One death and 6 positive tests for covid-19

New guidance for social distancing in NI

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News   What's On   Lifestyle              Jun 29, 2020           Good afternoon On the day that Stormont publishes new guidance for social distancing in public places one more covid-19 related death has been announced. The latest person to lose their life with the virus died in the Mid and East Antrim council area. In the last 24 hours another 6 people have tested positive for the virus. The new social distancing guidance, titled Guidance for Urban Centres and Green Spaces. comes only a few days before pubs and restaurants will reopen to the public and on the day that churches can reopen for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Most Reverend John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland said people should not return to worship before they are ready.The Archbishop has acknowledged that some worshippers may be apprehensive about returning to church services. As we move towards further relaxations of the lockdown cinemas across Northern Ireland have been given an indicative opening date of July 29 by the Stormont Executive. Michael McAdam, owner of Movie House cinemas, told the PA news agency that he expects the return of customers to be slow. Keep safe everyone Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor Want total access to all of our online content? You can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk, for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier. Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Social Distancing NI: Stormont publishes new guidance for social distancing in public places           The Northern Ireland Executive has published new social distancing guidelines for public places.                 Coronavirus NI: One person dies - 6 people test positive for virus - no patients fighting for lives in ICU   One more person has died with COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, bringing the death toll here to 551.           Cinema owner says return to the big screen expected to be slow and cautious   The return of movie fans to the big screen is likely to be slow and cautious, a cinema owner has said.           Archbishop: Only return to worship when you're ready   The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland has acknowledged that some worshippers may be apprehensive about returning to church services.           Making Belfast a Christmas city and extended Sunday opening hours among ideas put forward to help recovery   Making Belfast a Christmas capital, extending Sunday opening hours and stimulating city living are just some of the ideas the new President of Belfast Chamber has urged local businesses and politicians to support.           Struggling NI pubs 'need freedom to stock local products to survive post lockdown'   Every pub across Northern Ireland should be allowed to stock and sell beer and cider from local and independent brewers to help them recover post lockdown, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has said.                 View more on Coronavirus

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