UK pubs call to halve 2-metre social-distancing rule - FT

(Reuters) - British pub operators have asked for social distancing rules to be halved from two metres to one in talks with government on reopening, worried that many will have to close permanently otherwise, the Financial Times reported on Monday.The report cited Simon Emeny, chief executive of pub group Fuller's, as saying that the rules in the country currently went "above and beyond" the World Health Organisation guidelines. "I think it's really important that (the rules) are relaxed by the..