'Cops warn landlord over Nazi costume'
A pub landlord who dressed as an 'Allo 'Allo-style Nazi was threatened with arrest. Jamie Hardie's nostalgia night costume, which included a swastika, made him look like Herr Flick from the hit BBC comedy. But, although the outfit was not illegal, officers warned him he could be inciting racial tension - Daily Star
The SNP mounted a fresh attack on opposition proposals to control the price of alcoholic drinks last night. The Nationalists claimed Conservative and Labour plans for a "floor price" to prevent alcohol being sold below the cost of duty plus VAT would result in cheaper, not more expensive, drink. The SNP said its research showed that multipacks of lager, litres of cider and bottles of own-brand supermarket vodka would fall - Aberdeen Press and Journal
Cheap snack offers in shops and food outlets are as dangerous as happy hour drink giveaways, health campaigners claimed yesterday. Desperate retailers are bombarding customers with cut-price chocolate, crisps, cakes and fizzy drinks to boost profits - Mirror
David Cameron seems determined to emulate his heroine Margaret Thatcher - even to the extent of adopting her favourite drink, whisky. But where the Iron Lady was a modest Bell's drinker, her heir has more expensive tastes. Having previously chosen Isle of Jura single malt (£28) on Radio 4 as his Desert Island luxury, he's now developed a taste for Bruichladdich Organic single malt from the neighbouring island of Islay, priced at £41 - Daily Mail
A Welsh mother has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence by a Spanish court for abandoning her 11-year-old daughter alone on a beach while she got drunk - Western Mail