All news on the topic: Pubs

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Popular family pub chain 'exploring sale of 250 restaurants to rival for £600m'
Whitbread is reportedly planning to get rid of 250 sites and Mitchells & Butlers is said to be the frontrunner to buy them in a sale estimated to be worth £600million
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Brits flock to UK's 'best beer garden' in the middle of gorgeous sandy beach
The Watering Hole in Perranporth, Cornwall, The Rising Sun in Pensford, Somerset and the People's Park Tavern in Victoria Park, London have topped a list of the best beer gardens in the country
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Top 50 best things about summer - as half of Brits say it is favourite season
The best thing about summer is longer days and sunnier evenings - followed by not having to turn the heating on, and not needing to wear a coat
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UK's most remote pub gives free beer to those brave enough to finish 'epic' hike
The Old Forge, in the village of Inverie, in the Highlands has offerd up to two free pints to people who manage to reach it after a 15-mile hike - and remember to quote Wiggle
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Wetherspoon fan spends £30k on epic four-year pub crawl to all 875 locations
To end the 'longest pub crawl in history', Wetherspoon superfan David Bingham will enjoy a cold pint of beer at Gatwick Airport tomorrow - his 875th boozer in four years
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Pub slammed for offering free drinks to women based on their bra size
A pub offering free drinks to women depending on their bra size has been slammed on social media, with one person calling it 'misogynistic' and another deeming it 'seriously inappropriate'
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8 pubs may be forced to shut as 'billionaire owners demand full lockdown rent'
Many boozers owned by the Wellington Pub Company may have to pay rent in full despite being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic and huge rises in overheads recently
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Haunted pub where the lights will not switch off until you say two creepy words
Both staff and customers have reported strange goings on at The Old Ferry Boat Inn in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, as the boozer has been widely reputed as one of the 'most haunted'
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'Best beer garden' divides punters despite 'perfect views' of stunning blue lake
Pub beer gardens make for the perfect setting on balmy days in the UK - but the Waggon and Horses Inn comes with an incredible view that would blow most out of the water
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Pub so desperate for summer staff it's offering £500 bonus just for joining
The Golden Lion in Newport, Wales, has made the offer to entice people to work during the busy season over the coming months - it comes as tourists are expected to flock to the beauty spot from across the UK
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Wetherspoon customer's fury and 'humiliation' after questioning toilet policy
Widower Keith Rowe said he was escorted off the premises of one of the chain's pubs after complaining that able-bodied customers were using its disabled facilities
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Pub owners that displayed 'racist' dolls quizzed by cops as part of police probe
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Chris and Benice Ryley closed their pub The White Hart in Grays, Essex, last month after police removed their golly dolls before suppliers cut off trade
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Pensioner, 82, barred from favourite pub of 20 years after row over voucher
Ivor Rodgers, 82, has been visiting The Beech Tree for more than 20 years and regularly takes a friend for lunch - he was left horrified when he was told he was longer allowed to visit
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Pub boss forced to tear down £13,000 beer garden shelter after 'one complaint'
Pub landlord Paul Dean, 48, has worked tirelessly over the past 18 months to transform the Alexandra Hotel in Lancashire - but says he has now been ordered to tear it down after just one complaint
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Britain's youngest landlady is only just old enough to drink in a pub herself
Rheanna Geraghty admitted she was still shocked she landed the role as a pub landlady, having turned 18 just months ago
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Family fumes after demolished pub rubble left outside home for months on end
Paul and Jude Tranter from Stoke-on-Trent have been left with a pile of rubble outside their bungalow for months after the Jester pub was demolished two years ago
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Inside the UK island with beaches just like the Caribbean - where you can live
One idyllic island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides has stunning white beaches that are compared to the 'Caribbean without the crowds' and a 'wee homey pub' is up for sale for anyone who wants to move out
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Fears more Wetherspoons pubs set to close - see full list of venues at risk
Several Wetherspoons pubs are under offer after the pub giant last year confirmed it would be selling some branches, including The Sir John Stirling Maxwell pub in Glasgow
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Boozer offers bottomless crisp buffet with 30 different flavours to choose from
A boozer has come up with the perfect bottomless concept – a crisp buffet. For a reasonable price, you'll be able to snack on as many crisps your heart desires for a full 90 minutes
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Pint glass shatters by itself in pub 'haunted by ghost trying to steal drinks'
Bar staff at the Coniston Tavern in Warwickshire say they are convinced the pub is haunted by a former tenant following a spate of poltergeist activity caught on CCTV
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Dad of three pushed pal over in pub then tearfully tried to give him first aid
Steven Lannagan had been out for drinks with Ian Callachan, a close pal of 25 years, at a bar in Dalkeith when he suddenly pushed him to the ground causing a skull fracture
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Former police officer makes £500,000 a year from writing zombie thriller novels
Richard Haywood was on £38,000 a year as a police constable but now makes around half a million pounds a year from his highly successful book zombie book series, writing under the name RR Haywood
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Inside eerie 'haunted' pub frozen in time with everything untouched since 1960s
The Valiant Soldier in Buckfastleigh, Devon, was a popular hang out for servicemen during World War Two, but after its licence was suddenly revoked in 1965 it closed almost overnight and remained frozen in time
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Pub tells punters to leave mobile phones at home ahead of 'noisy' test warning
The Camelot pub near Yeovil has asked that customers leave their phones at home on April 23, when every UK mobile number will receive an emergency text alert from the British government
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Café sparks disgust over display of dozens of racist dolls despite complaints
A customer criticised the Old Manor Cafe in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, for selling golly dolls following controversy at an Essex pub where an investigation into hate crime was launched WARNING: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE