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178 images Created 23 Apr 2020

Throughout the pandemic in London, I have tried to keep up with the restrictions and social upheavals, as they unfolded.

From the first hints in early March of an approaching national pandemic, to the current easing of restrictions and re-openings of transport and retail in June, the temperament of Londoners still pulls and pushes against government control.

The wearing of face masks was alien to us, the vacating of our city and the retreat behind front doors, all the while imagining that this 'will all be over in a few weeks', had a wartime reasoning we appeared to reluctantly accept, if only for the sake of young minds.

And almost to the day, one year on, I took the first CCs of AstraZenica. A syring-full of hope.

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  • As the Coronovirus pandemic takes hold across the UK, with 53 cases now reported by health authorities, a mother and child walks past the window of a medical equipment business in south London, displays a face masks sign and surgical masks on a skeleton mannequin, on 4th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronovirus pandemic takes hold across the UK, with health authorities reporting cases rising from 25 to 87 in a single day, and resulting in the UK's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty announcing that an epidemic in the UK was 'highly likely', Londoners pass-by Evening Standard headlines outside Embankment Underground station, on 4th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government lead by Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Britons to avoid non-essential travel to EU countries, and to avoind contact with others in public places like pubs and theatres during the Coronavirus pandemic, Malaysians wearing their own surgical masks hand out free masks to commuters on London Bridge, on 16th March 2020, in London, England. Within 45mins they had given out 1,000 to passing Londoners.
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  • As the UK government lead by Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Britons to avoid non-essential travel to EU countries, and to avoind contact with others in public places like pubs and theatres during the Coronavirus pandemic, Malaysians wearing their own surgical masks hand out free masks to commuters on London Bridge, on 16th March 2020, in London, England. Within 45mins they had given out 1,000 to passing Londoners.
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  • As the effects of Coronavirus continues to close down businesses and places of entertainment, and because of the governments's urge for home-working and avoidence of social gatherings, the West End of the UK's capital is unusually quieter than normal on a mid-week evening. On the day that the death toll reached 104 and that British schools would close indefinitely from the end of the week, the Evening Standard newspaper headlines outside Wyndham's Theatre with central London being the UK's pandemic hotspot, on 18th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads across the UK, businesses and entertainment venues not already closed with the threat of job losses, struggle to stay open with growing rumours of a lockdown and travel restrictions around the capital. As Londoners work from home, deserted streets in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 19th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads across the UK, businesses and entertainment venues not already closed with the threat of job losses, struggle to stay open with growing rumours of a lockdown and travel restrictions around the capital. Londoners start to work from home and a couple of travellers wear face masks during their journey across the capital on the London Underground, on 19th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government announces further Coronavirus-related restrictions to its citizens, with the immediate closure of pubs, cafes, gyms and cinemas, and the worldwide number of deaths reaching 10,000 with 240,000 cases, 953 of those in London alone, bars and restaurants remain closed on the Southbank, on 20th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government announces further Coronavirus-related restrictions to its citizens, with the immediate closure of pubs, cafes, gyms and cinemas, and the worldwide number of deaths reaching 10,000 with 240,000 cases, 953 of those in London alone, the Millennium Bridge remains quiet and largely un-used, <br />
on 20th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK government announces further Coronavirus-related restrictions to its citizens, with the immediate closure of pubs, cafes, gyms and cinemas, and the worldwide number of deaths reaching 10,000 with 240,000 cases, 953 of those in London alone, two lone diners eat among empty tables at a noodle restaurant at Borough on the Southbank, on 20th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • After a weekend of large numbers of Britons leaving London for holiday resorts and coastal beauty spots, and crowding into the capital's parks, the UK government is considering further restrictions of movement in public places to help social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Indoor gyms are now closed but this open-air space in Ruskin Park, south London has attracted south Londoners including members of the Brixton Street Gym who exercise together in warm spring sunshine, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, south Londoners use their local green space for daily activities in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
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  • As the number of UK Coronavirus cases rose to over 8,000, it was announced that thousands of 15-minute home tests could be made available within days to those self-isolating with symptoms, A pair of feet stand at the counter of Monmouth Coffee where hazard tape is crossed on the ground to socially distance customers. Because of trading restrictions, the retailer is only selling other drinks at their Borough shop, on 25th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, hairdressing gowns are draped over customer chairs in a closed mens' barber's business in East Dulwich, on 30th March 2020, in London.
