{"id":24273,"date":"2020-03-21T00:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=24273"},"modified":"2020-03-21T00:03:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:03:30","slug":"another-dramatic-government-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=24273","title":{"rendered":"Gyms, Cinemas, Theatres, Restaurants and Bars told to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was another dramatic government announcement today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203032003.jpg\" alt=\"Another dramatic government announcement\" \/><br \/>\nAs a result gyms and leisure centres closed this evening. As have cinemas and theatres. The Abbey Cinema took the decision to close yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The White Horse Leisure Centre said <i>&#8216;In line with Government instruction, we will be closing all of our Better Leisure Centres and Better Gyms across the UK at the end of Friday 20th March, 2020.&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;The health and well-being of both our staff and valued customers is paramount. We have a social responsibility to everyone in the local community to take action to protect ourselves and others.&#8217;<\/i><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203032001.jpg\" alt=\"Another dramatic government announcement\" \/><br \/>\nRestaurants also closed this evening. Some will still provide a takeaway service.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203032002.jpg\" alt=\"Another dramatic government announcement\" \/><br \/>\nThe pubs closed. It was not like a normal Friday night and there were not a lot of people out. For people whose life revolves round the pub or gym it is going to be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knows when such businesses will reopen but the government will help by paying 80% of the wage bill so they have a better chance of reopening as going concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was another dramatic government announcement today. As a result gyms and leisure centres closed this evening. As have cinemas and theatres. The Abbey Cinema took the decision to close yesterday. The White Horse Leisure Centre said &#8216;In line with Government instruction, we will be closing all of our Better Leisure Centres and Better Gyms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}