Advertisements for two popular beers are to be banned after one was found to be misleading and the other was judged likely to appeal to children. The Advertising Standards Authority will say today that InBev, the brewer of Stella Artois, can no longer boast that its lager is produced by a family that has been dedicated to brewing for six centuries. Yesterday the authority banned an advert for Miller beer after ruling that it had breached rules intended to prevent any kind of appeal to children - The Times
Members of an ambulance crew were attacked by a 100-strong mob outside a pub as they tried to save a dying man who had been stabbed in the neck, police revealed yesterday. One paramedic was pulled from her ambulance by her hair as she attempted to resuscitate the injured man, who later died of his injuries - The Guardian
Companies should face fines if they fail to meet new legal targets for cutting the huge amount of packaging that is creating vast amounts of waste, Liberal Democrats will say today - The Independent
The government's Food Standards Agency today comes under fresh attack from two leading academics who have joined forces to urge the watchdog to act "more firmly and responsibly" on behalf of consumers over the dangers of chemical food additives - The Guardian
The smell of success is not always sweet. This couldn't be more true for aromatic entrepreneurs Linda and Frank Knight from Kirkham, Lancashire. Their niche fragrance firm Dale Air has found itself thrust into the limelight, after a pub ordered an ashtray air fragrance to re-ignite interest since the smoking ban. - The Sun