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  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a used discaded surgical mask and glove lies in the grass alongside passing young child on a scooter in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
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  • As the second week of the Coronavirus lockdown continues around the capital, and the UK death toll rising by 563 to 2,325, with 800,000 reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide, faded seats and red bar mats are seen in the window of The Railway, a closed pub opposite the railway arches at the local Overground station on Clapham High Street, all in accordance with the government's forced lockdown and closure of businesses, on 1st April 2020, in south London, England.
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  • As the second week of the Coronavirus lockdown continues around the capital, and the UK death toll rising by 563 to 2,325, with 800,000 reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide, in accordance with the government's advice for social distancing and non-essential lockdown, a lady puts on her face mask while queueing with two children and an attentive poodle outside a local cafe in Herne Hill, on 1st April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the second week of the Coronavirus lockdown continues and a week before Easter when Prime Minister Boris Johnson reminds Britons to stay locally and not to travel to beauty spots, the UK death toll rises to 2,921, with 1m cases of Covid-19 worldwide in 181 countries. Michial, a middle-weight from Brooklyn spars with a boxing app on his phone in afternoon sunshine and spring temperatures in Ruskin Park in Herne Hill, 3rd April 2020, in south London, England.
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  • As the second week of the UK government's Coronavirus lockdown ends on a fine Spring weekend, and 24hrs after it was reported that 3,000 Londoners had been counted in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, resulting in the closure of this significant public green space by Lambeth council, an NHS digital ad displayed in an empty Herne Hill railway station ticket hall, asks for the public to stay at home to save lives, on 5th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the second week of the UK government's Coronavirus lockdown ends on a fine Spring weekend, a queue of Londoners stand outside a Tesco Express in Herne Hill, on 5th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Easter Bank Holiday weekend begins and the UK's Coronavirus death toll rises to 7,978 with 65,077 cases testing positive by the end of the UK government's second week of lockdown, two young women talk under spring blossom while walking their dog in warm sunshine in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a man stretches his leg against a young tree in Ruskin Park, a green space in Lambeth, South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, hazard tape has closed an empty landscape of outdoor cafe benches seen from the steps leading up to Hungerford Bridge on the capital's Southbank in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a quirky landscape of a three-sided square that marks safe social distance marks outside a branch of Gap in Piccadilly Circus, 20th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the UK, 32,313 people have now died after testing positive for coronavirus which is now the highest death toll in Europe, even exceeding that of Italy. With UK lockdown continuing with social distancing measures still in effect, a childrens' playground rocking horse is wrapped and tangled in construction netting in Lucas Gardens, a small public space in Southwark, south London, on 5th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of new Coronavirus cases in the UK climbs to 201,101, with UK deaths now standing at 30,076 - the highest recorded in Europe, passengers exit a bus next to a Transport For London (TFL) sign asking the public to maintain safe social distances while travelling on the capital's public transport during the continuing Covid lockdown, on 6th May 2020, in south London, England. Front doors on London buses are now disabled to avoid exposure of drivers to the virus, plus no fares are being taken on journeys to further avoid card reader contact.
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  • With the promise of the UK government's Corinavirus lockdown being relaxed within a couple of few days, local Fine Art artist Kevin McKeon has added to his existing artwork with another tribute and thanks to NHS (National Health) workers who pass-by this location in Herne Hill in south London, on 7th May 2020, in London, England. Adding to his already popular NHS 'house' on the pavement, McKeon (whose arts practice is normally figurative and heritage carving projects) has created a circular podium attached to a traffic sign pole, of miniature healthcare employees holding placards reading 'Save Lives' and 'Help Us Help You', in the spirit of supporting the NHS during the Covid pandemic. McKeon says the piece was made during his lockdown time at home, shared with a partner who works in Mental Health.
