Covid lockdown Wales: Pubs and restaurants will reopen on April 26

Key dates as the Welsh lockdown is eased  April 12 Schools can fully reopen to all pupils following Easter while all post-16 learners will return to further education and training centres and university campuses will be able to open for blended face-to-face and online learning for all students; All remaining non-essential shops can reopen; Close … Read more

Just 38% of Britain’s restaurants and pubs have outdoor space needed to reopen on April 12

More than half of Britain’s pubs and restaurants will be forced to remain closed when lockdown restrictions ease because they do not have outdoor space.   Under the next relaxation of coronavirus rules, a swathe of freedoms will be restored on April 12 under the current timetable. This includes a long-awaited reopening for pubs and restaurants … Read more

Burglar turns and flees after being scared off by restaurant’s night cleaners during break-in 

Clean getaway! Moment bungling burglar turns and flees after being scared off by restaurant’s night cleaners during break-in Burglar crams himself under shutters of restaurant Spice Village in west London But he is forced to back out after being spotted by night-time cleaners Owners say they were ‘lucky’ after several neighbours suffered burglaries By William Cole … Read more

Wagamama unveils plans to reopen 72 restaurants for outdoor dining on April 12

Wagamama unveils plans to reopen 72 restaurants for outdoor dining on April 12 as lockdown eases.. so is YOUR local restaurant on the list? Wagamama confirmed 72 restaurants will open next month for outdoor dining Pubs and restaurants set to reopen as lockdown restrictions ease from April 12 Restaurants in Scotland will open for outdoor dining … Read more

A quest to find restaurants with matriarchs in charge has stops in Sicily, New Orleans and London

Inspired by my Greek granny’s delicious recipes, I set out four years ago with my friend and fellow cook Iska Lupton to write Grand Dishes, a book of recipes and stories collected from grandmothers around the world.  And we can now reveal some of the best foodie spots that have truly great grandmothers at the … Read more

Is vaccines passport for pubs and restaurants unworkable and un-British or ticket out of Covid hell?

FOR: By Adrian Vinken, CEO, Theatre Royal, Plymouth  For all of us who work in theatre, as in so many industries that rely on bringing people together, the past year has been nothing short of a nightmare. Hopes of reopening have been dashed again and again. Three months after London’s West End went dark last … Read more

Former GB skier Graham Bell ate leftovers in restaurants

Olympian Graham Bell was so poor when he was training as a ski racer that he would eat the food other skiers had left behind on tables in restaurants.  Along with brother Martin, Bell competed for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But he never made much money and doubled … Read more

TOWIE viewers SLAM ‘fakeness’ of show as cast continue to be filmed in bars and restaurants

The Only Way Is Essex viewers were left unimpressed by Sunday’s episode as the cast continued to be filmed in bars and restaurants during lockdown. A message from the cast at the start of the episode informed fans that social venues were opened for the stars to film and social distancing guidelines were adhered to. … Read more

Madrid sees surge in tourists after city officials let restaurants and bars stay open until 11pm

Fiesta! Madrid sees surge in tourists after city officials refuse to follow government’s Covid restrictions and let restaurants and bars flout national curfew and stay open until 11pm Spanish capital bucked trend by easing Covid restrictions across the country Region decided to push back Spanish curfew adopted by an hour to 11pm   Tourists from across … Read more