Coronavirus: England enjoys lockdown easing

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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.

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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

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

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Men queue to enter a Barbers in Ashford, Kent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Visitors look around the reopened Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington

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

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