'Mr Average spends 10585 hours of his life in the pub'

If your fella is either in the boozer, watching the box or shopping online, don't panic… it's normal behaviour.The typical bloke spends 10,585 hours in pubs, 11 years glued to the telly and splashes out more than £2,000 shopping online, research revealed yesterday. Mr Average - who is 5ft 10in, 12.5st and earns £28,270 a year - will also have 11 partners in a lifetime and be able to cook a paltry four meals (one being spaghetti bolognese) - Mirror​

Health campaigners hit out last night after it was revealed that an eight-year-old girl has been treated for alcoholism. The youngster started drinking as a Primary 4 pupil and quickly developed a "serious problem with alcohol". She received help from Dundee-based Tayside Council for Alcohol after admitting she had started drinking regularly - Daily Record​

A shopkeepers' trade body that has helped to persuade scores of MPs to oppose a ban on cigarette displays has been accused by its members of being a puppet of the tobacco industry. The National Federation of Retail Newsagents, which represents 16,500 shopkeepers, has emerged as an important player in the debate over whether "power walls" - behind-the-counter displays of cigarettes - should be banned.

Health campaigners claim that banning the displays would benefit the nation's health because it would cut the number of young people who take up smoking. But the federation, which disputes evidence for the claim and warns that the move would be bad for business, has hired a lobbying company to make its case with MPs - The Guardian​

Tesco, the world's third-biggest retailer, has signed a joint venture to build three more shopping malls in China as part of its plans to rapidly expand in the world's most populous country - Telegraph​