ST HELENS' main shopping centre, fashion stores and cinema will be among the places shutting their doors on Monday, due to the Queen’s funeral.

It was announced last week that the funeral will take place on Monday, September 19, which will also be a public bank holiday.

As a result, a raft of local businesses will join the country’s biggest retailers in shutting their stores so workers can pay tribute to the Queen.

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi are among those closing their supermarket stores for the day.

In St Helens, Church Square Shopping Centre will close and well-known independent businesses such as OD's in the town centre and Blackburn's bakery on Cambridge Road have notices up saying they will be shut.

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Other high street retailers, such as Marks & Spencer, also said they will shut for the day, while McDoanld's has said all its restaurants will be closed until 5pm.

Cinema chains such as Cineworld and Odeon have also announced plans to keep their venues shut.

Nationally, Asda said it will shut its stores for the funeral, but all its supermarkets will open from 5pm, with colleagues working on Monday evening to receive double pay.

Meanwhile, there will also be a number of changes to council services in St Helens. 

This includes waste collections for those who normally have their rounds on a Monday.

For those homes, brown and green bins will instead be collected on Saturday, September 24, while recycling will instead be collected on Monday, September 26. 

Libraries and leisure centres will also be closed for the day. 

St Helens Cemetery and Crematorium will still be open on Monday, September 19. 

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the day of the funeral will operate as “a standard bank holiday”.

“Obviously individual businesses will need to make the decisions about what’s right for them and discuss with their employees but there is obviously no one-size-fits-all approach.”

Some venues have announced they will be open for people to gather. These include some pubs, with the Queen's Arms in Fingerpost, where visitors are invited to gather for free gammon and gravy barms as well as tea and coffee.

Meanwhile, a number of churches have invited people to watch the service with them. Among them is St Mark's in Haydock, where there will be a quiet space for people to reflect, light a candle and sign the commemoration book.

Rainford Parish Church will also open its doors so people can watch the state funeral together. Tea and coffee will be served, with people encouraged to bring their own snacks or sandwiches.