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  • With the Coronavirus lockdown continuing into the Bank Holiday weekend, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to tell the nation that only a gradual easing of regulations and social distancing rules are still to be in place, a single rail traveller patiently sits waiting for his train near taped-off seating in the near-deserted concourse of Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 7th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown continues over the May Bank Holiday, the nation commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day, the day that Germany officially surrendered in 1945) and in Dulwich, neighbours and residents emerge from their homes to party while still observing social distancing rules. Home-owners have afternoon tea while distancing themselves by leaving a mug of tea for a neighbour to collect on the ground, on 8th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown continues over the May Bank Holiday, the nation commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day, the day that Germany officially surrendered in 1945) and in Dulwich, neighbours and residents emerge from their homes to party while still observing social distancing rules. Neighboursing friends take tea in their front garden, separated by shrubs, on 8th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, a family walk past banners supporting and thanking NHS (National Health Service) key workers, outside the Maudsley Hospital that specialises in mental health services and is opposite King's College Hospital (one of the capital's major trauma centres and a site for Covid patients, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, south Londoners's feet and legs pass over the now worn hazard tape that marks out safe social distancing practice at East Street Market on the Walworth Road, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, clothing mannequins stand with their backs to the street, in the window of a menswear retailer in Jermyn Street, on 14th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, south Londoners queue for the Post Office on the Walworth Road in Southwark, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, covered checkout tills are seen through the window of a closed Starbucks in St. Pancras station, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, clothing mannequins in the window of a closed branch of Ted Baker, are covered in polythene plastic, in a deserted City of London, the capital's financial district, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and Londoners - still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - enjoyed a warm evening in Ruskin Park in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the number of UK deaths from Coronavirus reaches 37,837, a further 377 in the last 24hrs) a grandmother stands outside her house to clap for the NHS (National Health Service) key worker heroes for the last time during the UK Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 28th May 2020 in London, England.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 38,161, a further 324 victims in the last 24hrs, and the government's pandemic lockdown still in effect, mainly walkers and sightseers now cross at what would normally be rush-hour on London Bridge, which has quickly been converted to a social distancing thoroughfare over the river Thames where pedestrians should keep to the left of a green centreline, on 29th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • With the UK death toll reaching 34,813, with a further 541 victims in the last 24hrs, the government's pandemic lockdown has eased to another stage and a security guard wearing a face mask stretches in afternoon sunshine, in the foyer of the closed company offices on Tower Bridge in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st June 2020, in London, England.
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  • A young man in his twenties shows his completed sample to army personnel from the rear seat of a car after a self-administered Coronavirus (COVID-19) test (inserting a swab into the nose and throat) in south London. There are four steps to the self-administered Covid-19 test which the public works through in their car, and with communications with army personnel via phone or through closed windows, in a south London leisure centre, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The kit provided consists of a booklet, plastic bag, swab, vial, bar codes and a sealable biohazard bag. The swab sample is taken from the back of the throat and nasal passage with the contents sealed and returned to soldiers through a narrow window. The whole process takes between 5-10mins with results available with 48hrs.
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  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
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  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, Transport for London is following the government's call for face coverings to be worn on all public transport from June 15th next week, on a platform at London Underground's Canary Wharf station, on 9th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • With the UK's Coronavirus pandemic lockdown easing with preparations going ahead for the opening of more public transport and services plus shops, another 151 have died from Covid-19 bringing the total in the last 24hrs to 41,279. Social distance guides ensure passengers climb the steps into Waterloo Station on the right-hand side, and descend on the opposite left side while Britons are being asked to wear face coverings and to stay apart which is in line with government requirements for all users of public trransport starting next Monday (15th June), on 11th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • After an afternoon of sunshine and warm temperatures during the continuing UK Coronavirus lockdown, a couple with their child shelter under a picnic blanket after being caught by surprise by a sudden and torrential downpour of rain in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 14th June 2020, in London, England. The current UK Covid-19 death toll now stands at 41,662, an increase over the last 24 hours of 181, although Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure to review the case for a reduction of the 2 metre social distance rule, due to its effect on jobs and wider economy.