to happen overnight but we do need to build our trade up because since we ve reopened, we re only taking about 60% of what we took in 2019. while there s obvious relief at ending some of the restrictions people have had to live with for almost a year and a half, there s already some nervousness about the months ahead. the welsh government has warned that the rise of another coronavirus variant could yet mean having to reimpose some control measures. barring people from the bar again would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. from today, table service and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restau ra nts a nd cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling. everyone hopes today is a first taste of rea
it isn t going to happen overnight but we do need to build our trade up because since we ve reopened, we re only taking about 60% of what we took in 2019. while there s obvious relief at ending some of the restrictions people have had to live with for almost a year and a half, there s already some nervousness about the months ahead. the welsh government has warned that the rise of another coronavirus variant could yet mean having to reimpose some control measures. barring people from the bar again would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. from today, table service and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restau ra nts a nd cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling. everyone hopes today is a fir
gently to complete normality. it isn t going to happen overnight but we do need to build our trade up because since we ve reopened, we re only taking about 60% of what we took in 2019. while there s obvious relief at ending some of the restrictions people have had to live with for almost a year and a half, there s already some nervousness about the months ahead. the welsh government has warned that the rise of another coronavirus variant could yet mean having to reimpose some control measures. barring people from the bar again would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. from today, table service and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restaurants and cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling.
but we do need to build our trade up because since we ve reopened, we re only taking about 60% of what we took in 2019. while there s obvious relief at ending some of the restrictions people have had to live with for almost a year and a half, there s already some nervousness about the months ahead. the welsh government has warned that the rise of another coronavirus variant could yet mean having to reimpose some control measures. barring people from the bar again would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. from today, table service and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restaurants and cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling. everyone hopes today is a first taste of real lasting freedom. but
would be unpalatable for many in the beer trade. from today, table service and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restaurants and cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling. everyone hopes today is a first taste of real lasting freedom. but for now, few are getting carried away. hywel griffith, bbc news, maesteg. riot police in thailand have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti government protesters who tried to gather in the capital, bangkok. the demonstrators are calling for political reforms and changes to the monarchy. they re also angry at the thai government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. as jonathan head reports.