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A tequi­la bar own­er is try­ing to get around the UK’s strict coro­n­avirus restric­tions by adding some holy to his spir­its — and reg­is­ter­ing as a church.

James Aspell, 34, post­ed pho­tos of his for­mal appli­ca­tion to make his shut­tered “400 Rab­bits Tequi­la and Mez­cal Cock­tail Bar” in Not­ting­ham an offi­cial place of meet­ing for reli­gious worship.

He was also shown smil­ing and giv­ing the thumbs-up while mail­ing the form for the now-rev­er­en­tial­ly named Church of the Four Hun­dred Rabbits