Pubs step up underage checksPubs and bars are checking IDs more than ever in the clampdown against underage drinking, a new survey has revealed. Test purchases carried out in the first six months of 2010 found that 74 per cent of pubs visited asked the mystery customers for ID.

ALMR: Pubs 'footing the bill' for BSkyB's growth ambitionsUK pubs and bars are “footing the bill” for Sky TV’s ambitions to build itself into a larger, more profitable business, according to a leading pub trade body.

Houston Rockets not fearful over Yao retirement reportsHOUSTON—Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, who missed this entire 2009-2010 season after surgery to repair his broken left foot, says he might have to consider retiring from basketball.