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Consumers are looking forward to returning to shops, beer gardens, gyms and hairdressers as restrictions ease into step two.

Many salons are reporting they are fully booked for up to six weeks despite ‘everybody wanting an appointment on April 12’.

Chester Zoo said the majority of its tickets are sold out for the coming days.

Shops, hairdressers and pub beer gardens can all reopen their doors on Monday.

As of April 12, people can use indoor fitness facilities, including indoor pools, alone or within a household group.

Half of Britons plan to make a dash for the pub or a restaurant when the rules ease, a recent poll by investment bank Jefferies found.

Further tributes to Philip feature in Sunday’s papers.

Sir Richard was listed at number 435 in The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020.

After months of being shuttered, pubs and restaurants have undertaken renovations to maximise their ability to serve customers outside.

A national minute’s silence will be observed as the funeral begins on Saturday at 3pm.

The UK is officially in a period of national mourning for the next week, up to and including the funeral on Saturday afternoon.

Shops will be able to extend their opening hours from 7am to 10pm to help customers avoid peak times and ease transport pressures.

Just 30 people can attend funerals as guests during the current Covid restrictions.

Coronavirus restrictions mean Prince Philip’s will be one of the smallest funerals of any senior royal for decades.

Mr Cameron was said to have described the decision to exclude his employer’s firm, Greensill Capital, from the multibillion-pound scheme as ‘nuts’.

The duke’s funeral will take place in Windsor Castle on April 17,

The duke died peacefully in his sleep on Friday at the age of 99.

On the grass in the Quadrangle will be representative detachments drawn from Philip’s military special relationships.

The palace has revealed the arrangements for the funeral, which includes a national minute’s silence.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will also be a ceremonial royal occasion but arrangements have changed because of the pandemic.