Publicans are witnessing a return to profitability, thanks to the ban on bear baiting being lifted. Pub landlords have long blamed the ban for a decline in custom, but new guidelines have brought the tradition back to life, this time replacing physical assaults by vicious dogs with personal remarks, mimickry and ridicule.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2011
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Posted: Nov 22nd, 2010
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Posted: Nov 16th, 2010
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When 35-year-old David Young didn’t appear at his local for his nightly ten pints, the landlord of the White Swan called the police.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2010
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The refit of a pub planned for after England got knocked out of the World Cup has had to be postponed until Monday morning.
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