10pm curfew chaos in Princes Avenue
THERE WERE HUGE QUEUES OUTSIDE SAINSBURY’S AFTER LAST ORDERS
THIS picture shows the “chaos” shortly after the 10pm pub curfew on Saturday night.
The earlier closure time for pubs, bars and restaurants caused problems in Princes Avenue, where large groups of people were seen flouting the rules.
Queues of people gathered outside Sainsbury’s to buy alcohol at around 10.15am, shortly after the new closing time for pubs and bars.
People were seen breaking the “rule of six”, with large groups huddled together outside the store looking to do some late-night shopping and waiting for taxis home.
According to a witness, there were groups of more than six people with no social distancing and one woman was seen snorting cocaine off an ATM.
Large crowds in Liverpool city centre after 10pm curfew
It was the fi first weekend k d after f Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced there would be a closing time of 10pm for the hospitality sector across the country.
But the move attracted criticism from some after the curfew led to crowds gathering outside pubs and bars across the UK.
In London, there were big queues for the London Underground, while video showed crowds partying in the street in York and Liverpool.
Mr Johnson announced d last l Tuesday the new measures that would be put in place to tackle the sharp rise of coronavirus cases across the nation.
Over the past few days, the daily figure for Covid-19 cases has been close to 6,000 and there has also been an increase of cases in Hull and the East Riding.
In Hull, there was an increase of 21 cases over the weekend to 1,742 and the East Riding saw a rapid rise of 45 cases with the total in the area now at 1,983.