'Evacuation after fire at Greene King brewery'

Staff at Suffolk's biggest brewery were evacuated yesterday following a severe fire in a boiler room. Fire crews were called to the Greene King brewery in Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, shortly after 8pm. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had to battle with thick black smoke to enter the boiler room and extinguish the blaze before it spread to the rest of the building - East Anglian Daily Times ​

Widespread public confusion about how much it is safe to drink may be contributing to the growth of alcohol misuse in England, say MPs. The Commons public accounts committee said ministers needed to assess whether new guidance was needed - BBC​

Measuring alcoholic drinks in units should be reviewed as three quarters of people do not know how many units are in a large glass of wine, MPs said. Two fifths of people do not know what the current recommended daily limits for units of alcohol are, the Public Accounts Committee said in a report -The Telegraph​

President Barack Obama will attempt to defuse a festering race row between police and a respected black scholar, armed with a couple of beers. The White House is to host an informal meeting between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr and Sgt James Crowley, the Boston officer who arrested him after responding to reports of a possible break-in at his home - Press Association​