Emotions will be running high at pubs today as landlords and landladies will be welcoming customers some they will be seeing again for the first time in more than a year. Pubs and restaurants are able to open outside areas today as lockdown restrictions have eased across the country. In Lancashire, wet led pubs have been closed since October 17 last year while pubs serving food and restaurants have not had people through the door since November 5. The Lord Nelson in Blackburn has been under the management of Angela and Darren Wilkinson for the past four years. The couple, that took over what was their local for five years before, said they are getting emotional knowing that they will be able to see their locals again.