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. Young buyers queue outside Nikeworld and wait for opening time held in a pen  at Oxford Circus, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. After being in line under the sun for some time, two young women rest in morning heat outside Selfridges on Oxford Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. A security lady with blue gloves stands at an exit-only door and shows a shopper where to queue 2 metres apart outside Selfridges on Oxford Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. Shoppers queue in Hannover Street to have their forehead temperatures taken with a Thermo Flash infrared no-contact thermometer before being allowed into the Apple Store around the corner in Regent Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the 24hrs that a further 38 died from Coronavirus, bringing the total to 41,736, a further easing of the UK’s Covid pandemic lockdown restrictions took place with many high street shops today being allowed to re-open after three months of forced closure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wanting to stimulate the economy, has urged people to "shop with confidence" and long queues formed outside the main brands. But unlike on public transport, face coverings are not compulsory so shop floors and shopping practices have had to be adapted to ensure customers’ social distances, amid fears of a second infection wave. A police officer is positioned on an especially-built raised scaffolding platform to watch the public at this important moment of economic progress, on Regent Street, on 15th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus lockdown continues to ease, retailers re-open their doors to shoppers, an employee of a Levis shop on Regent Street awaits customers with hand sanitiser dispensers, and another unpeels the sticky stencil lettering telling customers that they've been missed, on 18th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • After months of a menswear retailer's forced closure during the UK Coronavirus pandemc lockdown, one of its mannequins has fallen over on to the shop floor, its head lying by the door. The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs has increased by 287 to 37,979 while the government lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions", on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • The UK government has imposed Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules on religious gatherings so a priest accompanies two of his parishioners praying at a makeshift altar on the pavement outside St. Patrick's Catholic church in Soho Square, between construction work and some offices, on 22nd June 2020, in London, England. The government is expected soon to relax the social distance rules from two metres to one metre in a bid to restart the economy. However, in the last 24hrs a further 15 have died from Covid, bringing the total today to 42,647.
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  • A customer orders a cold drink from a re-opened bar in Soho where beer on tap is available on the day that UK Prime Minster, Boris Johnson announced in parliament a major easing of Coronavirus pandemic restrictions on July 4th next week, including the re-opening of pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers in England, on 23rd June 2020, in London, England. The three month two metre social distance will be also reduced to one metre plus but in the last 24hrs, a further 171 have died from Covid, bringing the UK total to 42,927.
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  • Shoppers walk past Social Distance advice at Oxford Circus on the day that UK Prime Minster, Boris Johnson announced in parliament a major easing of Coronavirus pandemic restrictions on July 4th next week, including the re-opening of pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers in England, on 23rd June 2020, in London, England. The three month two metre social distance will be also reduced to one metre plus but in the last 24hrs, a further 171 have died from Covid, bringing the UK total to 42,927.
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  • A family who are all wearing face masks walk hand in hand at Elephant and Castle on the day that UK Prime Minster, Boris Johnson announced in parliament of a major easing of Coronavirus pandemic restrictions on July 4th next week, including the re-opening of pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers in England, on 23rd June 2020, in London, England. The three month two metre social distance will be also reduced to one metre plus but in the last 24hrs, a further 171 have died from Covid, bringing the UK total to 42,927.
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  • With a further 154 UK covid deaths reported in the last 24hrs, bringing the total to 43,081 victims during the Coronavirus pandemic, the easing of government lockdown restrictions for the re-opening of shops continues and the two metre social distance rule has been reduced to 'one metre plus' although a younger generation have largely ignored these distances. A boy and girl embrace outside a watch shop, near phone kiosk sex industry cards, on 24th June, in London, England.
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  • With a further 154 UK covid deaths reported in the last 24hrs, bringing the total to 43,081 victims during the Coronavirus pandemic, the easing of government lockdown restrictions for the re-opening of shops continues. A shop worker with H&M and wearing a face shield looks at his watch after another very warm day which saw temperatures rise to 29 degrees in central London , on 24th June, in London, England.
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  • With a further 149 reported dying from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs, taking the UK death toll to 43,320, shoppers are distorted through the Sale window at the 'Zara' Oxford Street store which has recently re-opened foir business after easing of government lockdown rules. Union Jack flags hang alongside Thank You banners in support of NHS (National Health Service) key workers during the Covid pandemic, on 25th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • With a further 184 reported UK Covid deaths in the last 24 hrs, a total now of 43,414, seen from a London bus is an NHS supporting rainbow is at a Victoria Station bus stop, a part of the social distance policy of widening pavements for pedestrians, on 26th June 2020, in London, England. Government restrictions on the 2 metre rule is to be relaxed on 4th July and replaced with 'one metre plus' in the hope it stimulates the struggling UK economy.
