Shop 'till you drop: Customers outside the newly reopened Primark store in Prestonplaceholder image
Shop 'till you drop: Customers outside the newly reopened Primark store in Preston

These were the scenes in Preston today as lockdown restrictions lifted

It's been a long time coming, but shop doors opened and pints were poured in Preston.

England’s shops, hairdressers, pub beer gardens and pavement cafes reopened on Monday as the coronavirus lockdown eased - and our photographers were out and about to see how it all went.

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