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It's good to be back!

Fun in the sun - 12 pictures of families and friends enjoying pubs, cafes and the fair in South Shields as lockdown eases on April 12

Whether it was a drink with friends, cake with the family, or a trip to the fair, people in South Tyneside made the most of reopening day as restrictions lifted.

These pictures show happy faces pleased to be getting back to some sort of normality.