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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Catherine Murphy

Pictures showing the sad difference between city centre's nightlife before coronavirus and now

Empty streets, no music and shutters down on streets which are home to some of the city's most loved bars, pubs and nightclubs.

It's a sad sight as you walk through Liverpool city centre of an evening, knowing how different it usually looks and how busy it should be.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, for everyone. Those working within the hospitality industry know this better than most.

While the country is not back into a full national lockdown like earlier this year, Liverpool City Region is currently placed in Tier 3 which is the highest tier on the Government's new Covid alert level system.

This means all pubs, bars and nightclubs must close. For pubs, they're allowed to stay open if they serve a "substantial meal".

The 10pm curfew is still in place.

ECHO photographers are always out and about capturing the city and this series of photos highlights the impact the Covid- restrictions have had on night time economy.

All photographs were taken at around 8pm-11pm - a time when pubs and bars would usually be full. Sadly, as these images show businesses and the city centre left almost empty and another indication of the ongoing battle to beat coronavirus.

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