Lockdown easing RECAP: Every update as bars, restaurants, shops and gyms open their doors
Pubs, hairdressers, shops and gyms reopened today as England moves into step two of the lockdown roadmap
Businesses have reopened across the North East this weekend after the Government eased the lockdown restrictions.
Owners of pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and more threw open their doors to customers and welcomed them back after an enforced closure of more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Queues were seen outside several outlets in Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham city centres, while staff and customers got used to shopping, drinking and eating in venues again.
The alleged director of a plot to raid a security van in west Belfast must remain in custody, a High Court judge has ruled.
Jason McMillan was refused bail amid claims that he was part of a gang that planned to carry out a cash-in-transit heist.
The 30-year-old was among three men arrested last month during a police surveillance operation.
Two co-accused were detained after officers intervened at shops in the Northumberland Road area on March 6.
The pair were in a car from which a loaded gun was recovered, prosecutors said.
McMillan, of Duncairn Parade in the city, was arrested separately and faces a single charge of conspiracy to rob.
Alleged director of plot to raid security van to remain in custody Jason McMillan was refused bail 07 April, 2021 16:16
The alleged director of a plot to raid a security van in west Belfast is to remain in custody, a High Court judge has ruled.
Jason McMillan was refused bail amid claims that he was part of a gang who planned to carry out a cash-in-transit heist.
The 30-year-old was among three men arrested last month during a police surveillance operation.
Two co-accused were detained after officers intervened at shops in the Northumberland Road area on March 6.
The pair were in a car from which a loaded gun was recovered, prosecutors said.