Pub

Police have appealed for witnesses A 102-year-old man has died after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in South Wales, according to police. The incident happened at the Crow’s Nest pub in Cwmbran at 10.25pm on 1 August with police confirming today (Thursday 13 August) that the man had died. Philip Ormerod, from Cwmbran was […]

2 weeks ago

The proposals have been slammed by Sadiq Khan. Pubs in Soho and the West could be urged to ban customers from enjoying a drink whilst standing if a London council has their way. In its new draft licensing policy, Westminster Council has recommended that pubs and bars should not allow “vertical drinking” or ordering at […]

3 weeks ago

£9 pints out of plastic cups? Nah, you’re alright Forget Wembley. Forget hospitality. Forget paying £9 for a lukewarm lager. Nearly half of England fans (49 per cent) say they’d rather watch a major tournament match in the pub than inside the stadium itself (33 per cent), according to new research from Stonegate Group. The […]

2 months ago

A playful, tongue-in-cheek reference The UK will soon have its first-ever Lidl pub, and now shoppers know exactly what it’ll be called. The supermarket chain has begun construction at a site in Northern Ireland, following an unusual turn of events caused by the region’s strict licensing laws. After failing to secure a standard off-sales licence for […]

3 months ago

Here’s how many customers it will accommodate The UK will soon have its first ever Lidl pub, as the supermarket chain has begun building it at a Northern Ireland site. As the chain was unable to get a standard off-sales licence for its shop in Dundonald in east Belfast, this development is an unusual consequence […]

5 months ago

It said it was “mistaken for a creche” A landlord of a pub has said that he has now banned children from his pub, as a result of parents’ behaviour. Egil Johansen, who for the past 17 years has run the east London pub The Kenton in Hackney, said that “entitled parents” now have a […]

5 months ago