NEARLY 3,000 people across Dorset signed a petition calling for an extra bank holiday if England win the Euro 2020 Championship on Sunday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to give workers a day off if the Three Lions beat Italy at Wembley on Sunday night – even if it is not necessarily the following day.
And 2,905 people in the county have signed the petition.
In Bournemouth East, 437 people signed, 466 signatures came from Bournemouth West and 474 called for an extra bank holiday in Poole.
West Dorset saw 259 signatures, 339 South Dorset residents signed up to the petition and 300 people signed the petition in North Dorset.
Finally, 334 people in Mid Dorset and North Poole wanted an extra bank holiday and 296 Christchurch residents signed the petition.
Lee Jones, the petition's creator, said the final's 8pm kick-off is a difficult time for families to plan to be together, but knowing they had an additional day off the next day in the event of an England victory would allow them that opportunity.
More than 300,000 fans across the UK had backed the move by Friday morning.
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