Bookies are a dead cert to be back in business
OUTDOOR PUBS JUNE 22
also welcomed the news.
Mr Martin said of the potential new opening date: “It will signal the intent of the Government to make progress towards normality.”
According to the British Beer & Pub Association, out of 47,000 pubs, 27,000 have beer gardens.
Ministers are pushing for an earlier opening, with Business Secretary Alok Sharma warning Boris Johnson 3.5 million hospitality jobs are at risk.
The Cabinet is set to discuss the plan to fasttrack openings today and the Prime Minister has set up a “pubs task force” to develop “safe ways for them to reopen at the earliest opportunity”.
But, yesterday,
A WOMAN has been kept company in the lockdown by a life-sized cardboard cut-out of Jeremy Corbyn.
Maddie Evans, 72, from Tremadog, North Wales, said Labour’s former leader is “a good man”.
She added: “He’s in the living room at the moment.” his official
BETTING SHOPS JUNE 15
BOOKMAKER’S Coral and Ladbrokes are installing “sneeze screens” in shops as part of plans to reopen from next Monday. Shops will have extra customer signage and stylus pens for using on betting stations. There will be gaming machines to avoid customers needing to physically touch them.
Staff will also be protected with dividing partitions from customers.
All 2,445 Coral and Ladbrokes shops will open from Monday,
spokesman played down reports pubs or cafes could reopen outdoor areas before the planned date of July 4. “We’re continuing to follow the road map,” he said.
CAMRA boss Tom Stainer said: “A lot of pubs will not be ready to reopen early. While people are desperate for pubs to reopen, we want them to do so safely.”
Meanwhile, some dental surgeries in England re-opened yesterday. And hairdressers have been given the go-ahead to reopen for retail on June 15, offering clickand-collect for products. But they cannot offer haircuts until July 4.
NON CONTACT PPE for staff June 15. Most non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen from the same date.
Horse racing has restarted, with meetings held behind closed doors.