lockdown restrictions as they gathered at parks and beaches on Saturday to bask in some much-missed sunshine. Photographs from the afternoon at popular sea side destinations, Brighton and Southend-on-Sea show crowds walking and sitting down close together on February 27, despite the Government's "stay at home" order.
The warmer weather of 15C in some areas was too much to resist for many after Professor Jonathan Van-Tam's warning at a No10 press conference that lockdown could be extended if people "relax" too much.
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