Anheuser-Busch has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a brewing colossus which makes around a third of the beer consumed globally.

The firm behind Stella Artois was criticised by the UK advertising watchdog today for implying one family had brewed the lager for the past 600 years.

WIMBLEDON tennis stars are on the alert for thieves who have been targeting locker rooms on the ATP tour.

Stella Artois brewer InBev said today that beer sales plummeted during the sweltering summer as drinkers turned their backs on the “reassuringly expensive” lager.

ANDY RODDICK remained on course for a third straight Stella Artois title yesterday with a hard-fought third round victory over Slovakia’s Karol Beck at Queens.