Non-essential shops have reopened alongside hospitality businesses, gyms and hairdressers, in the most significant return to freedom this year.
These pictures show the large number of people who braved the freezing conditions to get back to the high street.
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DM21040200a.jpg. Worthing shops reopen after covid lockdown eases. Lorraine and Mel Ewer. Photo by Derek Martin Photography. SUS-211204-203844008 Photo: Hilsea Portsmouth
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DM21040202a.jpg. Worthing shops reopen after covid lockdown eases. Photo by Derek Martin Photography SUS-211204-203712008 Photo: Hilsea Portsmouth
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DM21040203a.jpg. Shoreham shops reopen after covid lockdown eases. Photo by Derek Martin Photography. SUS-211204-203723008 Photo: Hilsea Portsmouth
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DM21040204a.jpg. Shoreham shops reopen after covid lockdown eases. Photo by Derek Martin Photography. SUS-211204-203733008 Photo: Hilsea Portsmouth