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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ewan Somerville, April Roach

Super Saturday LIVE: Brits flock to pubs for first time since March and queue for haircut as coronavirus lockdown eased

Brits have flocked to pubs in England for the first time in three months after they reopened from 6am.

Thirsty punters have seen off long-awaited pints at reopened Wetherspoons branches, while queues lined the streets outside barber shops this morning.

Bars, restaurants, cafes and salons are all welcoming back customers, in what Boris Johnson has hailed "the biggest step yet on the road to recovery", dubbed "Super Saturday".

But Matt Hancock warned revellers they "could end up behind bars" if trouble flares, with police chiefs and hospital bosses bracing for a New Year's Eve-style operation.

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