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, a 21-year-old student told Reuters in the large garden of Wetherspoon's Fox on the Hill pub in south London. In the run up to the reopening, John Lewis had also seen a more than 200% jump in sales of dresses. 'SO EXCITED'In north London, Maggie Grieve reopened the Beaucatcher hairdresser salon to work through the long list of bookings. Now can't wait to get to the pub," Grieve said.

Source: The Star April 11, 2021 21:41 UTC