On first glance, you might have thought the story in the Daily Mail about a pregnant woman being ordered to leave a Hove pub was appropriate for today, but it turns out it’s entirely true. There is no law against drinking when pregnant, and many medical experts see no harm in light drinking during pregnancy, but obviously that failed to register with the staff of the Sussex Cricketers. Of course the staff concerned were being “over-zealous”, and the pub company have apologised, but, as with the case of the women refused service of alcohol in a supermarket because she had her fourteen-year-old daughter with her, it’s a sad reflection of the current level of hysteria over alcohol in this country.