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UK pubs are set to stay open until 1am for World Cup late kick-offs. Bars are expected to extend trading hours next summer as England matches could begin as late as 2am under Fifa’s plans to combat extreme heat in North America,

Fifa are expected to schedule some matches, to start at 11pm or even 2am. A Labour Party government source said that the World Cup was certain to be declared an “occasion of exceptional national significance”.

This would allow pubs and bars that are usually obliged to close at 11pm to stay open for an extra two hours without needing to apply for special permission.

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Victor Montagliani, a Fifa vice-president and president of the Concacaf organisation that covers the host nati

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