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Coronavirus: England enjoys lockdown easing

4 July 2020

Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas in England are reopening after three months of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Businesses must adhere to strict safety measures and social distancing rules.

News image — Customers have their hair washed as staff wear visors at The Salon Leeds

PA Media Customers wearing masks have their washed in basins in a hairdressers — Customers have their hair washed as staff wear visors at The Salon Leeds

Other places now allowed to reopen in England include:

Outdoor gyms, children's playgrounds and other outdoor spaces
Libraries, community centres, bingo halls, cinemas, museums and galleries
Funfairs and theme parks, amusement arcades, outdoor skating rinks, social clubs and model villages
Places of worship can open for prayers and services, including weddings with up to 30 guests

News image — A customer shows off her jewelled David Bowie face covering at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden, London, just after midnight on 4 July

Getty Images A customer wearing a face mask with David Bowie's face on has her hair washed in a hair salon — A customer shows off her jewelled David Bowie face covering at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden, London, just after midnight on 4 July

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News image — Is that a smile? People's faces are covered as they enjoy The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers

Getty Images People ride a rollercoaster — Is that a smile? People's faces are covered as they enjoy The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers

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News image — Men queue to enter a Barbers in Ashford, Kent

PA Media Men queue on the street to enter a Barbers — Men queue to enter a Barbers in Ashford, Kent

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News image — Patrons enjoy a socially-distanced pint in a pub in Humber Street, Hull

Linsey Smith People drink outside of a pub — Patrons enjoy a socially-distanced pint in a pub in Humber Street, Hull

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News image — Jennifer Wilson (left) and Louise Arnold are believed to be the first couple to marry after restrictions eased. They tied the knot at Runcorn Town Hall Registry Office in Halton

PA Media A wedding couple sign their marriage certificate — Jennifer Wilson (left) and Louise Arnold are believed to be the first couple to marry after restrictions eased. They tied the knot at Runcorn Town Hall Registry Office in Halton

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News image — The happy couple share a kiss as they married at one minute past midnight

PA Media A wedding couple kiss — The happy couple share a kiss as they married at one minute past midnight

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News image — Receptionist and beautician Sharde Laing Cummings takes a reservation at Haks Oscar barber in Chelsea, London

Getty Images A receptionist takes an appointment reservation over the phone — Receptionist and beautician Sharde Laing Cummings takes a reservation at Haks Oscar barber in Chelsea, London

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News image — A patron has his first drink at the reopening The Toll Gate pub in Hornsey, north London

PA Media A man holds his pint of beer up to the camera — A patron has his first drink at the reopening The Toll Gate pub in Hornsey, north London

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News image — A customer at Alton Towers has her temperature checked before she enters the theme park in Staffordshire

Getty Images A customer has her temperature checked — A customer at Alton Towers has her temperature checked before she enters the theme park in Staffordshire

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News image — The newly married Mr and Mrs Bone, Lucy and James, pose after their wedding at St Michael and all Angels Church in Ingram, Northumberland

PA Media A wedding couple pose in a church — The newly married Mr and Mrs Bone, Lucy and James, pose after their wedding at St Michael and all Angels Church in Ingram, Northumberland

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News image — Philip Tilly gets to work at his barber shop, Mr Tilly's, in Newcastle upon Tyne

Getty Images A man cuts the hair of another man — Philip Tilly gets to work at his barber shop, Mr Tilly's, in Newcastle upon Tyne

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News image — The wedding of Tom Hall and Heather McLaren at St George's Church, Leeds

PA Media A wedding in a church hall — The wedding of Tom Hall and Heather McLaren at St George's Church, Leeds

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News image — Bar staff prepare for customers at the Rochester Castle pub in Stoke Newington, North London

PA Media A bar worker uses a till behind a pub bar — Bar staff prepare for customers at the Rochester Castle pub in Stoke Newington, North London

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News image — Film-goers at the Showcase Cinema in Bluewater, Kent, enjoy a movie in socially-distanced seats

PA Media People sit in a cinema — Film-goers at the Showcase Cinema in Bluewater, Kent, enjoy a movie in socially-distanced seats

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News image — Landlady Katy Boulter serves a pint to the national chairman of Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), Nik Antona, at his local pub, the Royal Oak in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire

PA Media A woman serves a pint to customer in a pub — Landlady Katy Boulter serves a pint to the national chairman of Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), Nik Antona, at his local pub, the Royal Oak in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire

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News image — Owner Carole Rickaby cuts a customer's hair at Tusk Hair stylists

Getty Images A hairdresser cuts a customer's hair — Owner Carole Rickaby cuts a customer's hair at Tusk Hair stylists

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News image — Visitors look around the reopened Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington

AFP Visitors look at a vintage war plane in an outdoor museum — Visitors look around the reopened Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington

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News image — The first breakfasts are served to customers at the reopening of The Old Stables Restaurant at Allerton Manor Golf Club, Liverpool

PA Media A waiter wearing a face mask carries a tray of three breakfast meals — The first breakfasts are served to customers at the reopening of The Old Stables Restaurant at Allerton Manor Golf Club, Liverpool

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News image — Street artists perform for costumers outside the Golden Lion pub in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

PA Media People in costume entertain pub customers on the street — Street artists perform for costumers outside the Golden Lion pub in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

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