High streets and markets were packed with Christmas shoppers as scientists urged Britons to rethink Christmas gatherings to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Photos show shopping streets rammed in London, Leeds, Newcastle, Cardiff and Birmingham with shoppers urged to social distance and comply with face mask rules as they looked for gifts and bargains 13 days before December 25.
In central London, Oxford and Regent streets were packed as millions of Britons were expected to spend an estimated £1.7bn in shops amid fears London and other places could soon be moved into Tier 3 due to rising infection rates.
Romford Market, in the east London borough of Havering, which has one of the highest infection rates in England, was also rammed as the
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