What the Sunday papers say

David Blunkett has warned the Cabinet that Britain faces a summer of drink-fuelled rioting amid increasing concern over "yob culture". The Home...

David Blunkett has warned the Cabinet that Britain faces a summer of drink-fuelled rioting amid increasing concern over "yob culture". The Home Secretary briefed ministers on the preparations for public disorder in this country as further trouble flared in Portugal. They include new "three-strikes" orders banning drunken yobs from licensed premises. The new powers form the centrepiece of a crackdown on drink-related crime Mr Blunkett will launch next month - Independent on Sunday

Ministers intend to raise or abolish the retirement age of 65, a leaked cabinet paper has revealed. The document indicates that ministers are set to make an announcement within weeks in response to a Brussels ruling that outlaws discrimination against older workers. The change, which will be introduced in 2006, would give full employment rights to workers who want to stay on beyond 65 - The Sunday Times

The country's leading casino groups, including Rank and Gala, have reacted with anger and frustration at measures in the government's gambling reform proposals curbing slot machines with unlimited jackpots, which will be allowed only in the biggest casinos. They feel the proposals give an unfair advantage to overseas rivals that are planning to open Las Vegas-style gaming and leisure emporiums in Britain - The Sunday Times

Business opposition to the European constitution is hardening as loopholes begin to emerge contradicting prime minister Tony Blair's claim to have signed a good deal. As many as 28 business leaders said they had written to Mr Blair to express their anger about the constitution - The Business

Large numbers of Finnish youths have streamed into the Estonian capital Tallinn every weekend since Estonia joined the EU last month, attracted by alcohol at half the price of bars in Finland. Researchers, doctors, scientists and campaigners attended a conference in Warsaw last week to discuss the emerging drink problem of the new Europe - The Observer ​ Night time curfews, Labour's big idea to curb anti-social behaviour, will be challenged in the European Court of Human Rights after a teenager from West Sussex agreed to let civil rights group Liberty bring a test case in his name - The Observer

A City broker is being sued for £200,000 after claiming that he had been too drunk to remember signing a two-year contract for a new job. Ian Taylor signed his contract in a pub after he had 'consumed a significant amount of alcohol during the day and the early evening' according to his lawyers. The Mail on Sunday -

Coca-Cola is secretly planning to re-enter the UK bottled water market only months after having to scrap its earlier attempt, Dasani. The soft drinks giant is in negotiations for a derelict manufacturing plant in Hadfield, Derbyshire - The Sunday Express​ Animal rights campaigners have slammed the Portman Group's 'Don't be a Drunken Monkey' ads campaign, which uses trained chimps to portray drunken misbehaviour, as 'cruel and humiliating' - The Sunday Express

Danish brewer Carlsberg has decided to take an astonishing 68,000 people to Portugal as part of its Euro 2004 sponsorship throughout the tournament, enough to fill Lisbon's Stadium of Light. Guests travelling with Carlsberg for England vs France were offered a lager half an hour before touching down in Lisbon at 7am, meaning a few were drooping from more than the heat by kick-off - The Sunday Express

Related topics Independent Operators

Property of the week

Follow us

Pub Trade Guides

View more