19 h. ago Good Food Guide: The 100 best pubs named in prestigious list

These are the pubs with the Good Food Guide’s stamp of approval 🍴

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23 h. ago The UK's best pubs in 2025 named with Scottish restaurant just missing out on top spot

The Good Food Guide's 100 best pubs in the UK for 2025 have been found and one pub in Fife has missed out on the top spot

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41 h. ago Government rules out public inquiry into Birmingham pub bombings

Ministers suggest independent commission set up to investigate deaths related to Troubles could look into 1974 attackMinisters have ruled out establishing a public inquiry into the IRA’s 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.On 21 November 1974, 21 people were killed and 220 injured when bombs were detonated at the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in Birmingham, in an attack widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Provisional IRA. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Historic Fife inn that is 'absolute gem' crowned Scotland's best pub for 2025

"The food and service are truly fantastic."

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49 h. ago UK's best pub for 2025 unveiled — but is your local in top 100?

The Good Food Guide has unveiled its top 100 Best Pubs in the UK, and the winner is a pub that has been serving up drinks and food for more than 100 years

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61 h. ago ‘The novelty will wear off’: Labour hopes publicity will be Farage’s downfall

Government still struggling to win the agenda from Reform, leaving planners trusting voters will sour on what they seeAfter Nigel Farage dominated the summer headlines with weekly press conferences while his rivals were on their sunloungers and the news agenda was light, Labour strategists swore they would never let it happen again.Labour MPs had returned to Westminster after recess, fuming that the government had vacated the public arena and allowed Reform UK to shape the narrative, to the extent that the mood hardened against Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The 12 London spots named among the best pubs in the UK for 2025

The 12 London spots named among the best pubs in the UK for 2025  Hackney Gazette

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4 d. ago ‘Drinking was big!’ Pub landlords – one gen Z, one 66 – discuss how they stay open in an age of sobriety

Last year, more than 400 pubs closed in England and Wales, as rising costs kept customers at home and drinking rates among young people declined. Can any remain afloat? Two landlords from different generations discuss the problems and possibilitiesThirty-eight years separate pub landlords Coby Morton, 28, who runs the Dolphin Inn in Shrewsbury, and Jason Osborne, 66, who operates four pubs across the country, including the Raven in central London. In that time, our drinking habits and the fate of our pubs have changed dramatically. After a stagnant period in the 1980s, alcohol consumption soared in the late 1990s until, by 2004 – a year termed “peak booze” by The New Statesman – Britons drank 9.5 litres of alcohol per person.In recent years, our appetite for drinking has dwindled, especially among young people. Earlier this year, a survey carried out by Savanta found nearly half (43%) of 18-34-year-olds in Britain do not drink alcohol. This, combined with rising costs, has had a hug...

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5 d. ago AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing dealBusiness live – latest updatesAuthors will come to rely on artificial intelligence to help them beat writer’s block, the boss of the book publisher Bloomsbury has said.Nigel Newton, the founder and chief executive of the publisher behind the Harry Potter series, said the technology could support almost all creative arts, although it would not fully replace prominent writers. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and also pressing for more government investment in health and educationAn estimated 100,000 nurses, teachers and public sector staff walked off the job in New Zealand on Thursday to call on the government to better fund and resource public services, in one of the country’s largest ever strikes.The so-called “mega strike” brought together workers from multiple sectors, including more than 60,000 school teachers, 40,000 nurses and salaried medical specialists and 15,000 public service staff. Continue reading...

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1 week ago It’s great to see pregnant women in the public eye – but must they all be so gorgeous? | Coco Khan

Call me cynical, but I have a feeling Victoria’s Secret wouldn’t have sent a heavily pregnant model down the runway if she looked like most of us do at that stageDetermined to find new ways to stay in the headlines, the underwear brand Victoria’s Secret recently had the model Jasmine Tookes – one of its most longstanding “angels” – open its runway show nine months pregnant. As a postpartum woman myself, my first thought, of course, was: “Finally! A pregnant woman I can relate to.” Only joking: it was a deep concern for her ankles, followed by a wish that one day the modelling industry will solve its recruitment crisis, because surely short-staffing is the only justifiable reason for wanting a heavily pregnant woman to work.Nonetheless, body image and pregnancy have been on my mind recently. It is a curious thing, giving birth. We are all here because someone did it, yet what happens to women, mentally and physically, remains less known than, say, Liz Truss losing to a lettuce. And e...

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1 week ago Behind the scenes of Prince Andrew's trip to New York 25 years ago and his 72

The publication of Andrew Lownie's 2025 biography of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson has shone fresh light on the couple's finances and links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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1 week ago Toto Wolff vows to 'learn from mistake' after failing to sign Max Verstappen for Mercedes

Toto Wolff has admitted he made a mistake in publicly courting Max Verstappen throughout the 2025 season, but has not ruled out a future move for the Red Bull racer

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2 w. ago Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews

Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversityItalian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival.FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom, Italy’s communications watchdog. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The historic queer boozer that is officially the best pub in London in 2025, according to Time Out

The historic queer boozer that is officially the best pub in London in 2025, according to Time Out  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago Best bar none: Finalists for Britain's pub of the year are unveiled by experts

Pint chiefs from the Campaign for Real Ale are looking to crown their Pub of the Year for 2025, one of the most prestigious and highly-sought after achievements a bar can win.

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2 w. ago Tiny historic Scots pub featured in hit Netflix show named among top 4 boozers in UK

AN historic Scots pub featured in a hit Netflix show has been named among the top four bars in the UK. The Volunteer Arms, known as Staggs, in Musselburgh, East Lothian, is in the running for the Campaign for Real Ale's Pub of the Year 2025. The bar has already won the title before in...

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2 w. ago Country pubs: our favourite rural boozers so far in 2025, from the Crooked Billet to the Falkland Arms

As the weather warms up, here’s where to grab a beer and a bite to eat

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2 w. ago Education cuts in prisons ultimately endanger the public, watchdog says

Charlie Taylor hits out at risk of real-terms spending cuts in prisons in England and Wales derailing work to break cycle of reoffendingCuts to education in prisons are derailing offenders’ work and training and ultimately endangering the public, the prisons watchdog has warned.Repeat offenders “cause mayhem” in their communities because of the failure of prisons to provide education, training and work that could help to break the cycle of offending, the chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago TfL cinema campaign encourages Londoners to 'befriend' passengers being harassed on the Tube

679 hate crimes, 500 sexual offences and 271 cases of sexual harassment on public transport in London in first half of 2025

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