A former alcoholic reports he is doing a roaring trade in his Dry Dock Hotel, selling no alcohol whatsoever to a welcoming community. The Dry Dock in Weymouth, south-east of London, serves a variety of beverages, sans alcohol. It was the brainchild of proprietor Sam Watson, who was inspired to create a booze-free pub because […]
The UK government has opened consultation on regulations around gaming machines in pubs and other venues, seeking views on updating protection for players and venues amid increasing choices. A series of gambling white paper consultations have begun on multiple gambling issues – including ‘Measures’ relating to ‘land-based’ gambling. In April authorities published the Gambling Act
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The top-selling beer of global brewing giant AB-InBev is at the centre of controversy around big brands ‘gay-washing’ products, finding drinkers pouring out the beer and billions lost in stock value. Bud Light, the low-carb version of Budweiser, is the top-selling beer in America, claiming around 14 per cent of the US domestic beer market.
Often marking events from throughout the more than a thousand years of public houses in Britain, here are some of the most unusual names put to pubs. The Bucket of Blood in Cornwall is a vestige of the town’s smuggling heyday in the 1700s. An estimated 150k people took part in the practise and the
Research has found around a third of visits to the pub do not involve consuming alcohol, prompting operators to find alternative offerings. Hospitality research company Kam in the UK reports in 2022 29 per cent of visits to pubs and 37 per cent of meals in restaurants are booze-free. Kam says the move to no
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Pubs across Britain have been closing as a record-breaking heatwave cooks the country. Brits have been sweating and swooning in temperatures not seen in the history of weather records, claiming lives across Europe. Monday night went down as the warmest night recorded in the UK, in places not falling below 25°C, ahead of forecasts for
A UK man has lost his vehicle, after a trip to the pub carried on through high tide. Britain has some of the most loyal pub patrons in the world, and a resident of Exmouth demonstrated his dedication with a protracted visit to his local, within the popular Imperial Recreation Ground. The man parked the
Due to a massive resurgence in coronavirus cases since mid-September, the United Kingdom has again gone into total lockdown, closing all pubs in a second attempt to get the pandemic under control. The nationwide lockdown came into effect again on Thursday (5 November), currently scheduled for the next four weeks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says
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An Irish pub has taken a significant step in its efforts to battle the spread of coronavirus by no longer allowing sing-alongs serenading Neil Diamond’s lyrical sweetheart, Caroline. Diamond began belting out his triumphant anthem to the reportedly very sweet Caroline in 1969. The timeless lyrics croon of reaching out and touching hands – and
Concerned about patrons’ ability to socially distance themselves from staff, the quaint, welcoming Star Inn, in the rural community of Cornwell, has installed an electric fence to keep people back from the bar. The Star Inn is a small pub, said to be the “first and last” rural pub in Cornwall, on Britain’s south-west tip,
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