Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Back in business but not as we all know it

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and each customer will be given a disposable gown and their own towel.

Separate hairdresse­rs for colour and cuts are no more and clients will be shielded by perspex sections.

Eager to check out what pubs will be like, our Features Editor Aaron Sharp called in at The Mossy Well in Muswell Hill, North London.

The JD Wetherspoo­n watering hole expects a queue to have already formed outside when it opens at 8am on Saturday, even though it can’t sell booze until 10am. The pub is set to operate a one-in, one-out system. Doors have been clearly marked and tables are at least a metre apart.

There will be hand sanitiser dispensers, stickers telling customers where to stand and drinks must be consumed at tables.

To get the lowdown on family attraction­s, news reporter Phil Cardy took a trip to Manchester Sea Life.

Staff at the popular venue in the Trafford Centre will limit the number of visitors to 300 – around 2,000 fewer than usual. Pre-booking will be essential and arrivals will be staggered to 15 guests every 15 minutes. Families will have their temperatur­es taken and there will be sanitisers and floor markings galore.

We also visited a branch of Prezzo in Bath to see what eating in restaurant­s will be like from now on.

There will be paper menus or ordering via apps, plus allocated servers for each table.

This is designed to minimise contact between staff and customers, as are “landing points” for plates.

For anyone who fancies the cinema, Odeon will open 10 of its venues on Saturday. There will be spaced-out seating, staggered showing times and pre-packaged sweets to replace Pick ’n Mix – now a thing of the past.

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