'Domestic violence related to number of pubs'

The level of domestic violence in a neighbourhood is linked to the number of places you can buy alcohol, new research claims. A new study, carried out by American researchers, has found a direct correlation between "intimate partner violence" and the number of off licences, bars, restaurants and other drinking places. The researchers found that for every extra alcohol outlet per 1,000 population, there was an increase of a third in male-to-female partner violence - The Daily Telegraph​

More than 4,000 pubs will shut in the next two years as beer sales go flat and higher bills deplete landlord's profits, according to a new report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers. A total of 64 pub businesses went bust in the third quarter of 2008, more than double the number in the same period last year and nearly three times as many as in 2006 - The Scotsman​

Leaked police figures show 40 per cent of drink drivers in some parts of Britain are now foreigners. And the vast majority come from either Poland or Lithuania - confirming warnings that many Eastern Europeans ignore our breathalyser laws - The Sun​

A drinker crippled when he fell from a patio after going outside for a cigarette is suing his local pub for £1million. Matthew Long was in a coma for a week after suffering brain damage when he toppled off the 2½ft-high brick terrace. Matthew insists rails should have been put up to stop customers - forced to go outside for a cig by the smoking ban - from falling - The Sun​

Becoming a pub landlord still tops the list of occupations among people wanting to move to the country, and the industry is predicting that City redundancies will create a new generation of publicans. If the number of pubs on agents' books is anything to go by it's a buyers market, and the recession may create opportunities - The Daily Telegraph​