Nightclubs are closed due to the Government’s coronavirus restrictions and according to the timetable for easing lockdown are not scheduled to reopen until June 21.
As part of the government's four-step plan, Mr Johnson said nightclubs in England could reopen 'no earlier than 21 June' when it is hoped that 'all legal limits on social contact can be removed.'
Pubs and restaurants will be allowed to reopen indoors from May 17 after being permitted to serve food and drinks to customers outside from April 12.
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Nightclubs are one of the few businesses that have been forced to close for the entirety of the Covid crisis after restrictions were first introduced last March.
By the time June arrives, they will have been closed for 15 months.
There is no guarantee that clubs will reopen then, as removing restrictions depends on other factors, such as the continuing success of the Covid vaccine programme and avoiding a surge in hospitalisations.
The entire night-time economy - which contributes £66bn to the UK economy - has been hit very hard by the repeated lockdowns.
A report published earlier this year by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night Time Economy found that UK nightclubs have been forced to make 51% of their staff redundant since last year.
Oxford for years has been a clubbing hotspot, attracting thousands of students and residents, although some clubs have been forced to close over the years.
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Wahoo in Hythe Bridge Street announced it was closing in August 2016 after a multi-million-pound deal was struck between Nuffield and Christ Church colleges to transform that part of Oxford.
At the start of 2016, Warehouse on Park End Street closed as part of the same plans to transform that part of Oxford into a new ‘social sciences quarter’.
Lola Lo closed in Magdalen Street in 2017 after Eclectic Bars confirmed it would not be re-signing its lease.
Before that, it had been student club Po Na Na for many years then became retro-themed nightclub Fever.
Ocean & Collins in Park End Street closed for good in 2008.
In its opening month in 2005, after taking over the venue from Chicago Rock, the nightspot denied turning down entry to a group of 60 women who said the club only wanted ‘sexy, stylish’ clubbers not ‘frumpy customers from council estates’.
A year later, in 2006, three live beetles were found in rice at the club during a routine environmental health check.
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The lease for the St Clement’s venue Clem's was put on the market in April 2014 for an ‘undisclosed price’.
The venue, which fell out with Oxford City Council in 2013 after covering its front with graffiti, closed in May – a month later.
The Westgate Centre was formerly home to a host of clubs including Scamps, which opened in the early 1970s, and Boodles.
Scamps' disco in the Westgate Centre hosted a party for children aged from four to 14 in 1974.
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They enjoyed tea, party games, a performance by pop group Contrast and a visit from Father Christmas.
Outside Oxford, numerous clubs have closed their doors for good too – including Izi’s in Witney.
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