A council has shut down a pub after travellers rode five horses into the bar - causing mayhem among locals. More than 100 travellers descended on the Cross Keys pub in Erith, Kent, on August 15, and five of them simply rode their horses through the bar doors in a bid to get a drink. Police licencing officer PC Eddy Boston showed CCTV evidence of a woman riding her horse into the pub at an earlier incident in June, saying it had become a 'regular occurrence' - Daily Mail
Plans to impose a 45p a unit minimum alcoholic drink price would be a "tax on the poor" and cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds, it has been claimed. The SNP Government's flagship proposal was attacked by opposition politicians, drink industry bodies and supermarket giants which claimed the move would harm trade without tackling alcohol abuse - The Scotsman
Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures - The Independent
Foster's Group, the Australian drinks company, has been hit by the resignation of its finance director in the midst of the demerger of its wine and beer businesses. Angus McKay will leave towards the end of this year to join Asciano, the Australian ports and rail operator, as chief financial officer - Daily Telegraph
A barber couple have moved their business into a pub…and have launched their own beer to celebrate. Frankie and Sue Gallagher are offering Gallagher's Half Cut real ale alongside short back and sides at their 19th-century pub in Wirral, Merseyside. "We always wanted to open a pub, so when this one became available we were able to bring the two things together," said Mr Gallagher - Metro
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