Pubs

Man smokes a cigarette outside pub.

Watch: Would an outdoor smoking ban kill the ‘Great British pub’?

1800s Holmfirth pub reopens after £275,000 refurbishment

A woman smoking in central London. PIC: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

A ban on outdoor smoking would be hard to police

Tan Hill Inn pays tribute to former landlady Margaret Baines

Hundreds of revellers descended on a pub garden to watch the 'world gravy wrestling championships.'

Gravy wrestling: Watch as wacky sports event turns pub-goers 'saucy'

10 historic Wetherspoons in Yorkshire - and the fascinating stories behind them (Photo: Google Maps)

10 Wetherspoons pubs in Yorkshire with fascinating stories behind them

The 17 best pubs to visit in the UK according to CAMRA have been named (Photo: Whatpub/Mark Bates/Helge Nareid)

CAMRA name the 17 finalists for Pub of the Year 2024

Three B's Micropub, Bridlington, aims to never sell the same beer twice, making for an exciting range of ever changing beers at the bar, becoming the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) UK’s Best City Independent Craft Beer Pub or Bar finalist in 2021. Credit: Mark Bates.

Yorkshire micropub named one of CAMRA's top UK pubs

10,000 bees were found living above this East London pub for 10 years before being discovered.

I discovered a colony of over 10,000 bees living in my pub

Kev Marchant owner of The Winchester, which has been voted Britain's Best Pub Shed.

Shed of the Year: Inside my Shaun of the Dead replica backyard boozer

Bilk's Sol Abraham

Boardmasters 2024: Bilk’s Sol Abrahams reflects on Cornish experience

I visited the cheapest Wetherspoons in the UK - where a pint is only £2.34. (Photo: Graham Murray/Google Maps)

I got a pint from the cheapest Wetherspoons in the UK

The 11 oldest pubs in the UK - and what you can order at them

11 of the oldest pubs in the UK - and what to order at them

EURO 2024 logo is pictured on a giant replica ball. (Pic credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images)

Euro 2024: Where can I watch England vs Spain Euro final in Yorkshire?

Great British Pub Awards: Shortlisted finalists confirmed in prestigious pub awards. (Photo: Zarya Maxim - stock.adobe.com)

The 94 best pubs across the UK named

Quishing is the new scam you need to look out for.

Pub-goers warned to watch for new 'quishing' scam this summer

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is one of the prettiest waterways in the UK

A wonderful week on the Welsh waterways for my canal boat holiday

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is one of the prettiest waterways in the UK

A wonderful week on the Welsh waterways for my canal boat holiday

The 8 Wetherspoons pubs across the UK with the cheapest pints named. (Photo credit: Google Street View)

The 8 Wetherspoons pubs with the cheapest pints in the UK named

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Carlsberg acquires Robinsons - how that affects your favourite drinks

Pimms are offering pub-goers a free glass of No.1 Serve. (Photo credit: Mischief PR)

More than 300 pubs offering free Pimm's this summer - how to claim

It’s the perfect summer drink 🍹

Holly Allton

Chairman of the Campaign for Pubs Paul Crossman pictured at The Swan, York. Lots of pubs are facing huge pressure from increasing energy costs.

'Manifesto for Pubs' published for next government to support public houses

The Ivors Davies located on Cowbridge Road East in Cardiff is currently up for rent on Rightmove for £5,000 per month. The 3,351 square foot venue is available for lease with two floors and an external beer garden to the rear of the building.

The 8 at-risk Wetherspoon pubs that are on the market right now

The Harrogate Inn has been named Yorkshire and the Humber's best pub.

North Yorkshire pub named best pub in Yorkshire and the Humber

Mole Valley has been given the title of the Wetherspoons capital of the UK (Photo credit: Google Street View / Getty)

'Spoons capital of the UK is named - and you may not have heard of it

The winners of the National Pub & Bar Awards 2024 have been announced. (Photo credit: Eggogen - stock.adobe.com)

The best pubs and bars across the UK are named

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Wetherspoons pints could hit £11 by 2035, according to research

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UK pubs face crisis as 80 closed per month in 2024 alone

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How you can save money on hosting parties for Euro 2024 fixtures

Brewdog will be giving away a free pint of Cold Beer to customers who come wearing shorts this Bank Holiday weekend.

Brewdog will be giving away free pints of beer this Bank Holiday

All food chains in the UK were kids eat free (or nearly free)

The Spit & Sawdust, one of the cheapest pints in London. Inset: Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Watch: I went in search of the cheapest pint in London

Watch our video tour of London’s best value pubs as a Local TV reporter hunts down the capital’s cheapest pint.

Lucinda Herbert

Rebecca Skelly, licensee of The Ship, in Worsbrough, Barnsley, which recently underwent a £370,000 refurbishment. Photograph by Dean Atkins.