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  • With a further 184 reported UK Covid deaths in the last 24 hrs, a total now of 43,414, old friends ignore lockdown rules when greeting each other with a hug infront of the statues of Gottfried Leibniz, Georges Cuvier and Carl Linnaeus, and alongside a social distance post outside the Royal Academy on Burlington Gardens, on 26th June 2020, in London, England. Government restrictions have yet to ease when the 2 metre rule is to be realxed on 4th July for 'one metre plus' and when art galleries like the RA re-open. Venues re-opening will be conditional on the progression of the virus and how well social distancing measures are implemented.
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  • With a further 184 reported UK Covid deaths in the last 24 hrs, a total now of 43,414, retail mannequins in the window of the Armani store on New Bond Street are seen with, in the background, Union Jack flags and the thank you banners that support NHS key workers during the Covid pandemnic lockdown, now easing after three months of the Stay At Home policy but now being relaxed as the shops re-open, on 26th June 2020, in London, England. Government restrictions on the 2 metre rule is to be realxed on 4th July and replaced with 'one metre plus' in the hope it stimulates the struggling UK economy.
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  • With a further 184 reported UK Covid deaths in the last 24 hrs, a total now of 43,414, an artist creates art with Buckingham Palace in Green Park within view during the last stages of the pandemic, on 26th June 2020, in London, England. Many have found lockdown as an opportiunity to be more creatively active and closer to the natural world. Government restrictions on the 2 metre rule is to be realxed on 4th July and replaced with 'one metre plus' in the hope it stimulates the struggling UK economy.
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  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. Repair and refurbishment workmen install a window at a bar on Old Compton Street in Soho, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
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  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. Sandra, owner of hairdressers 'Feel Soho', is helped by a friend, Brigitte, to re-open the business by cleaning the front windows, on Berwick Street in Soho, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK eases further from Coronavirus pandemic restrictions - a relaxation of rules such as 'one metre plus' distance rule and the re-opening of pubs, bars, restaurants and hairdressers - staff and customers at the Carl Campbell hairdressers get used to social distancing and the wearing of PPE (personal protection equipment) face coverings in the salon, on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, on 4th July 2020, in London, England. Under current in hair salons rules, to prevent the spread of airbourne droplets, conversation is meant to be kept to a minimum but the wearing by customers of face coverings is not actually mandatory.
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  • A lady wearing a face covering browses for collectable bargains in an antiques shop that is asking for its customers to wear appropriate face coverings during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 11th July 2020, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
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  • A detail of a window of an adult shop showing social distancing guidelines for responsible queueing customers during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 11th July 2020, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk,
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  • A rower wearing a face shield takes socially distanced visitors along a peaceful stretch of the river Stour during their boat tour of Canterbury during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 18th July 2020,  in Canterbury, Kent, England.
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  • Newlywed groom Paul and bride Zoe have just been married at a nearby beach venue and continue their wedding ceremony by eating bags of chips on the shingle overlooking the Thames Estuary at Whitstable,  on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, large social gatherings such as weddings are currently restricted to a maximum of 30 guests and officlas so Paul and Zoe's own ceremony was witnessed by just a few family and friends.
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  • The morning after Saturday night crowds of young peoples' nightlife beach parties, their litter and rubbish from the night before stretches across the coastal paths and shingle, a lady walks her dogs along the messy sea wall, on 19th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.  A group of local volunteers and council cleaner will soon arrive for the regular morning clean-up that has got worse, they say, during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown and now, the slow easing of health guidelines.
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  • On the day that covid pandemic guidelines for shoppers in England mean that the wearing of face coverings in shops becomes mandatory, shoppers wearing face masks pass Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • On the day that covid pandemic guidelines for shoppers in England mean that the wearing of face coverings in shops is mandatory, shoppers wearing face masks carry Selfridges shopping bags on Oxford Street, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • On the day that covid pandemic guidelines for shoppers in England mean that the wearing of face coverings in shops is mandatory, a male shopper wearing a face mask looks at bikes and cycling products in the window of Selfridges on Oxford Street, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • Staff with visual merchandising supplier 'Bright Leaf' carry blue boards and materials  back to their West End premises, on 24th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • City workers drink outside a bar on Cannon Street which is a participating in the government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme, an initiative for the food and drinks industry to help stimulate the wider economy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 30th July 2020, in London, England.
