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Boris Johnson has given the tentative date of June 21 when large-scale events can resume in England, in what will be the final stage of the post-lockdown roadmap.
Travel and hospitality bosses today warn the UK faces a second summer write off as uncertainty over when restrictions will end squashes demand for holidays and social venues.
Millions of Britons have already booked trips ahead of the Prime Minister s announcement of the country s plan for easing restrictions on February 22 and Matt Hancock has previously predicted a Great British Summer .
But several government figures are hinting coronavirus restrictions could last well into summer - despite fears it will spell the death knell for businesses across the UK when the furlough scheme ends on April 30.
Mr Hancock indicated today tough border measures - Including ten-day isolation at home for all travellers and hotel quarantine for 33 red list countries - will need to be in place until vaccines have been tweaked to deal with variant strains in the Autumn.
The Notting Hill Carnival will not go ahead this year if social distancing measures remain in place, the organiser has said.
Matthew Phillip, chief executive of Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, believes social distancing would be “devastating” for Europe’s biggest street party, which was forced online last year for the first time in its 54-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Phillip told MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which is looking at the cultural and economic impact on the UK’s music festivals: “For Carnival weekend specifically, it would pose a very big problem.
Notting Hill Carnival child ambassador A’Sha Morris, 12 (Yui Mok/PA)
Notting Hill Carnival to be cancelled if social distancing remains in force
Last year the carnival was taken online for the first time in its history
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