What the Sunday papers said
An effigy of Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand may be placed atop the famous Lewes Bonfire next weekend after a row between a pub in the Sussex town and the Bury St Edmunds brewery. Greene King kicked out a locally-brewed ale - Harveys - from one of its pubs, the Lewes Arms, in favour of a replacement beer called Lewes Arms. Infuriated drinkers, backed by their LibDem MP, fought back. Citing an ancient law preventing illegal use of the Lewes' coat of arms - as displayed on Greene King's label for the new beer- they forced the brewer to back down and remove it. However Greene King still refuses to allow the local favourite back into the pub and sources suggest next weekend's bonfire celebrations, where unpopular characters are burned in effigy, may feature the brewer's boss. - Mail On Sunday
Liverpool FC is set to dump its long-time shirt sponsor Carlsberg, in favour of a new brand. The football club, currently struggling to find form in the Premiership, is in talks with three companies with a view to making a decision on the change in early December. Carlsberg has been Liverpool's shirt sponsor for 14 years, the longest such deal in the Premiership. - Sunday Express
The rise in the number of Polish migrant workers in the UK has accounted for the growing popularity here of Poland's largest beer brand, Tyskie. According to SABMiller, whose Polish subsidiary Kompania Piwowarska expects to double export to the UK next year, consumption of the beer here has jumped 400 per cent in the last year, with the migration of workers such as plumbers to the UK said to be behind the rise. Up to 700,000 Poles found jobs in EU countries last year and two million are said the be seeking work. - Mail On Sunday
A small pub in Windsor has become a hotbed of unsigned music talent that goes on to bigger and better things. The Royal Oak in White Waltham is owned by Michael Parkinson and managed by his son Nicholas and hosted Jamie Cullum before he became famnous, plus other jazz singers such as Clare Teale and Peter Grant. Others to have performed in the pub included Katie Melua and Daniel Bedingfield. - Sunday Express
