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Businesses across the borough are preparing for 'Freedom Day' on Monday with most formal coronavirus restrictions set to be dropped. Boris Johnson announced earlier this week that most restrictions will be scrapped from July 19, including the legal requirement to wear face masks and social distance. But, government guidance, released on Wednesday, encouraged pubs, restaurants and nightclubs to check vaccine and testing status as a condition of entry through the NHS Covid Pass. Nightclubs are one business that have been particularly affected by the Covid pandemic, having been forced to...

Maia Hart13:23, Jul 08 2021 SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Loma Puata, out walking her friend’s dog Iti, doesn’t think dogs off-leash would pose much risk to other Victoria Domain users. Dogs will soon no longer be allowed to roam freely on a popular walking track that meanders out into the Marlborough Sounds. The most scenic parts of Picton’s Victoria Domain will, from August 1, be “on-leash”, with dog walkers wondering if the tighter restrictions are necessary. The move – part of the same bylaw that is opening up Blenheim’s CBD to dogs – is to protect mountainbikers and the biodivers...

While a proposal to have dogs on leads at the river is reversed after public backlash and opposition from the mayor.

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Marlborough District Council’s Environment Committee today adopted a new Dog Control Policy and Dog Control Bylaw 2021 for Marlborough. The bylaw becomes effective from 1 August 2021 once it is endorsed by the full Council on 24 June. They key changes ...