A summer of celebration is set to take place at the Queen's holiday home in Scotland to mark her Platinum Jubilee.
10.03.2022 - 16:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Pubs in Falkirk will be able to get extra time to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June.
Members of Falkirk Council's licensing board agreed on Wednesday that pubs will be allowed to open until 1 am if they wish during the bank holidays to celebrate the special occasion.
For the event, the traditional May bank holiday has been moved to Thursday, June 2 and an extra one has been added for Friday, June 3.
The board agreed to take the blanket decision as its last meeting will be on April 6, before campaigning starts for the local elections in May.
During the election period there will be no meetings, so it would be difficult to grant permission to individual premises looking for hours outwith the board's policy.
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Licensing boards can decide to grant extra hours for a special occasion, either across the board to all premises or only to certain premises.
The board was unanimous in agreeing the extra hour.
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The government has confirmed that pubs will be able to stay open two hours later over the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend. Your local is licenced to serve drinks until late to commemorate HRH's 70 years on the throne. Over the long Bank Holiday in June, the nation has an additional two days off work which is definitely a reason to party.This is why the government has taken the decision to give pubs licence to sell drinks until 1am over the long weekend.The four-day bank holiday weekend falls on Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June 2022.The extension will also apply to premises’ entertainment licences which allow for live music.
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