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Pressure mounts on Met to justify no fine for PM over No 10 leaving drinks
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The Metropolitan police are under mounting pressure to justify the decision not to fine the prime minister for attending a drinks gathering, as London’s mayor urged a public explanation. The Met last week closed its i...
Partygate: Sadiq Khan asks Met police to explain decision not to fine Boris Johnson over No 10 leaving drinks – live
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From premium gin to coffee syrups: how British drinks brands are thriving overseas
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The UK’s pub culture and its traditions of brewing and distilling, from London gin to Scotch whisky, have long made drinks a significant international export, and it’s an industry in which entrepreneurs can still thri...
Michael Fabricant sorry for saying teachers and nurses had lockdown drinks
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The Tory MP Michael Fabricant has apologised for suggesting many teachers and nurses enjoyed a “quiet drink” at the end of the day in staff rooms during lockdown. In a letter published on the National Association of H...
Report of Boris Johnson pouring drinks ‘implies he started lockdown party’
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Labour said that a fresh Partygate revelation on Sunday implied that Boris Johnson instigated one of the No 10 parties that he has denied attending. The deputy Labour leader, Angela Rayner, spoke out after the Sunday ...
Taste of success: how British drinks brands are broadening their horizons
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The UK’s pub culture and its traditions of brewing and distilling, from London gin to Scotch whisky, have long made drinks a significant international export, and it’s an industry in which entrepreneurs can still thri...
Sheffield council to decide fate of chief Kate Josephs following lockdown drinks
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A cross-party committee of councillors is to decide the future of Sheffield city council chief executive Kate Josephs a week after she apologised for having leaving drinks in Whitehall during lockdown. Josephs led the...
Trump’s new Manhattan bar: serving rip-off drinks and a side of narcissism
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If you are a man who has failed in an attempt to launch a vodka brand, done the same with a line of steaks, and bankrupted several casinos and hotels, leaning further into the hospitality business might not seem the s...
Dry January? Try these non-alcoholic drinks
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Guinness, 0.0%, from £4, 4x440ml can, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons There are two ways to approach a month off the sauce, as many of us have vowed to do this January. Either you go for non-alcoholic drinks that are their own...
Port, sherry, whisky – Christmas drinks are all about the wood
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Around about this time last year, a few sips into one of the drinks that are the subject of this column it occurred to me that the best Christmas nighttime drinking is all about wood. Most of the drinks I turn to as a...
Dit is tyd vir Kersdrankies in die kantore van die minister vir ander mense wat persoonlike verantwoordelikheid neem
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May lockdown drinks: death and despair as No 10 staff mingled in the sunshine
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Op Vrydag 15 Mei 2020, NHS healthcare assistant Carlos Sia was one of 314 people who died after contracting Covid, passing away in the Worcestershire Royal hospital where he worked. On the same day at the Lister hospi...
Treasury defends ‘impromptu’ drinks party after Sunak’s autumn budget
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The Treasury has been forced to defend officials holding an “impromptu” drinks party to celebrate Rishi Sunak’s autumn spending review during lockdown, dit het na vore gekom. A spokesperson insisted it was a “small number” o...
Alcohol monitor drinkaware app slammed for wiping users’ drinks tally
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One of Britain’s leading alcohol charities has been criticised over the relaunch of its popular lifestyle app that wiped the drinking history of its users along with red-flag warnings of harmful consumption. Funded by...
Tory MPs irked by No 10 drinks reception request for proof of Covid status
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Boris Johnson has left some Conservative MPs bristling, after they were told to bring proof of their Covid vaccine or test status along to a drinks reception in Downing Street on Tuesday night. The prime minister is h...
‘I was shocked’: alcohol-free drinks create conundrum for young Muslims
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When 20-year-old Hibah Dannaoui started working as a waitress, she was surprised to discover a new category of drinks: non-alcoholic beverages that are meant to imitate the taste of alcohol. A practising Muslim, Danna...