SHOPPERS set free from the Welsh lockdown hit Cardiff city centre and gave fellow Brits a taste of what’s to come.
Hundreds queued to get into shops after two weeks of draconian restrictions in a separate “firebreak” lockdown.
Punters later flocked to the Welsh capital’s re-opened pubs.
But the good mood turned sour as four people were arrested over a stabbing in the main shopping area’s Queen Street.
Earlier, crowds flocked to Richmond Park in South West London and strolled on Tynemouth beach in the North East, making the most of sunny skies and warm temperatures.