Hugh Osmond raises £418m in Horizon floatHugh Osmond, the Pizza Express entrepreneur and founder of Punch Taverns, has raised £418m for his latest venture - Horizon Acquisition - which aims to buy an over-indebted business and restore its fortunes.

Today in historyFeb. 5, 1935 Come-On Girls May Be Barred From Taverns: Come-on girls in Green Bay taverns are the targets of an ordinance introduced at a meeting of the City Council. It provides that any person asking one of the opposite sex, without previous acquaintance, to buy her a drink may be fined or imprisoned and that the proprietor of any tavern tolerating the practice may have his license revoked.

X Factor's Olly Murs at Chicago Rock TONIGHT!STAFF at Chicago Rock Cafe in Yeovil are eagerly looking forward to the visit of X Factor runner-up Olly Murs TONIGHT.