Events in West Yorkshire will still 'employ social distancing rules'

Restrictions will ease on Monday 19th, but some organiser say they'll still use rules to keep the public safe

Welcome to Yorkshire, James Mason
Author: Hannah NorburyPublished 16th Jul 2021

On Monday (19th July), they'll be no legal requirement to wear masks in shops or on public transport, but the government is recommending that people continue to wear them in crowded places.

It will also see social distancing and limits on social contact removed, as well as the re-opening of all remaining businesses like nightclubs and large events will go ahead.

However, some organiser tell us they'll still use some rules to keep the public safe.

"Lets take the best of the previous world we lived in, lets accept the last 18 months and the good things from it, and lets blend the two."

James Mason, from Welcome to Yorkshire said:

"Some organisers will still employ social distancing rules, and that's probably the right thing to do, if everything stopped over night, that'll be a big challenge for most people.

"We shouldn't neglect our responsibilities to each other, but accept that the new normal is that more checks, more respect, more social distancing should stay in place, that's not a bad thing, it's just adapting to it, living with it.

"I think we can all learn something from the past 18 months, and the real danger would be falling back into bad habits, lets take the best of the previous world we lived in, lets accept the last 18 months and the good things from it, and lets blend the two."

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