This is the moment a landlord was handed a £10,000 fine after police raided his pub at 11pm to find 50 people drinking, smoking and dancing to music. Officers arrived to find a party atmosphere at The Spotted Dog in Digbeth, Birmingham, with no social distancing in place, on October 30. Even though this was … Read more
After a week like this, there’s nothing the nation deserves more than a drop of their chosen tipple in their favourite watering hole. Sadly, with lockdown closing pubs and restaurants, that’s a dream which will have to be put on hold for the next four weeks, at least. But all is not lost. The pub … Read more
Dozens of pub landlords are celebrating a last-minute reprieve today as major breweries including Greene King and Adnams have slashed rents during the winter lockdown. Greene King, the UK’s largest pub retailer, and Stonegate Pub Company both confirmed charges for tenants will be reduced to 10 per cent. Meanwhile Adnams, which owns seventy pubs across … Read more
Adorable koala is seen wandering Adelaide CBD and caught before trying to waltz into a PUB Koala named Luna found wandering through streets of Adelaide earlier in week The female koala was caught outside Elephant and Castle Hotel on Gilbert Street Luna was given an ear tag and taken to the vet at Adelaide Koala … Read more
Bachelorettes Elly and Becky Miles blow off ritzy Melbourne Cup event where they were guests of honour to sink beers at the pub – as rumours swirl they’re BOTH single after the show Do you have a story about The Bachelorette? Email [email protected] By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:19 GMT, 3 November … Read more
An out-of-control nurse punched a pub landlord in the face and bit a customer and police officer in a drunken rage. Mother-of-two Zoe Goldspink, 35, was present when her husband knocked a man to the ground and ripped the landlord’s shirt at the Crown and Thistle pub, in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard her husband … Read more
A plumber was left furious after he was charged £111 by Uber to take him home from the pub – even though the two-mile trip would normally have cost just £5. Matt Bennett, 18, from Arnold, Nottinghamshire, woke up after a night out to discover the astronomical charge for the eight-minute trip. The teenager had gone … Read more
Great British boltholes: Inside an AA ‘pub of the year’ that’s the beating heart of an ancient village and wows with immaculate bedrooms and a hot tub in secluded grounds Three Daggers in Wlitshire is owned by Chad Pike, a vice-chairman of a New York-based investment firm The pub features three bedrooms with ‘expensive finishes … Read more
Scrapheap: Lees-Jones says kneejerk reactions from our politicians are crippling the industry The boss of a 192-year-old pub group has launched an attack on the ‘knee-jerk’ coronavirus restrictions that has forced him to shut half of his estate. William Lees-Jones said businesses are being ‘thrown on the scrapheap’ by the measures – and that one … Read more
Former footballer Chris Kamara has spoken about his experiences of racism and how he was forced to drink outside a pub because of the colour of his skin. Chris, 62, was travelling with his Portsmouth teammates during his playing days in 1975 when the troubling incident occurred. Appearing on Tuesday’s edition of Steph’s Packed Lunch … Read more