Heineken announces £1.64m investment in Yorkshire and Humber pubs

Revolution Bars Group has announced plans for an overhaul which could see 18 of its bars shut down, as the chain has been hammered by cost-of-living pressures and regular train strikes affecting its younger customer base. (Photo by Nicholas .T. Ansell/PA Wire)

Revolution Bars could close 18 bars after being hit by train strikes

'Ghost' Jack 'knocks a drink' from a table in the Jamaica Inn.

Watch poltergeist ‘knock over drink’ in 'haunted' pub

Exterior of The Harrogate Inn. (Pic credit: The Inn Collection Group)

National Pub and Bar Awards 2024: Yorkshire pubs named among best in the region

Former England footballer Peter Crouch has launched a promotion in Greene King pubs which will see 100,000 free pints on offer if it rains in Manchester next week Picture: Greene King

Free pints if it rains

Date:22nd March 2018. Picture James Hardisty. East Coast Series.....Whitby. Possible Picture Post/Country Week. Pictured A view towards Whitby Abbey through the replica Whale's jaw bone which replaced the original archway that was erected in 1853. Camera Details: Nikon D5, Lens Nikon N VR 70-200mm, Shutter Speed 1/250s, Aperture f/5.6, ISO 80.

The A-Z of Yorkshire: Letters P-T in our roundup of the best of Yorkshire

Professor of Pubs, Prof Victoria Wells outside The Golden Slipper and Royal Oak near Monk Bar, has revealed how a pub's location can be make-or-break for pub-goers. It also highlights their value in modern society. photographed for The Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson.

How we pick our top taverns, according to Yorkshire's own Professor of Pubs

The Long Live the Local campaign is calling for the government to support the ‘people behind the pint’ across the UK. Picture: Pavel Siamionov - Adobe Stock

Support the ‘people behind the pint’ urges British Beer and Pub Association

Dale Harvey, 37, and Holly Booth, 31, are on a mission to "raise the profile of the great British pub" - by having a drink in every single one. They started in March last year - and have already spent £22k on alcohol. They've had a half pint or a spirit and mixer in 2,192 pubs so far - around 5% of Britain's total number of boozers.

Couple want to save boozers by having a drink in every one

The Beer Engine, Skipton has been announced as one of the final four in CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition

"Absolutely wonderful" micropub in line to be named the best in the country

Tom Kerridge says British food was once seen as the laughing stock but the country's pubs now have global recognition for their food. Photo: Cristian Barnett/PA.

Chef Tom Kerridge: How British food went from a ‘laughing stock’ to world class

Wetherspoons: UK pub chain returns to profit following pandemic slump

Wetherspoons reports first annual profits since pandemic

A controlled heather burn on the moors above Castleton in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. Picture Tony Johnson

How controlled burning on moors becomes an art form that meets science

More and more pubs call last orders for the final time

Last week, Bradford Council agreed that The Cricketers at Keighley, a pub that dates back to the 1840s, could be demolished to make way for a multi-million pound Aldi supermarket and retail development.

Yorkshire pubs being lost to make way for retail and residential development

Wetherspoons will introduce a much welcomed price slash on several items for a limited time in January.

Wetherspoons to make huge price change which will delight punters

Pub town: The Gosford Arms. There were 73 pubs and hotels in Middlesbrough in 1887.

Raising a glass to a Yorkshire town’s lost and forgotten pubs

Hannah Lumley, 42, moved into her detached three-bedroom redbrick town house, in Northstowe, Cambs eight months ago and is the town's only child minder.

Why mum in UK’s most soulless town ‘wouldn’t live anywhere else’

The Bellflower in Preston, Lancashire, won the accolade of the official best pub for dogs in the UK

Stick library and A La Barke Menu: Inside the UK’s best pub for dogs

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Pubs to continue selling takeaway pints as Covid licensing rules are retained

The Broadfield Alehouse

Ad Feature Pub of the Week: The Broadfield Alehouse, Sheffield is 'unpretentious and quite ...

JD Wetherspoons operates almost 900 pubs across the UK, including 16 in Sussex, which are known for a budget menu and sometimes inhabiting historic buildings

Wetherspoons: 2 more close & 13 set to close - is your local on list?

Members of the local consortium who have bought the pub

18th-century Yorkshire pub is saved from development after locals buy it

The Hidden World of Hospitality with Tom Kerridge is coming to BBC Two. Credit: BBC/Bone Soup/Edwin Hasler.

BBC Two's The Hidden World of Hospitality with Tom Kerridge to lift lid on indus...

Yorkshire workers could disrupt the UK's supply of KP Nuts if they vote in favour of strike action.

UK nut supply could be affected by workers refusing to ‘work for peanuts’

Wetherspoons will introduce a much welcomed price slash on several items for a limited time in January.

15 Wetherspoons sites ‘under offer’ - is your area on the list?

Cheapest Wetherspoons for a pint revealed - is your local on the list?

Top 25 beer gardens in England revealed - is your area on the list?