'Pub shares faring well'

Complaints about antisocial noise have reached record levels across the country, with parts of suburban England registering average increases of 22 per cent in the past year, a survey by The Times has found - The Times​

An 11-year-old boy became the latest victim of Britain's gun epidemic last night when he was shot dead as he kicked around a football in a Liverpool pub car park - The Times ​

Shares regained lost ground with pub groups faring well. Punch Taverns, which will issue a trading update in a couple of weeks, was helped up 63p to £10.39 by a "buy" note from JPMorgan, which said that the shares had fallen too far. Even though poor weather would hit summer trading, it still had good defensive qualities in the long term, the broker said. Enterprise Inns closed up on 33½p at 611p and Mitchells & Butlers rose 33½p to 711½p - The Times​

The dire weather does not seem to have dampened Scottish & Newcastle's enthusiasm for over-ice cider. It is launching a draught version of Bulmers Original that will be dispensed from one of those clever bar fonts that are covered in condensation to make pub-goers feel especially thirsty - The Times​

The Rolling Stones will not be prosecuted despite repeatedly flouting the smoking ban during their first concert on home soil since the new law - The Daily Telegraph ​

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has vowed to stop anti-social youngsters graduating to crime as she expressed shock at the shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Liverpool - Daily Mail ​