Excitement and apprehension as Bury pubs reopen to customers

Zelda Williams is honouring her dad, Robin Williams, on what would have been his 69th birthday.

Nicola Sturgeon said the opening of pubs indoors was the “highest risk” since exiting lockdown began and encouraged those going to the pub to “do so carefully”.Speaking as Scotland celebrated a sixth day with no deaths from the virus, she said: “I think we all know where alcohol is being taken, sometimes our inhibitions are lower ... we behave in a way we wouldn’t normally do, getting closer to people.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorTom Halleen has left his job as EVP Programming Strategy, Acquisitions and Scheduling at AMC Networks to become the founding dean of Biola University’s new School of Cinema and Media Arts.Robyn DeMarco, who joined AMC from Viacom in April, has been upped to replace him.Halleen, who came to AMC as VP Programming and Scheduling in 2003, is joining the private university in La Mirada, CA, after nearly 30 years in the entertainment industry.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorUCP is adding another true crime series to its slate with Candy (working title) a limited event series based on the true story of Texas killer Candy Montgomery and her victim, Betty Gore, starring and executive produced by The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss, from The Act co-creator Nick Antosca and writer Robin Veith (Mad Men, The Act).

Andreas Wiseman International EditorPalme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund (The Square) resumed shooting in Sweden last week on his satire Triangle Of Sadness, following a three month break due to COVID-19.With a budget of more than $11M, the project is one of the biggest European movies to get back underway since the pandemic struck.Ostlund’s first English-language feature is a satire that takes on the world of fashion and the super rich.

Ryan Andrews and Michaela O’Neill’s shared love for acting led to their paths crossing over a decade and a half ago when they met through the Olympia panto.Oh no, it didn’t!Oh yes, it did!The Dancing with the Stars finalist now runs an acting school with his childhood sweetheart and recounting the sweet story of how they came to be together, Ryan remembered coming into each other’s lives treading the boards of the famous Dublin theatre.‘We met when we were 10 and 11 years of age.

drink and drive as police officers carry out daily patrols to catch law-breakers. Senior cop Gary Ritchie is also reminding visitors to Scotland that the legal limit for alcohol in drivers is lower than south of the border.

pub since lockdown began more than three months ago.England is set for a Super Saturday on the US’s Independence Day as pubs open their doors again.And publicans on the English side of the border have revealed up to a third of their bookings are from Scots.Drinkers in Scotland will have to wait until Monday for beer gardens to reopen, or July 15 for pubs to get fully started again.But there are no rules against Scots heading to England for a drink other than the normal zero-tolerance crackdown

Like all other pubs and bars across the UK, Wetherspoons has been closed to customers since the country went into lockdown back in March.But from Saturday July 4, pub-goers will once again be able to order themselves a pint and a pitcher - though some changes have been made to help with social distancing.Under new guidelines, Wetherspoons pubs will not be showing football or sporting events in its pubs.

coronavirus. A few weeks ago Prince William joked he was looking forward to having a drink and on Friday he was able to savour a cider when he visited the Rose and Crown in the Norfolk village of Snettisham.