'Pub landlord robbed by a gorilla and a clown'

A pub landlord was tied up and robbed by two men dressed as a clown and gorilla. The men, dressed in masks and full papers suits, burst into the Shakespeare Pub in Manchester City Centre, at around 11.15pm on Monday night, demanding cash. The robbers, who both had Irish accents threatened the landlord of the Fountain Street pub and forced him to fill a white carrier bag with money before tying his feet to a kitchen sink and fleeing the scene - Telegraph ​

An MP is calling for a ban on a new high-energy drink made in Derbyshire, because it is called Simply Cocaine. Leicester East MP Keith Vaz has asked the Advertising Standards Authority to intervene over the caffeine drink, manufactured in Swadlincote - BBC ​

Police said they had seized "vast" amounts of alcohol from youngsters during a school holiday clampdown. Officers in Chelmsford, Essex, said they had confiscated more than 200 cans of beer, a dozen bottles of wine and "numerous" bottles of alcopops, cider and lager in July and August - Press Association ​

Senior RAF officers have launched an appeal for donations so British troops returning from Afghanistan can enjoy a cold beer on their flight home. A campaign dubbed ''Beer for the boys'' was launched two years ago to provide a can of lager or bitter for servicemen and women flying back to the UK at the end of gruelling six-month tours - Telegraph ​

Gazza flew back from holiday to make up for missing a blind baby's charity do - after reading of her dad's disappointment in The Sun. The alcoholic soccer legend walked into the pub where 200 fans had missed seeing him speak and handed over a card with £500 cash. Then he gave assistant pub boss Michael Dodds a second card - with a note in braille for blind daughter Faith, seven months - The Sun ​