It’s not often we get a hot Bank Holiday weekend, but instead of flocking to the town’s parks and beaches most seem to be heeding the Government advice and remaining indoors.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged people to stay at home over the Easter weekend and maintain social distancing measures, despite the good weather.
And with lockdown measures looking set to continue for the foreseeable future, these remarkably quiet scenes captured on Saturday, April 11
look set to become commonplace as the UK unites to combat the spread of coronavirus.

9. Mile End Road car park
South Shields town centre car parks would ordinarily be full on a sunny Easter weekend but instead were left empty. | JPIMedia Photo: JPI

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