What the Sunday papers say

The Mail on Sunday

• Shock new figures show that 125,000 young people in Britain suffer serious facial wounds each year because of binge drinking. Click here to read more on thePublican.com

Tempers are already boiling over in the kitchens of Gordon Ramsey's new reality TV show Hell's Kitchen, due to be screened later this month. Celebrities featured include Edwina Currie and Roger Cook.

Midas, the Mail's sharewatch column says investors should hold on to Whitbread shares at 753.5p. New boss Alan Parker is set to shake up its hotels division and could extract more value.

The Observer​

• Business commentary from Frank Kane suggests that the EU will not let Sky TV have it so easy when negotiations for football rights commence in 2006.

The Weekend FT​

• C&C Group has toasted a successful stock market debut, albeit at a reduced price. The company got away, valued at £487m. Texas Pacific reduced its holdings from 90 per cent to 37 per cent.

A Turkish brewer that sells most of its brands in the fast-growing Russian beer market is to list in London this year, the latest in a line of foreign companies recruited to the London Stock Exchange.

The Sunday Express​

• Interest rates are expected to rise as high as 5.25 per cent as the Bank of England wards off higher inflation.

The Independent on Sunday​

• Following chef Jamie Oliver's example, the government this week opens the first of a dozen restaurants in London where the long term unemployed can be trained in haute cuisine.

Diary: company news this coming week includes interim results from Enterprise Inns on Tuesday (May 18); full-year results from SABMiller on Thursday; and interims from Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries on Friday.

The Sunday Telegraph​

• Analysts are tipping brewer and pub operator Wolverhampton & Dudley to post flat interim pre-tax profits of about £76m this Friday, May 21.

Pennon, the Devon-based water and sewerage company, is set to oppose a takeover approach from Guy Hands, the City financier who made millions from pubs.

A 37-year-old man from Sheffield is on a life support machine after suffering head injuries during a fight involving 40 people outside Purple nightclub in the city centre.

The Sunday Times​

• Russia's drinking habits are changing - and fast. In 2000, spirits accounted for 74.5 per cent of alcohol consumed, with beer at 17.4 per cent. Three years on beer now accounts for 23.8 per cent.