More pubs, bars and restaurants will reopen across the country from today, as weekend drinkers were praised for “acting responsibly” at the end of lockdown.
Streets were packed in Central London into the early hours of yesterday for the first time since March. Revellers were seen dancing and singing as some struggled to keep to the new “one metre plus” social-distancing rules.
But publicans in Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds insisted it had been a “joyful” weekend, as 15 million pints flowed at around 23,000 premises.
Many landlords in England decided to wait until today to open, alongside theme parks, libraries and galleries. Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the biggest easing of restrictions so far as a “success”, and
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