Pupils have begun returning to school as lockdown restrictions were eased across England.
Outdoor markets and car showrooms have also started reopening, while the first horse racing event in months was being staged and pigeons took to the skies for a race over Yorkshire.
Grace looks excited to be returning to school. Credit: Joe Giddens/PAParents drop off children at Queen’s Hill Primary School in Norfolk. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA
Lessons are taking place with reduced class sizes. Credit: Joe Giddens/PAReception pupil Braydon washes his hands whilst watching an electronic timer. Credit: Joe Giddens/PAPupils draw rainbows as they sit at separate desks at Hiltingbury Infant School in Hampshire. Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PAPupils sit at separate desks at Hiltingbury Infant School in Hampshire. Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PAThere was a big queue of people keen to shop at the Ikea store in Lakeside. Credit: Nick Ansell/PACustomers queuing at the checkouts in the IKEA Lakeside store in Grays, Essex. Credit: PACustomers queuing at the Ikea Tottenham store in Edmonton.The Ikea store reopened as part of a wider easing of lockdown restrictions in England. Credit: Nick Ansell/PAStaff at Arnold Clark in Liverpool walk past cars on the forecourt as showrooms opened for the first time since the lockdown in England. Credit: Peter Byrne/PASigns at a car showroom in Liverpool. Credit: Peter Byrne/PAA woman and child walk through Camden Market in north London, which has reopened. Credit: Aaron Chown/PAA street cleaner at Camden Market, north London. Credit: Aaron Chown/PAPigeon racing was the first sport to get under way. Credit: PAThousands of birds belonging to members of the Barnsley Federation of Racing Pigeons. Credit: Jacob King/PAGreyhounds line up to go out for the first race at Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium. Credit: David Davies/PAA race at Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium. Credit: David Davies/PA