Published: 08:49, 04 July 2020 | Updated: 21:20, 04 July 2020
Pubs, restaurants and hairdressers across England have opened their doors to customers for the first time in months on so-called Super Saturday.
Business owners have taken a range of measures to comply with Government restrictions but the easing of lockdown measures has prompted concerns about a possible rise in coronavirus cases.
Carole Rickiby cuts the hair of customer Sandra Jacobs at Tusk Hair, in Camden, north London, after opening at midnight (Jonathan Brady/PA)Louise Arnold-Wilson (right) and Jennifer (left) were married at Runcorn Town Hall Registry Office at one minute past midnight (Halton Borough Council/PA)Customers queued early in the morning at a barbers in Ashford, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)Both barbers and customers wore masks (Gareth Fuller/PA)Lindy Barack was up early to open the doors of The Toll Gate, a Wetherspoons pub in Hornsey, north London (Aaron Chown/PA)Bar staff were kitted out in PPE (Aaron Chown/PA)Michael Robinson, 61, was one of the first people to have a pint (Aaron Chown/PA)Andrew Slawinaki, 51, caught up with the news while having a Guinness (Aaron Chown/PA)At the Shakespeare’s Head pub in Holborn, customers were in early ordering breakfast (Yui Mok/PA)In Leeds, barbers at Boris & Co were busy on their first day back at work (Danny Lawson/PA)In Liverpool, a member of staff in PPE waited for customers at the reopening of The Old Stables Restaurant at Allerton Manor Golf Club (Peter Byrne/PA)Clients had their temperature taken as they arrived at the reopened The Salon Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)Guests were socially distanced as they waited for the start of the wedding of Tom Hall and Heather McLaren, at St George’s Church, Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)But the couple were allowed to embrace when the happy moment came (Danny Lawson/PA)Friends were also happy to enjoy drinks together at The Victoria in Whitley Bay (Owen Humphreys/PA)There seemed to be more traffic on roads such as the A1 near Morpeth (Owen Humphreys/PA)Some people headed on their first trip to the cinema in months (Stefan Rousseau/PA)People enjoy drinks at the Vinegar Yard bar, London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)They sat two metres apart at the Showcase Cinema, Bluewater, Kent (Stefan Rousseau/PA)But there are still no crowds at the football as the empty stands at Norwich show (Richard Heathcote/NMC Pool/PA)Drinkers in Soho, London, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased (Victoria Jones/PA)(Victoria Jones/PA)(Victoria Jones/PA)(Victoria Jones/PA)Revellers in the Bigg Market area of Newcastle (Owen Humphreys/PA)
