My day in Britain's busiest pub where the drinking starts at 3.30am: Wayne's had three pints by 4.17am and rush-hour is ...
One of this country's great institutions – the pub – is slowly but inexorably dying. There are now 45,306 pubs in the UK, 7,194 fewer than a decade ago. Alcohol consumption, particularly of beer, is in slow decline, with consumers increasingly …