What the Sunday papers said

The new licensing law, which comes into effect in less than three weeks, could lead to more drink-related violence, rather than reduce the problem.The British Beer & Pub Association has announced that many of its members were only applying to extend their opening times by one or two hours. However Chris Allison of the Chief Police Officer's body, ACPO, believes his colleagues will have to deal with people fuelled by more drink coming onto the streets at the same time, albeit a couple of hours later. - Sunday Times​

Teenage girls are suffering the sort of liver damage normally associated in women 20 years their senior due to the current binge-drinking crisis. Professor Ian Gilmore, a liver specialist at the Royal Liverpool University hospital warned of a health time bomb; cases of cirrhosis among women in their late 20s are now "commonplace", he said. - Independent On Sunday​

The cost of introducing a national identity card scheme could rise to nearly £30bn, meaning each card would cost £500. A report by the London School of Economics has warned that the cost of integrating the scheme's computers with government databases will add as much as £10bn to the college's earlier estimate of £18bn. - Sunday Times​

InBev is backing a £3bn bid for managed pub group Spirit. The brewer is understood to be throwing its weight behind an approach by ex-banker Robin Saunders in return for a beer supply contract. - Mail On Sunday​

Supermarkets are set to be allowed to open for longer hours on Sundays. Trade & Industry secretary Alan Johnson said it was "sensible" to consider extending supermarket opening on a Sunday after chains argued it was their busiest day of the week. - Sunday Times​

Health campaigners have attacked plans by British American Tobacco to launch a "safer cigarette". BAT confirmed it planned to launch the new cigarette, which uses lower levels of carcinogenic chemicals and a new filter process, next year. - Sunday Express​