Britain's first motorway pub slammed as 'deadly temptation'

Hope and Champion will serve alcohol from 9am, but Wetherspoon expects drivers to 'act responsibly'

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WITH an estimated 18 pubs closing each week in Britain, one would have thought the opening of a new one would be greeted with applause - further evidence, perhaps, that Britain is getting back on its feet.

But when the Hope and Champion opened its doors today it was to a chorus of criticism from safety campaigners, the medical profession and motoring organisations.

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