Don’t go to the pub with friends after lockdown measures are eased, top medic warns Britons

Don’t go to the pub with friends after coronavirus lockdown measures are eased, top medic warns Britons Dr Jenny Harries said not going to the pub is the best way to stop spread of Covid She was asked if gatherings would be allowed to resume before pubs can reopen Dr Harries said mixing with friends … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Wetherspoons considers June pub reopenings

Wetherspoon’s plans to start re-opening its pubs and hotels ‘in or around June’, it was revealed today.  Chairman Tim Martin was forced to close all 900 pubs and furlough 40,000 workers before Britain went on lockdown.  He was among the last on the High Street to shut up shop, with drinkers downing their final pints … Read more

Police find punters hiding in cupboards after raid on pub which had stayed open during lockdown

Police find punters hiding in cupboards after raid on pub which had stayed open during lockdown Police raided the Pitsmoor Hotel in Sheffield on Friday night following a tip off  Officers found patrons hiding in cupboards while they searched the property  The bar’s landlord had previously been raided at another pub in the city  South … Read more

Social distancing rules ‘will ruin’ pubs, warns pub boss

Social distancing rules ‘will ruin’ pubs, warns boss of Britain’s oldest brewer Pubs may have to seat people two metres apart if distancing lasts all year They may also have to install Perspex screens at the bar  By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:21 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, … Read more

Even the deer are socially distancing! Wildlife takes over deserted street outside Cornish pub

Even the deer are socially distancing! Wildlife takes over deserted street outside Cornish pub but stay six feet apart from each other Incredible photo shows four deer standing in a row in Boscastle, North Cornwall The image was captured on live webcam by The Riverside guest house on Friday It follows a herd of deer … Read more

Paul Gascoigne joins friends in garden shed pub before the owner’s wife smashes it up

Paul Gascoigne joins friends in garden shed pub before the owner’s wife smashes it up because party-goers kept her up all night Paul Salmon built the makeshift pub in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, last year  Gascoigne seen visiting the shed, with agent saying it was before lockdown  Salmon’s wife smashed the pub apart and slammed drinkers for … Read more

‘Every pub is closed. As an Irishman, I can safely say this denotes the Apocalypse is truly upon us’

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Normally, the news that I’ve just been voted 13th on the annual London Power List would bring me irrational pleasure, particularly as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle came joint 20th, which I know will really irk them both. Yet how utterly pointless and irrelevant such an ‘accolade’ seems today, as coronavirus sweeps … Read more