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‘I’m so excited’ – England reopens with pints pulled, shopping sprees and hair cuts

‘I’m so excited’ – England reopens with pints pulled, shopping sprees and hair cuts

CARL RECINE, KATE HOLTON and SARAH YOUNG CROWDS queued up outside shops, pubs started selling pints at midnight and hairdressers welcomed desperate customers on Monday as England started to reopen its economy after three months of lockdown. After imposing the most onerous restrictions in Britain's peacetime history, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the reopening was a "major step" towards freedom but urged people to behave responsibly as the coronavirus was still a threat. Some folk lined up at bars after midnight or in the morning to raise a pint with fellow revellers. "It feels good to be back," Matthew McGuinness,…
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