Crowds ignored coronavirus lockdown rules and flocked to a popular market and shops as Britain went through its sixth weekend in coronavirus lockdown.
Photographs taken over the weekend show groups of people at the well known Broadway Market in east London, many appearing to defy the 2m distancing rule.
Images from major parks in the capital - including St James' and Regents Park - also showed people walking or cycling closely together.
Over in Leicester, a massive queue snaked around outside a The Range store.
And in Birmingham, a group of men flouted the rules by playing a game of football in a park.
This comes as the UK death toll from Covid-19 rose to 28,446 on Sunday, with 315 more people sadly dying in the last day.
People are more likely to be out and about during weekends as they aren’t working, meaning some places got really busy despite police being on patrol.
Locals stopped to chat while perusing Broadway Market in Hackney, and three men were even spotted walking with beers, reports The Sun.
Brits also rushed to pick up furniture and other household items from The Range in Leicester, which is open because it’s considered an “essential” shop.
This weekend also saw Brits completely flouting lockdown rules, like the group of young men who played a big football game in Birmingham.
Shocking video footage showed young men flouting social distancing rules by playing a big game of football in a Birmingham park.
The group were filmed passing the ball to each other in the basketball courts in St Margaret’s Recreational Ground in the Ward End area of Birmingham, clearly flouting social distancing rules.
This clear flouting of social distancing rules happened on Saturday afternoon (May 2).
The men got close to each other on several occasions when tackling another player for the ball.
It went ahead despite government rules banning gatherings of more than two people and only allowing people from the same household to exercise together outside.
While most people are staying at home, some are clearly getting really fed up with the lockdown after six weeks of it.
It may be frustrating, but the government has hinted that penalties for breaking the rules could get far worse if necessary in the coming weeks.
Fines for first-time offenders could increase by nearly double to £100 while anyone who re-offends could face up to £3,200, according to The Telegraph.
The fine will double every time you commit another offence which goes against lockdown. If the same person commits six separate offences, they’re looking at a fine of £3,200.
And if you fail to pay the fine you might be looking at court and prison.
This comes as 9,176 fines were issued in England and Wales to people for breaking the rules in the first four weeks of lockdown, until April 27.
By making the fines larger, the aim will be to deter people from breaking these rules and potentially endangering themselves and others
