'Rising commodity prices will push up food costs'

The price of a loaf of bread in the shops is to rise again after Associated British Foods, the owner of Kingsmill, warned that profits would be hit if it did not pass on soaring commodity prices. The price of wheat has almost doubled since a year ago, and is back to levels last seen during 2008's commodities boom - The Guardian​

An east London man who drank 30 bottles of beer before throwing two of them at a pub landlord, has been jailed for 16 months. Patrick McDonagh had been celebrating his 25th birthday when the attack happened at the Ordnance Arms, Canning Town, the Old Bailey heard.McDonagh threw the bottles at landlord John Forbes' head when he was refused credit to buy more drinks. The 26-year-old, of Valerian Way, Stratford, admitted actual bodily harm. The court heard Mr Forbes suffered cuts and bruises to the forehead and ear in the attack at the pub in November 2009 - BBC News​

Snakes alive, the venomous vino that comes with added bite. Forget eating the worm after downing your tequila - with these bottles of unusual wine produced in Vietnam, a tasty tipple comes with a far more potent bite. A village there is producing snake and scorpion wine and shipping it worldwide, with the rare beverage available to order online. The venomous cobra snake is used to make the snake wine but the poison is cancelled out by the alcoholic content of the drink, meaning you'll avoid a pounding hangover - Daily Mail​

Australians turn away from beer as wine threatens to overtake sales. It would appall the likes of Sir Les Patterson but Australia's status as a beer guzzling nation is at threat as drinkers Down Under choose wine over the traditional "amber nectar". The stereotypical image of a rugged Australian cracking open a tinny in the outback could soon be a thing of the past with wine sales Down Under set to overtake beer within a decade. The consumption of beer has dropped by almost half to its lowest level in 50 years while wine sales have increased three fold during the same period, a report compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown - The Telegraph​