The first beers of the year were served at The Beach Bar on Cleethorpes Promenade, Lincs, on Monday, even though pubs remain closed in lockdown. Thirsty customers enjoying the mini-heatwave queued for 40 minutes to be served with an alcoholic drink. But North East Lincolnshire licensing officers have since served a notice on the premises, ordering it to stop selling alcohol. Slushy drinks with alcohol were being eagerly snapped up and the queue stretched from the Beach Bar to the entrance to Cleethorpes Railway Station. “This notice requires the premises to cease trading immediately, in line with current Government COVID legislation.”

Source: Daily Mirror March 31, 2021 01:28 UTC