'Mystery shoppers' will be used to monitor pubs and restaurants for breaches of new lockdown restrictions

local lockdown this week after Nicola Sturgeon announced an easing of restrictions.Pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen in the Granite City from Wednesday while a ban on residents travelling further than five miles for recreation will be lifted as of Monday.Aberdonians will also be able to visit each other's homes from tomorrow, in line with national guidelines.Businesses due to open tomorrow in line with the national route map can also reopen, with the exception of cafes and restaurants

Manchester Evening News."At the end of the day, you can sit in a pub close to people you don't know, but you can't sit in a pub close to people you do know. It's been tough not being able to see family."What concerns me the most is how it's going to affect schools reopening.

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that a full lockdown is not necessary. It means the borough's pubs and restaurants can remain open.But people from different households are no longer allowed to go out for a drink or meal together - even if they sit outside.

Oldham had been teetering on the brink of full Leicester-style lockdown due to high infection rates, but after targeted testing and other measures brought numbers down significantly in the space of a week, Matt Hancock yesterday agreed that it would not be necessary.But what are the new measures that have been announced?It is understood people in Oldham will be told not to socialise with other households anywhere, a stricter message than the present rules, which had still allowed people to meet

have managed to drive rates down since the measures were introduced at the end of July. The last time the government reviewed its local lockdown measures was on August 13, according to the Department of Health.

Anyone concerned about breaches of the rules can reported it at the email address [email protected] for pubs and bars and at [email protected] for wider businesses. Complaints regarding breaches of the law, such as households meeting each other indoors or in private gardens, should be reported to the police through their 101number.

The government announced on Friday that local lockdown restrictions in Greater Manchester will remain.The latest evidence does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area, therefore the Health Secretary, in collaboration with local leaders, has agreed that the rules must remain in place for at least another week.It means the measures on social gatherings, which were urgently announced two weeks ago, will continue in a bid to tackle increasing cases of the deadly

Pubs and restaurants will have to abide by new laws imposed by the Scottish Government from today. It is now mandatory for indoor hospitality premises to collect the contact details of customers in order to help the Test and Protect service.

coronavirus cases beginning to rise.

Salford said in a post on Facebook: "I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of you who have complied with the local lockdown we currently find ourselves in.

Greater Manchester's local lockdown will continue.Stricter rules on social gatherings announced last week will continue here, in West Yorkshire and Leicester. But Preston has also been added to the list of places where households are banned from gathering in the homes and gardens of others.

it would be ‘impossible’ to lift the measures in boroughs with low infection rates as Covid-19 was ‘endemic’ across the region.

households in the area will be banned from mixing indoor s or in gardens.

Aberdeen bar have hit out at other pubs in the city after the area was put into strict lockdown.

measures were introduced across Greater Manchester last week following rising rates of confirmed coronavirus cases, banning people from different households from mixing in homes and private gardens. Residents have also been told not to meet indoors at pubs, bars and restaurants, although up to six people from different households - or larger groups from only two households - may still meet in beer gardens and outdoor dining areas.

Scottish Government advisor has voiced her opposition to the reopening of indoor pubs amid a significant cluster of cases in Aberdeen. Professor Devi Sridhar said that the opening of indoor hospitality “seems to be the step that causes super-spreading events”.