Time to tackle trend of last orders to halt decline in the pub trade - The Yorkshire Post says

Though it is not unique to the region, the trend has seen the loss of jobs and livelihoods, as well as historic venues that have been at the heart of communities for decades.

Tom Kerridge hopes to use BBC show to 'save Britain's pubs' - an industry in decline across Yorkshire

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge is now fronting a new television series helping to save Britain’s treasured and threatened watering holes – and reinvention is key. Rather than just being in the community, pubs must ensure that they are part of it.

Government urged to help keep Yorkshire pubs open

Those succeeding are not only offering good food and drink, but are also staging community gatherings and encouraging groups to hold their own events there, providing a valuable and welcoming social asset for people from all walks of life.

This is how many UK pubs closed in the first half of 2019

As with the High Street, the challenges facing pubs must be confronted head on before even more locals call last orders for good.

Yorkshire communities urged to protect local pubs as review shows almost 1,000 pubs vanished in Britain last year

As Mr Kerridge says himself, a community also loses its soul when it loses its pub.