Brits sneak back to the pub as landlords serve takeaway pints to thirsty punters in lockdown loophole – The Sun

THIRSTY Brits are again on the booze after artful pub homeowners uncovered a lockdown loophole to serve punters.

Bars throughout the UK are profiting from an easing within the guidelines which permits them to serve drinks in takeaway glasses and bottles.

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The transfer, and scorching temperatures, led to hundreds of Brits doing what they love most – having fun with a cheeky drink with their mates.

Footage posted on social media present individuals downing their first drinks from their locals since 47,000 pubs and bars had been closed on March 20.

Different photos featured {couples} sharing drinks within the sunshine and drinkers supping from plastic pub glasses in again gardens.

And queues had been seen forming outdoors one bar in Bournemouth promoting takeaway booze.

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One photograph confirmed a punter exhibiting off his pint outdoors the Previous King’s Head in Shoreditch, London as temperatures topped 82F.

Fred Johnson posted a photograph with the phrases: “Native pub doing takeaway. First drink out since lockdown.”

Whereas Fraser Coleman wrote: “Caught within the backyard with a takeaway beer from the Duke of Wellington.”

The images emerged as ministers raised the prospect that pub restrictions may very well be eased in July permitting some to reopen for summer time.

George Eustice, the surroundings secretary, mentioned the federal government was in discussions with the trade to see what measures could also be doable to permit them to reopen.

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Nonetheless, any opening will likely be restricted at first to these bigger venues with loads of outdoors house.

“We’re already working with the hospitality and pub sector to establish what social distancing measures they would possibly have the ability to put in place to make that work,” revealed Mr Eustice.

“Because the prime minister has outlined, we intend that the hospitality sector, together with pubs, would have the ability to tentatively begin step by step opening, hopefully throughout the month of July — topic to the epidemiology supporting such a transfer.”

On Monday pub operators referred to as on the federal government to halve the two-metre social distancing rule forward of pub re-openings.

Simon Emeny, the chief government of Fuller’s, mentioned the foundations went “above and past” World Heath Organisation tips which advise individuals “preserve at the least one-metre distance”.

“I believe it’s actually necessary that (guidelines) are relaxed by the point pubs reopen,” he mentioned, including {that a} one-metre rule would permit 4 instances as many shoppers.

And Jonathan Neame, chief government of Shepherd Neame, advised The Monetary Occasions holding two metres aside could be “profoundly difficult” to the trade.

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