Coronavirus: How the UK marked Easter weekend amid lockdown
Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesA woman walked alone on Trecco Bay Beach, in Porthcawl, Wales, on Good Friday. Police in the UK increased patrols to prevent people from travelling to beaches and beauty spots over the Easter weekend.This Jubilee Line train - photographed at Stratford Underground Station at 08:00 BST on Saturday - would usually have been packed with workers and shoppers heading to Westfield shopping centre in east London.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivered his Easter Sunday sermon, filmed on his iPad, from the kitchen from his flat in London. The service was broadcast on 39 BBC local radio stations.A man wearing a mask walked in front of the closed Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare at about midday on Easter Sunday.A woman held a cross and prayed in front of a closed Westminster Cathedral in central London on Sunday.
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