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Coronavirus: When will public toilets be reopened?
May 29, 2020
As lockdown measures have been eased across England, people have been returning to beaches, parks and beauty spots to enjoy the warmer weather.
But they've found many public toilets are still closed, and without the option of using loos in cafes, pubs and restaurants, it has left scores of people with an urgent question - where do I go when I need to go?
Others have questioned whether public toilets will have to change in a post-lockdown world. So what's the future of the public lavatory?
'I'm scared to eat'
Toni Kelly lives with Crohn's Disease, a condition that causes inflammation of the digestive system. She says she normally needs to use the loo six or seven times a day and has to plan her trips out of the house around access to a public toilet.
She says the absence of open toilets mean she is restricted to where she can go out and what she can do. Before a recent trip, she barely ate and took "lots of tablets" before she left to try to curb her need to use the loo.
"It's not very comfortable having to do that, and then go out and feel hungry because I'm scared to eat in case I need to go to the toilet," she says.
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She's not alone.
The charity Crohn's and Colitis UK says boarded up public toilets are having a "massive impact" on people and has urged councils and other bodies to open them up "as soon as they can", provided social distancing measures are "safely put in place".
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