{"id":731728,"date":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731728\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","slug":"bizarre-reasons-westminster-pubs-restaurants-and-even-bakeries-faced-restrictions-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731728\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre reasons Westminster pubs, restaurants and even bakeries faced restrictions &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNZnlrREI3eGszOEJTOVdDRGpwaGU5XzN3dS1kUFV2cDNNc1dTR3AxeDB1czkwVnhCUngwSlY3QnVKX0FRZVVzMW0wUnRJOFQyMmVLUzhTUDNsckVKdFhkZURfcHJnYldIcW9tQjlSdHdNR2VGbkFnTG5SSXlBeTV6WVI4dHhvMjZtRjlROVd2Snh5MkFWZGFCRzNodDctOGU4dFcxZjBmX256NWxZUHgxem9R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bizarre reasons Westminster pubs, restaurants and even bakeries faced restrictions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5CSWJ0Xy13TzVOQTluS016N1pFQ1R2X0thZDNJUFlNMTV2bTVrckMyRjVsTEVwVjVBb1VIUUk0NEVwMWs4VDlnalgzUU5iYVVlUjNrUlpiQ2tiQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why there&#8217;s a row about standing up while drinking in central London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNSFB0ZHllUnpQbHVobk8xNWttNnl2QkZYdWZTenk4UDJVdjNVaDNVTDZvTmNYZGNGWkc0VkM5ZU0tSnoxdVlCN2tqLW5ERVZhTWhZZFRZWkFQSmJ4S1BfZ0pXNldCN2FNeE5DM1BockpsYXlvUkRtcV90eWJXeW9oU1c1ZWYtVXdSOVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposal to curb \u2018vertical drinking\u2019 in London\u2019s West End pubs meets with rage and resistance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQbHk0a0tMb0drUEJXSW5hRWEzNy1mUlZwOFdUZG5DUlUtekZubi1HaWZmb1J4Zm16WUZPTzI4MWM2WDZINVZmMFFyYllFTEdscTBXM0tKZnpYcHZ1X0ZGQWpHVDZ3T3l6ejJ2WHBJT3VWY19UMWVQVlhmVzlfQ3c2ZFZ6VVIySEJTM0t2dVF3R1BOeVR3TUM2MnNIeDZkbzNrazlreFYyNWEtamJtX3dzQUhKbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rebecca Hendin on the \u2018vertical drinking\u2019 row \u2013 cartoon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNZjk0OWdXY05STXp4bnJSc0ZvRkF3MjZSa241cUVTeE91bk5zbG9nN0hjRjV1WHpESFdvUWQ2VHdlTGR1c21fNkNYLUJRV1ctQWkzamVuNTNfUGxfdm1FR2thOHRfNmdxT1dLQTRwSWpsSGVzVTd2cHB1SXhxNlBHSFRNRlFJd0t0VzlZalpFS29HMWNZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labour doesn\u2019t understand the meaning of the word \u2018growth\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bizarre reasons Westminster pubs, restaurants and even bakeries faced restrictions&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardWhy there&#8217;s a row about standing up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[924,59,57,58,50,102673,104964,56,54,55,223599],"class_list":["post-731728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-nightlife","tag-soho","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-westminster-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}