Revellers crowd into city centres across the UK to kick off the balmy Bank Holiday weekend

Revellers crowded into bars in London, Newcastle, Leeds and Liverpool to kick off the Bank Holiday weekend as diners are allowed to eat and drink indoors for the first time since the third lockdown was eased.

Groups of young women dressed to impress as they posed for photos, queued to get into bars early and even performed back flips on the second weekend that restrictions were relaxed. 

Though nightclubs remain closed, pubs and bars are drawing crowds of friends – in stark contrast to the early May Bank Holiday, when hospitality firms were still unable to properly reopen to punters.

Jubilant scenes come amid increasing concerns that the Indian variant is surging in parts of England after daily cases surpassed 4,000 on Friday, for the first time since early April.

However, ministers were expecting infections to rise as lockdown was eased, while No10 is hoping that the vaccine roll-out will prevent infections leading to serious illness and death.  

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Huge numbers of revellers sitting outside pubs and bars in Soho, central London as they see in the Bank Holiday weekend

A group of friends in high heels pose for photos as they go out in Leeds as they see in the Bank Holiday weekend 

Friends are seeing walking through Soho, central London as they enjoy drinks and dinner at the start of the weekend

Two friends walk through Leeds without their shoes as they enjoy drinks as they see in the Bank Holiday weekend 

Covid marshals and police are seen outside the Prince Edward theatre in London while revellers enjoy drinks in Soho

Revellers kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend by enjoying a Friday night out in Newcastle tonight around the pubs and clubs

Revellers make the most of the Bank Holiday weekend in Liverpool

Revellers kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend by enjoying a Friday night out in Newcastle tonight around the pubs and clubs

Revellers kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend by enjoying a Friday night out in Newcastle tonight around the pubs and clubs

A reveller performs a back flip on a night out in Newcastle on Friday night 

Revellers kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend by enjoying a Friday night out in Newcastle tonight around the pubs and clubs

A group of friends dressed to impressed head out in Newcastle tonight to kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend

Friday night revellers enjoy bars and restaurants on Osborne Road in Jesmond, Newcastle

Revellers sit on the floor in Newcastle as they see in the May Bank Holiday weekend

Friday night revellers enjoy bars and restaurants on Osborne Road in Jesmond, Newcastle

Friends in Liverpool posed for photos as they head out to pubs and bars to see in the May Bank Holiday

Revellers kick start the Spring Bank Holiday weekend by enjoying a Friday night out in Newcastle tonight around the pubs and clubs

Friday night revellers enjoy bars and restaurants on Osborne Road in Jesmond, Newcastle

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