Covid: The double-edged sword hanging over vacationer city Southwold

By Kate Scotter and Laurence Cawley
BBC News, East

image captionTraders in Southwold are looking forward to visitors returning to the resort

Face masks will not be legally required and social distancing rules will end from 19 July. What do people in Southwold – the popular Suffolk resort that once urged people with second homes there to stay away – make of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement?

Ending restrictions is a double-edged sword for a place like Southwold.

Easing restrictions, people in the town say, is great for the local economy.

But on the other hand, nearly half of its 800 or so permanent residents are older than 66 years old, which for some raises concerns about their safety.

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image captionLast April, banners were put up to urge those with second homes to stay away

It is a dilemma the town has faced before. In April 2020, the town hit the headlines after a banner was put up by town councillors Simon Flunder and David Beavan urging people…

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