into self-isolation but bar will remain open Three workers tested positive for coronavirus at the North and South Wales Bank A number of other staff at the Wrexham venue are also now self isolating A JD Wetherspoon spokesman has said … Read more

‘Hero’ new father, 24, beaten to death outside Wetherspoon pub

Pictured: New father, 24, who was battered to death as he tried to break up fight outside Wetherspoon pub Reece Cox died at the scene after suffering serious head injuries in Saturday  He was attacked by men outside The Clifton pub in Sedgley, West Midlands Tributes have poured in for Mr Cox, with one dubbing … Read more

Pictured: New father, 24, who was battered to death outside Wetherspoon pub 

Pictured: New father, 24, who was battered to death as he tried to break up fight outside Wetherspoon pub Reece Cox died at the scene after suffering serious head injuries in Saturday  He was attacked by men outside The Clifton pub in Sedgley, West Midlands Tributes have poured in for Mr Cox, with one dubbing … Read more

Wetherspoon shuts pub in Carlisle as worker tests positive for coronavirus

Wetherspoon shuts pub in Carlisle as worker tests positive for coronavirus days after six drinkers who were ill with the infection went to the bar The pub was forced to close after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19 The William Rufus Weatherperson pub in Botchergate, Carlisle closed on Friday This comes days after six people … Read more

Wetherspoon customers can buy a cooked breakfast for £1.60

A cooked breakfast will be available for just £1.60 under the Government’s ‘meal deal’ scheme – funded by taxpayers. Wetherspoon claims the prices it charges will come down to less than buying a ready meal equivalent from a supermarket. The offer is one of thousands of cheap meals that will form part of the ‘Eat … Read more

Wetherspoon pub named after Elihu Yale faces calls to change its name over his links to slave trade

Wetherspoon pub named after 17th century merchant Elihu Yale is facing calls to change its name over his links to the slave trade The Elihu Yale pub in Wrexham, North Wales, faces calls to change its name Yale was an official for the East India Company, who are linked to the slave trade  A petition … Read more

Piers Morgan lays into Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley and Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin

Piers Morgan has hit out at Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley and Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin for their actions during the Covid-19 crisis. An investigation by the PA news agency revealed that Mr Ashley’s Sports Direct hiked prices by more than 50% on some sports equipment on Tuesday in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. … Read more

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin tells his 40,000 staff to go to work at Tesco amid coronavirus pandemic

‘If you think it’s a good idea, do it!’ Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin tells his 40,000 staff to go to work at Tesco after pub chain is forced to close amid coronavirus pandemic Wetherspoon staff say the company will not be paying them until end of April  In a video message, boss Tim Martin encouraged … Read more