Shares in Mitchells & Butlers hit a three-year low yesterday as the pub group warned cash-strapped drinkers would continue to thirst for cheap supermarket alcohol - Daily Express
Mitchells & Butlers, the embattled pub operator, gave investors some ground for optimism on Wednesday after it bucked gloomy analyst predictions with better-than-expected first-half trading - Financial Times
Hundreds more postal 'outreach' outlets are to be opened in libraries, churches and pubs to quell the fury over Post Office closures, it was announced yesterday - Daily Mail
Village pubs are closing at a rate of four a day because of the lowest beer sales since the Great Depression and rising running costs, it was claimed yesterday - Daily Telegraph
Shocked drinkers are spending their pennies elsewhere after a pub put CCTV cameras inside the ladies' loo cubicles - The Sun
Mushy peas and angel cakes could stop being made after it emerged that the Food Standards Agency wants six artificial "E" colourings to be removed from foods - Daily Mirror
Eating an egg a day increases the risk of premature death for middle-aged men, warn researchers - Daily Mail
A child aged six had to be treated in casualty for a drink-related illness. The primary school pupil was one of 175 underage drinkers admitted to just one hospital last year for booze problems - The Sun
Britain could be hardest hit by the global credit crisis as banks in this country have racked up bigger losses than anywhere else in the world, a new International Monetary Fund analysis shows - Daily Telegraph
A cup of coffee brewed from beans that are collected from cat droppings has gone on sale for £50 - Daily Mail