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Fight after snooker champions ‘never put no coins on table’

‘A couple of lads claimed they were next on the table.’

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Posted: May 6th, 2013
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Pensioner mistakes mineshaft for 3D pavement art

'It's a tragedy,' said BBC Midlands news spokesman, Hardeep Singh Kohli.In a tragic case of life-imitating-pavement-art, Black Country pensioner Enoch Beasley fell into a massive mineshaft which had opened up in front of his local pub, The Miner’s Arms in Tipton.

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Posted: Mar 3rd, 2013
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Fashion retailers fear huge increase in men lurking outside changing rooms

does my face look bored in this?Shopping experts and psychologists have today warned of a previously undiscovered side-effect of the closure of high street stores.

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Posted: Jan 16th, 2013
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‘Lease this pub’ now the most popular pub name survey reveals

A comprehensive survey of pub names has revealed the changing face of British pubs. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) survey has showed how a whole host of new names has burst on the scene, displacing many an old favourite.

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Posted: Jun 10th, 2012
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Pub profits soar as ban on ‘verbal’ bear baiting is lifted

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.

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Posted: Nov 13th, 2011
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