Turning pub kitchens into karaoke rooms, closing early and cancelling the Sunday lunch service: How Britain's boozers are finding new ways to cut costs amid a perfect storm of staff shortages, declining footfall and increasing overheads

As British pubs face a perfect storm of sky-high energy bills, competition from supermarkets, a decline in footfall and staff shortages, it's no surprise they're looking at unique ways to keep costs down.

The villages at WAR: Feud between warring parish councillors is branded 'Norfolk's Brexit' as bitter fallout descends into 'threats of violence and bullying', rival fetes, a police probe - and a body buried in the wrong grave

EXCLUSIVE: A bitter feud between councillors from the two main villages of Ormesby and Scratby has led to years of rancour, with alleged threats of violence and bullying.

MPs urge Rishi Sunak to Use Brexit freedoms to cap migration at the 'tens of thousands' as they argue annual migration budget should be presented to the House of Commons

A report will this week will argue that an annual migration budget should be presented to the House of Commons, setting out all the trade-offs to be considered when it comes to migration.

Kemi Badenoch says arch-Remainer (and current Cabinet colleague) Lord Cameron is guilty of 'dereliction of duty' for failing to plan for Brexit before 2016 referendum because he hoped it would not happen

The Business Secretary criticised the Foreign Secretary for not planning for a Leave win because he was leading the Remain campaign before the seismic plebiscite.

ANDREW NEIL: Not only is Cameron talking nonsense about Brexit and migration, his own catastrophic blunders in Libya and Syria have fuelled the crisis

Old habits die hard. When things go wrong in this country (as they do with monotonous regularity these days), it is still the default position of diehard Remainers to blame Brexit for all our ills.

Are we heading for ANOTHER EU referendum? Polling guru Sir John Curtice says Britain could face a fresh showdown by 2040 with Labour's voters 'very anti-Brexit'

Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to the overwhelmingly anti-Brexit views of Labour voters and younger generations as he argued the issue has not been settled.

British husband who had planned 'dream' opera holiday with his wife was left £3,000 out of pocket when he was told he couldn't board the plane to Bulgaria due to new passport rules

Huw Gosling, 69, was not allowed to board his flight in July 2023 at Birmingham Airport because his passport was issued more than 10 years before the departure date.

British husband who had planned 'dream' opera holiday with his wife was left £3,000 out of pocket when he was told he couldn't board the plane to Bulgaria due to European passport rules

Huw Gosling, 69, was not allowed to board his flight in July 2023 at Birmingham Airport because his passport was issued more than 10 years before the departure date.

Urgent warning over shortages of life-saving drugs: Damning report reveals patients are at risk because of Britain's 'broken' medicine supply chain... so are stocks of YOUR meds running low?

The Government has been urged to carry out a review of the UK's 'broken' medicine supply chain as costs soar and patients are left in pain.

LORD ASHCROFT: Keir Starmer is hardly Sir Winston Churchill, but my latest poll finds Labour IS more trusted on defence

LORD ASHCROFT: In a survey just under a year ago, I found that defence and national security was the one area in which the Conservatives were still trusted more than Labour.

The Tories trail Labour on EVERY major political issue including defence, tax, migration and even Brexit, landmark poll finds... But 45% of voters still DON'T want a Starmer government

The survey of more than 5,400 voters was conducted by former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft. It reveals that 45 per cent of the public do not want a Labour government.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A chilling assault on freedom of speech

A socialist mayor ordered the National Conservative conference to shut down - but Brussels authorities really objected to Right-wing politicians like Nigel Farage gathering to exchange ideas.

How this 'Great Fat Lie' has become a Big Fat Truth: Remainers scorned the claim Brexit would give an extra £350m a week to the NHS. In fact, it's now getting an extra £710m, writes ROSS CLARK

ROSS CLARK: Few slogans in political history can have caused as much anger as 'We send the EU £350million a week - let's fund our NHS instead.'

£300m bill for handouts: Spending on disability benefits for people claiming to have ADHD shoots up 41,000 per cent within a decade

British taxpayers are shelling out an astonishing £292 million a year in disability benefits to people claiming to have ADHD , The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Britain's Gibraltar concessions with Spain just to reach a post-Brexit deal: Red Arrows trip is axed after Madrid warned it would be a 'hostile act' and threatened retaliation, with a visit by HMS Queen Elizabeth also cancelled to 'appease' the Spaniards

A Red Arrows aerobatics display scheduled for last September was reportedly cancelled after a Spanish official warned it would be a 'hostile act' and that its response would likely 'not be mild'.

FRANK FUREDI: The absurd ruling that shows lawyers and judges are mounting an insurgency and we MUST quit the ECHR

Yesterday's ECHR ruling that the Swiss government can be sued over its climate policies is a 'deeply troubling judgment', writes Frank Furedi

Italian restaurants say they are struggling to cope without 'authentic' waiters and kitchen staff due to new Brexit rules - and claim their British replacements 'aren't as good'

For decades, countless young Italians have travelled to the UK each year to learn English and serve in restaurants dedicated to their homeland.

Brexit Britain becomes the world's fourth BIGGEST exporter - overtaking France, Netherlands and Japan - in blow to Remainers who said leaving the EU would be a disaster

The UK has shot up from its previous ranking of seventh in 2021, United Nations data has shown, rising three places in 2022. It is behind only China, the United States and Germany for exports.

French, UK troops swap guards to mark 120 years of friendship since Entente Cordiale

French and British troops on Monday swapped roles to take part in changing of the guard ceremonies outside the palaces of the other country's head of state, in an unprecedented move to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale.

Top EU commissioner is blasted after saying 'Gibraltar is Spanish' with a former head of Britain's Royal Navy accusing him of 'grandstanding' - as fury builds over the European official's 'incomprehensible' statement

EXCL: Margaritis Schinas, a vice-president of the European Commission, made the comments at a breakfast briefing yesterday in Seville which have been rebuked as 'incomprehensible'

'Gibraltar is SPANISH' says EU commissioner as he declares 'things are better after Brexit'

José Manuel Albares called the remarks by Margaritis Schinas, a vice-president of the European Commission, which were made at a briefing yesterday in Seville, 'incomprehensible'.