The changes, announced on Friday and effective as of 0.01am on Saturday morning, mean that household mixing is banned and this is enforceable by law. All pictures by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images
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He told PA: “For this weekend, next weekend and the weekend after, we are looking at eight cancellations of different groups of guests.
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“On a Saturday night in October we would normally be fully booked with families and couples, but instead we have two double rooms arriving tonight, and that’s only because their travel agent won’t refund them.”
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Mr Norris, whose B&B has 10 rooms, said he had managed to move some bookings to next year as guests had “given up on 2020”.
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She said: “To be fair, our brewery Star Pubs and Bars said pubs which have shut down completely don’t have to pay rent. Without that we would be pulling our hair out.
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Meanwhile, Kerry Humphries, licensee of The Mitre pub, said she had to temporarily close on Friday as her premises did not have a “major food menu”.
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“The issue is that they (the Government) have put us into Tier 3, but I have not seen anywhere how long that could last for.”