Pubs group M&B suffers as drinkers stay home for World CupMitchells & Butlers , the pubs group behind All Bar One and Harvester, has blamed the World Cup for slower trade over the last two months. The company says the timing of games clashed with key times for its pubs and restaurants and kept punters glued to their TVs at home rather than out in bars. Reporting a 1.2% rise in like-for-like sales in the nine weeks to 17 July, the FTSE 250 company said ...

Pubs and politicians celebrate Proud of Pubs WeekPubs across the country have already been getting into the spirit of Proud of Pubs Week 2010. Scores of licensees have held fundraising events, parties, tried something new in their pubs and invited dignitaries to learn more about the trade.

Chicago Heights mother, boyfriend slain outside homeChicago Heights police are searching for witnesses to a double homicide Monday night that left a Chicago Heights mother of four and her boyfriend dead in the parking lot of their apartment complex. Police were called to Thornwood Apartments, 19460 Glenwood Road, at 11:30 p.m after Toya Bradley, 28, and Oshay Wells, 29, were shot multiple times as they were preparing to go out for the night. It ...