Peterborough council thanks residents for sticking to social distancing as pubs re-opened

With many venues taking bookings only and placing barriers outside to ensure social distancing, pubs, bars and restaurants welcomed customers back for the first time in more than 100 days on Saturday.

Earlier today Cambridgeshire police praised residents’ behaviour over the weekend.Today Councillor Marco Cereste, cabinet member for street scene at Peterborough City Council said: “It wasn’t as busy as a normal weekend, but that’s to be expected. Understandably some people will want to wait to find out how everything went before venturing out. The most important thing is that everyone who went out enjoyed themselves and acted responsibly.

“I’d like to thank everyone who visited our city centre this weekend for actions and to the pubs, bars and restaurants who have put so much work in to help make social distancing easy and simple to follow.”

Dinesh Odedra, owner of the Banyan Tree in Westgate, said: “We had no issues all weekend – with everyone practicing social distancing. It was wonderful to be serving customers again after so long.”