In Pictures: 'Super Saturday' Thousands flock to the pub and hairdressers as lockdown restrictions ease in England
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)
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