Shops reopening: as it happend in pictures as non-essential retailers open their doors after 3 months of lockdown
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Huge queues have formed at stores across England, as non-essential shops reopened to customers for the first time in three months
Several high street retailers and department stores, including Primark, Debenhams and John Lewis, have reopened to customers for the first time since March, with new safety measures in place.