What the Sunday papers say
The Sunday Times
- The government has admitted that it has lost control of drink-fuelled crime and disorder in Britain's town and city centres, according to leaked Home Office documents.
This week the government will reveal that alcohol-related crime costs almost £7.3 billion as almost six million people a week drink more than double the daily guidelines in a single binge.
Taking Manchester city centre as an example, The Sunday Times reports that "the high number of licensed premises in city centres makes it more or less impossible for the police to effectively enforce licensing laws".
Ted Tuppen is officially Britain's biggest pub landlord after Enterprise Inns became the first tenanted and leased pub group to join the FTSE 100, the index of Britain's blue-chip companies.
A Corporate Responsibility Index of Britain's most caring companies features Allied Domecq, Diageo and Scottish & Newcastle.
Smokers who quit and people who live healthier lifestyles could be moved up hospital waiting lists under plans to be considered by ministers to encourage good behaviour.
Women alleging sex attacks will be tested to find out if their drinks have been spiked in a nationwide study to discover whether date-rape drugs are an urban myth.
The Independent on Sunday
- Young drinkers will be targeted when the Government's long awaited alcohol harm reduction strategy is unveiled tomorrow - and ministers will move to ban the advertising of alcohol.
The Sunday Express
- Heron International boss Gerald Ronson is planning to take advantage of expected new gambling rules to develop a chain of casinos in the UK.
Small businesses have been hit hard by the Government's decision to increase National Insurance, according to a survey.
The Observer
- In the cold light of day the facts are inescapable: we are a nation of booze hounds, consuming a staggering amount of beer, wine and spirits in a destructive relationship with alcohol that is costing Britain £20 billion a year.
The Sunday Express
- Under-age drinkers face a crackdown as part of the Government's tough new National Alcohol Strategy to be unveiled tomorrow.
The Mail on Sunday
- A mob of soccer fans went on a £3,000 wrecking spree in a hotel after police persuaded the reluctant landlord to let them in - and promised they would cause no trouble.
TV chef Rick Stein enjoyed a pay bonanza of almost £1m from his restaurant business in the Cornish fishing village of Padstow.
The Sunday Telegraph
- A secretive Las Vegas billionaire, Sheldon Adelson, is in talks to with the UK's leading football clubs to build a chain of casinos next to their grounds.
David Beckham is threatening legal action against a Russian firm that he claims is using his image without permission to sell alcopops.
Soldiers are to face random breath tests in an attempt to reduce alcohol abuse in the Army.
