The price of alcohol must be increased and beer, wine and spirits companies should be banned from advertising, doctors have advised. They believe Government and industry measures to tackle binge drinking are failing, and that more needs to be done to reduce the toll of alcohol-related deaths - Daily Telegraph
Around 20 million Britons have stopped taking regular trips to the pub to save money, a poll has revealed. It found that families facing the biggest squeeze on their budgets in 50 years are also changing their shopping habits, taking packed lunches to work and cancelling charity donations - Daily Mail
Britain is heading for the worst economic slump since the early 90s, global experts warned yesterday - Daily Mirror
A campaign to reduce the red tape burden by a quarter has had little impact on business, according to a survey, with almost all businesses complaining that there has been no reduction in the time taken on dealing with regulation - FT
Robert Tchenguiz is facing close to a billion pounds of losses after much of his investment empire collapsed with the Icelandic banking system - The Times
InBev, the Belgian-Brazilian brewer behind Stella Artois, said it was confident about its bank financing for its recommended $60 billion (£34.6 billion) bid for Anheuser-Busch, the owner of Budweiser, despite the banking sector crisis - The Times
A teacher who drove almost five times over the legal alcohol limit has been suspended from teaching for a year - Western Mail
Google has come up with an idea that could save millions from the terrible consequences of the drunken e-mail. The program, called Mail Goggles, intercepts e-mails sent using Google's e-mail service, Gmail, after a certain time in the evening - The Times