Nightclubs and live music venues in Wales will not reopen until July at the earliest, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
Mr Drakeford warned that as coronavirus “thrives” in places where people are unable to socially distance in indoor settings, clubs would come “towards the end of the reopening queue”.
Asked if certain percentage of young people would need to receive a jab before clubs could open, Mr Drakeford told the PA news agency on Friday: “As of yesterday, 56% of people in their 30s had already received a first dose of a vaccine, and 37% of people in their 20s had received a first dose.
“We’re probably talking about the three-week cycle that will happen towards the end of June and into July before active consideration of those venues begins to happen.” Earlier this month around 5,000 people packed into Sefton Park in Liverpool for a pilot music festival as part of the UK Government’s Events Research Programme (ERP), which is being used by researchers to examine how to safely get live events running again. Social distancing rules will still be in place when indoor hospitality is able to reopen in Wales on Monday, but the restriction could be lifted over the coming months if Covid transmission continue to be suppressed, Mr Drakeford said.
Brit Awards 2021: Dua Lipa cleans up; health workers steal the show
12 May, 2021 02:04 AM
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Dua Lipa called for a pay rise for UK health workers as she was named a double winner at the Brit Awards in London. Photo / AP
Dua Lipa called for a pay rise for UK health workers as she was named a double winner at the Brit Awards in London. Photo / AP
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By: Mike Fuller
British singer Dua Lipa called for a fair pay rise for UK health workers as she was named a double winner at the Brit Awards in London on Tuesday night (Wednesday NZT).
DJ Mag goes behind the scenes at the UK Government s first COVID trial club event at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool.
In April, it was announced that two events would take place as part of the UK Government s Events Research Programme (ERP), a series of pilots across a variety of Night Time Economy business settings, with the aim of assessing the safety of large scale events in terms of coronavirus transmission.
Attendees were required to live within a Liverpool City Region postcode to be able to get a ticket, and were also required to have a negative coronavirus lateral flow test 24 hours prior to the event. Face coverings and social distancing were not required at the venue, with attendees urged to take a PCR test five days after the event to ensure any transmission from the event can be monitored properly.
Leicester City issue FA Cup final ticket update
Leicester face Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May 15 and a crowd of 21,000 people is set to attend
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Leicester City say FA Cup final ticket details should be finalised in the coming days and that access to any allocation they receive will be based on the club s Priority Points system.