BOOZY Brits hit Tier 2 towns and cities for a second night out since the second national coronavirus lockdown was lifted.
While Wales went into a strict lockdown yesterday, revellers hit pubs and bars across England and celebrated a taste of freedom after Covid-19 restrictions came to an end on Wednesday.
Scores of revellers were seen getting boozy on the street in Tier 2 cities today as they spent a projected £1.5billion in shops, pubs and restaurants – in what has been dubbed “Stupor Saturday”.
London, York and Liverpool avoided being thrown into the highest Tier 3, and allow pubs and restaurants to remain open.
But they must serve a substantial meal and different households can only mix outside.
England came out of a four-week lockdown on December 2, which had forced all non-essential businesses to close including bars and restaurants.
Images showed streets in London were packed with boozers enjoying their first taste of freedom.
Heated outdoor areas were constructed to accommodate punters enjoying the end of lockdown in the English capital.
Liverpool saw punters go wild after the city was placed into Tier 3 restrictions on October 14.
The city was under orders not to mix before the four week lockdown came into force on November 5.
It meant Liverpudlians let their hair down for the first time in six weeks.
Since Wednesday England returned to a tier-based system which meant the end of the shutdown and allowed places to reopen.
Across all tiers, all shops and public buildings can reopen.
But Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and most of Yorkshire were thrown into the most drastic Tier 3 – meaning pubs and restaurants remain closed.
All areas have to abide by the government’s message of hands, face, space with Brits facing new rules day-to-day which are expected to last until the end of March.
But pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes in Wales will have to close at 6pm daily, which came into force on Friday.
And all premises are banned from selling booze to punters.
Meanwhile in England, pubs and shops saw a £1.5billion spending spree today, dubbed “Super Saturday” – the first non-working day since lockdown ended.
High streets were the busiest they have been all year — as the NHS prepares to take delivery of two million vaccine doses by the end of next week.
Shoppers returned in huge numbers on the first weekend following a month of lockdown.
More than 300,000 people hit London’s West End, while 150,000 flooded Birmingham’s Bullring and 120,000 shopped at Manchester’s Trafford Centre.
