LONDON (AP) – The iconic British pint is fast losing ground as the national drink, with a report out Monday showing beer sales in pubs slumping to their lowest level since the Great Depression. Squeezed by a nationwide smoking ban, rising costs, competition from supermarkets and the economic downturn, beer sales fell 4.5 percent between …
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in London, England has imposed a ban of open containers of alcohol on public transportation (the rail, buses, the Docklands Light Railway and trams); announced by London Mayor Boris Johnson and implemented on June 1st. As a protest, several people organized the Circle Line Cocktail Party for the …