Boris in plea on offices
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PUB crawls, hen parties and stag dos will be “things of the past” if the Government gets its way, says a top minister.
Vaughan Gething warned that boozy celebrations may never return after being halted by Covid-19.
Having large groups of revellers moving from bar to bar breaks social distancing rules and risks a second wave of the virus, said the Welsh health chief.
Mr Gething said: “I don’t want people returning to going on a pub crawl again, ignoring the advice about the number of people you should be going out to have a drink with.
Mixing
“Traditional stag and hen parties, for example, should be things of the past still, because that’s lots of people mixing, going out together.”
Mr Gething spoke out after a surge of cases across the country – including in the hen and stag mecca of Cardiff.
He said: “I remember my own stag event, people from more than a dozen different households going together to a range of different venues.
“So it’s an appeal to our common sense in the way that we want to maintain the freedoms we have unlocked.
“Because actually, if coronavirus goes up and we see a further upswing, we may end up having to roll back on some of those freedoms.”
Boris Johnson has warned he will shut pubs in England to keep schools open if the virus flares up.
He said: “This pandemic isn’t over, and the last thing any of us can afford to do is become complacent.”
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REVELLERS were urged to stay off the streets this weekend as the Notting Hill Carnival moves online for the first time ever.
The spectacular London event, featuring costumes like the giant dragon heads pictured, has been axed due to Covid-19.
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Instead fans can enjoy the entertainment at home with more than 200 videos spread over four channels.
Notting Hill Carnival 2020: Access All Areas will include clips filmed all over the world.
A PARTIALLY blind girl stars in an advert to raise awareness of the challenges visually impaired youngsters face at school.
Nell Sutton, from Merionethshire in Wales, has been taught games to help her understand two-metre social-distancing rules by the charity Guide Dogs.
The five-year-old’s mum Rachel said: “A child who is visually impaired or blind learns the world through touch.”
BORIS Johnson is to launch a major drive to get Britain back to the office in a bid to revive struggling town centres.
A huge publicity blitz will make the “emotional case” for meeting up with colleagues and highlight the benefits to mental health.
The campaign aims to reassure workers that “the workplace is a safe place” amid concerns about mixing with people outside of two households and taking public transport.
Ministers are pushing the message that bosses at struggling firms will find it easier to sack people they never see than those who have been in the office during the pandemic.
Mr Johnson is said to be getting increasingly concerned about empty offices and abandoned city centres as millions continue to ignore his call for a return to work.