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image captionLucy s Pop Choir managed one rehearsal before new restrictions were put in place
Last Monday, as lockdown restrictions eased, choir director Lucy McLean posted a selfie from her first real-life practice since October 2020. It might look like shock on my face but it was actually pure joy! she wrote on Facebook. I love my job so so much and it was an absolute pleasure to get back to it tonight. There were about 15 of us there, McLean tells the BBC, and for one of the singers, it was the first time that she d come back to the choir since the first lockdown.
TOAST for breakfast! Jubilant Britons celebrate with champagne in the Ivy or a pint down the pub as bars and restaurants allow punters inside for first time since Christmas on Freedom Day
Britons flood back to pubs and bars on Freedom Monday as restrictions lifted in England for indoor hospitality
One pair clinked glasses of bubbly in The Ivy in London, as they marked Freedom Day in England in style
One man in Birmingham was pictured with a drink in each hand as he prepared to eat a full-English breakfast
Others skipped food altogether and opted for liquid breakfast , as Britons rejoiced reopening of indoor areas
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Covid in Scotland: Choir perform together for first time in 14 months
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Watch the National Youth Choir of Scotland perform together for the first time in 14 months.
The choir sang Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up at Edinburgh’s Calton Hill live on BBC Breakfast.
Choirs can sing outdoors across most of Scotland for the first time since March 2020 as Covid restrictions ease in all parts of the country - apart from in Glasgow and Moray.
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