going to a nightclub to show a covid certificate. ministers say the omicron variant isn t putting significant pressure on hospitals but warned that the virus hadn t gone away. hospitality firms have welcomed the change. carol s on the roof of new broadcasting house in london. to look at the weather and what we have coming up. good morning. up here it is quite nippy this morning. i want to alert you to the fact we have two named storms coming our way. the first is dudley, coming our way on wednesday night into thursday and the second is coming our way on friday. which is coming our way on friday. which is eunice. still uncertain about the track of eunice but we think it will affect especially england and wales.
way to a realisation that the pandemic was far from over. tighter restrictions remained in wales, scotland and northern ireland. and in december, england reintroduced some rules, moving into its so called plan b. and as 0micron cases began to rise, so did cancellations. many hospitality firms reported a slump in christmas bookings, as fears of a new wave of infection convinced customers to stay at home. michael represents the night time industries bars and music venues and nightclubs and he told me firms had learned to adapt, but many struggled to stay open. there were so many confusing guidelines and rules, even things where the local authorities and police were really struggling to interpret. so for an industry that had been
nice to be back as a team and nice to see our regulars once again. we are down financially, we are down, but we are surviving and we hope to survive. three, two, one. cheering byjuly at nearly all remaining restrictions three, two, one. byjuly at nearly all remaining restrictions were lifted in england. but they came with a warning from the prime minister that life would not instantly revert to normal. but that initial excitement gave way to a realisation that the pandemic was far from over. tighter restrictions remained in wales, scotland and northern ireland, and in december england reintroduced some rules, moving into its so called plan b, and as 0micron cases began to rise so did cancellations. many hospitality firms reported
i’ilht one say that bookings have been all right at one say that bookings have been all right at the one say that bookings have been all right at the start of the month, but as fears right at the start of the month, but as fears around the omicron variant spread as fears around the omicron variant spread and as fears around the omicron variant spread and as plan b was introduced in engtand spread and as plan b was introduced in england people were starting to stay at in england people were starting to stay at home, parties were cancelled, and that is bad news for business cancelled, and that is bad news for business that is hoping to make a lot of business that is hoping to make a lot of its business that is hoping to make a lot of its trade at this time of the year lot of its trade at this time of the year no lot of its trade at this time of the year. no new restrictions have been announced year. no new restrictions have been announced in england this week, but