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Jun 15: Going for a Burton?

News on Monday that Punch Taverns intends to raise £350m tells one part of a story of debt and decline at British pubs. Falling beer sales, smoking bans and the effects of the recession on consumer spending have all taken their toll on the sector that was once a bedrock of social life. Reporter Pan Yuk travels to Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, the heart of brewing in England, and discovers two very different fates for the British pub. Produced and filmed by Gregory Bobillot