Rules are being relaxed but life will not return to normal

People walk over two metre social distancing markings at Ridley Road street market in east London, as the government considers relaxing official guidelines on social distancing to a shorter distance of one metre. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, pressed to reduce social distancing from two metres to one metre, has told the Commons: "It's the sort of thing of course we want to lift and we need to do that in a way that is careful and safe.

25th June 2020

Glorious sunshine until late evening. Temperatures soaring past 30 degrees. As I write this the blue skies seem to tempt us to make the most of outdoor spaces. I’m not writing in Gibraltar. This is London. Again the weather reports tell us it’s “warmer than in Ibiza”. We know it won’t last but the announcement...