AdvertisementNightclubs across the country have thrown open their doors to celebrate the arrival of Freedom Day – but 73 per cent of clubbers had previously said they did not want to return as the nation tiptoes out of lockdown. Its 'Freedom Day' bash started on Sunday with a countdown to midnight when staff members cut a ribbon to the dance floor and served customers free prosecco. Pictured: Partygoers in NewcastleThe grand re-opening has come as Covid cases across the UK soared by 52 per cent week-on-week. But leading international scientists on Friday described England's 'Freedom Day' as a threat to the whole world, and 1,200 scientists backed a letter to British medical journal The Lancet that criticized the government's decision. #FreedomDay from Heaven, central London, as nightclubs open again after 16 months pic.twitter.com/p0hkTdr8S1 — Benjamin Butterworth (@benjaminbutter) July 18, 2021Nightclubs across the country have thrown open their doors to celebrate the arrival of Freedom Day.

Source: Daily Mail July 18, 2021 21:00 UTC