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• Boris Johnson suggests face coverings could become mandatory in shops

  11-07-2020 13:38 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // PM Boris Johnson wants “stricter” rules around face coverings in confined spaces, like shops
  // Downing Street is reportedly looking into the issue and it could be made law within weeksFace coverings could be made mandatory in shops in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted.
  The PM said he wanted to be “stricter” on insisting people wear mouth and nose coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they do not normally see.
  Downing Street is under
  
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• Leicester retailers & jobs threatened by local lockdown, MP & mayor warn

  11-07-2020 13:10 via retailgazette.co.uk
  // Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe says local retailers & jobs are under threat due to lack of gov’t help
  // Leicester Mayor Peter Soulsby has issued a similar warning
  // Leicester was dragged back into a localised lockdown on June 30 after a spike in local Covid-19 infectionsRetailers and jobs in locked-down Leicester are being threatened by a lack of government support as the rest of the country opens up for businesses, the Leicester East MP has said.
  Labour’s Claudia Webb
  
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• Boris Johnson urged to clarify message on wearing face masks in shops

  11-07-2020 11:59
  
  People need straightforward government guidance or rules on coverings in England, say MPsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMPs have urged the government to clarify its position on face masks, after Boris Johnson hinted that it could become compulsory to wear them in shops.Johnson said on Friday that ministers were “looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings, in shops, for example”, to slow the spread of coronavirus. Relate
  
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• Leicester factory put lives at risk during lockdown, claims garment worker

  11-07-2020 08:00
  
  Exclusive: amid allegations of production continuing behind closed doors, regulators have clamped down in the city
  Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen the garment factory where Anil worked learned that the risk of coronavirus meant it couldn’t do business as usual, it didn’t shut up shop. Instead, it locked the doors.“It was always going,” said Anil, not his real name. “They wrote on pieces of paper: ‘The factory is closed be
  
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• Parisian retail stalwart Tati bites the dust

  11-07-2020 00:30 via ft.com
  Discount emporium in an immigrant neighbourhood had lost its shine but Covid-19 finished it off
  
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