'Banned from every pub in the country'

A young woman has become the first person to be banned from buying or drinking alcohol anywhere. Laura Hall, 20, was hit with a Drinking Ban Order barring her from every pub, club or off-licence in England and Wales for causing numerous problems after boozing. The two-year DBO also stops Laura, kicked out by local landlords for being a drunken nuisance, from having alcohol in public places - The Mirror​

Britain's oldest pub landlady has been immortalised in a rare church carving. Flossie Lane pulled pints for 74 years at the Sun Inn in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, before she died last year aged 94. Friends and the new pub owners raised £5,000 for a misericord, originally designed for monks to rest against during church services. It features the landlady pouring a pint from a barrel and is the first to be commissioned in 400 years at the nearby Mary Magdalene Church -The Times​

Samsung has issued a list of serious health warnings to customers planning to watch their 3D TVs. The Korean manufacturer has identified multiple health hazards for pregnant women, the elderly and even those who have been drinking alcohol - ITN​

A reformed smoker has hit out after being asked to take his smoking inhaler outside. Bertie Dadge, 52, of London Road, said bosses at The Regal in King's Square told him not to smoke the nicotine substitute at the bar - thisisgloucestershire.co.uk​