Joy for UK pubs and hugs tempered by rise in virus variant Toasts of joy and hugs between friends were on the menu as pubs and restaurants in the U.K. reopened for indoor service for the first time since early January By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS As...

The Associated Press Final touches are made to a window display in a Primark store on Oxford Street, central London, Sunday April 11, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant...

The fortunes and misfortunes of one of Britain's greatest institutions, the public house, was put under the microscope on Monday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Figures show nearly a quarter of pubs across the country have closed since 2008...

A glass of Irish beer Photo: AFP Irish pubs unlocked their doors and began pouring pints on Monday, ending a 15-week dry spell forced by the nation's coronavirus lockdown. Pubs serving food as well as restaurants and hotels were permitted to open as the...