West Cumbrian pub and restaurants count cost of new Covid lockdown
BARS and restaurants in West Cumbria will be left counting the cost of another coronavirus lockdown. On Monday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said pubs were to close their doors again in a bid to stop the new variant of the virus spreading. It’s expected to go on until at least mid-February, with alcohol takeaway sales also now banned. Sue Eccles, manageress of the Trout Hotel, Crown Street, Cockermouth said that more notice could have been given. She added: “I think it is necessary and with things as they are it was expected. “But from our point of view, to announce ...