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- - Most remaining legal coronavirus restrictions are lifted in England, leading to some dubbing today (Monday, July 19) 'Freedom day'
- - The country has finally reached the last step in the Government’s unlocking road map
- - Groups of more than six people from multiple households will be able to meet indoors and outdoors
- - Businesses will reopen, including shuttered nightclubs that can welcome party-goers back to dance floors
- - Face masks are no longer mandatory in shops and on public transport but now 'advised'
- - Some independent and national businesses announced they will keep some social distancing measures
- - Nearly 600 coronavirus cases were confirmed across Dorset in the last 24 hours
- - How are you feeling about 'freedom day'? Excited or nervous? Are you a business that has kept rules largely the same? Email your thoughts at michael.taylor@newsquest.co.uk
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