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  • Green construction netting is stretched across the nave in Holy Trinity church in Ingham, a social distancing measure during the Coronavirus pandemic whose guidelines still allow the gathering of only single worshippers, on 10th August 2020, in Ingham, Norfolk, England.
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  • Social distancing hazard tape is on historical  flagstones in the nave of St. Michael's C of E church, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 13th August 2020, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.
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  • As a red London bus passes-by, a pair of legs walk past an American Stars and Stripes flag bandana lying on the wet pavement in the City of London, the UK capital's financial district, on 17th August 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • As a lady makes a call wearing a face covering, leftovers of empty cups and plates are seen outside a cafe selling cakes and pastries in Knightsbridge during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • A child is picked up by its mother after falling from a twin buggy in Soho, days before the August Bank Holiday when the streets of this lively district of the capital are expected to be busy during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • On a rainy night in Soho, tables set up for social distancing on Frith Street remain vacant at a time when recently re-opened bars and restaurants are desperate for customer business during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • On a rainy night in Soho, security man 'H'  wears a bright red facial covering outside a business at a time when recently re-opened bars and restaurants are desperate for customer business during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • On a rainy night in Soho, three friends hug on Dean Street during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • On a rainy night in Soho, male drinkers shelter under a canopy and a warming red light outside the 'Nellie Dean of Soho' pub on Dean Street at a time when recently re-opened bars and restaurants are desperate for customer business during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • Celebrity conspiracy theorist David Icke is greted by adoring admirers as they gather in Trafalgar Square for an anti-lockdown and pro-personal freedom protest against the government and mainstream media who, they say, are behind disinformation and  untruths about the covid pandemic, on 29th August 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the week that schools open again, City workers still largely remain working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic, and a circular sign on the ground tells Lloyds of London employees and visiting insurance brokers to use another entrance in Lime Street, on 1st September 2020, in London, England.
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  • In the week that schools open again, City workers still largely remain working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic and a few tables for those who have commuted in can eat lunch on closed streets in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district, on 1st September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a visitor to the British Museum wearing a face covering reads decriptions of an ancient Greek vase that depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis along with imaginary animals (Athens, c580BC) by painter, Sophilos, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at this poluar London attraction.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
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  • As workers in London largely remain working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic, a City worker emerges from a doorway next to a reflection of a locked bike, a traffic grid and street barrier in the City of London, on 4th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Diners and drinkers sit within street barriers where Fortnum & Masons have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar in front of the Royal Exchange at Bank, in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • A traffic and events matrix sign tells Londoners to wear a face covering during the Coronavirus pandemic, in the City of London, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • A waiter runs up the steps of Royal Exchange where Fortnum & Mason have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • After being walked on for many months, a detail of fading stencilling asking passing pedestrians to maintain a social distance during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th September, in Soho, London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'.
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  • After a rain shower in central London - the six-month point of the Coronaviruus pandemic lockdown - a businessman wearing a suit and face covering (over his mouth but not nose), strides through Piccadilly Circus carrying a brolly, on 24th September, in London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'. And after being encouraged back to the office to help local economies, workers are again being advised to work from home if possible.
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  • A large sign stands on the concourse of Victoria railway mainline station urges passengers and commuters to wear a face covering while travelling on the capital's public transport system, on 24th September, in London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'. Only those who have medical or psychological issues are exempt from wearing a face covering although £200 fines are in place for those flouting rules.
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  • Portraits of cast members for the 'Dear Evan Hansen' musical are seen through a life ring outside the Noel Coward Theatre on St. Martin's Lane in the heart of the capital's West End Theatreland, still closed to audiences during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 29th September 2020, in London, Westminster, England. Despite the government's £1.15bn financial rescue package for the Arts industry and cultural organisations in England , made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans, London's theatre industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, being closed since the March lockdown closures which has affected 137,250 Arts industry jobs, worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
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  • In an otherwise empty City of London financial district, whose workforce are largely still working from home during the second (Autumn) spike Coronavirus pandemic, a businessman walks through an urban landscape at Bucklersbury Passage, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Londoners walk past a social distancing sign beneath the famous Ritz Hotel on Piccadilly during the second (Autumn) spike of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
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