# Freedom Day

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Johnson faces backlash over plans to make vaccine passports compulsory for nightclubs

The announcement came on the day such venues in England were allowed to reopen.

23.2k

Jul 20th 2021, 7:08 AM

Anti-lockdown protests held in London hours after final Covid-19 restrictions lifted in England

Protesters chanted ‘shame on police’ and ‘arrest Boris Johnson’ as they gathered in London today.

62.7k

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Jul 19th 2021, 8:45 PM

Nightclubs reopen their doors as last remaining Covid-19 restrictions lifted in England

Legal mandates covering the wearing of masks and working from home have been scrapped.

50.2k

Jul 19th 2021, 6:56 AM

Johnson stresses ‘pandemic is not over’ as he confirms 19 July lockdown easing in England

The British Government will continue to encourage the use of face masks and domestic vaccine passports.

25.7k

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Jul 12th 2021, 6:52 PM

England set to lift mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing rules

Boris Johnson said today that Step 4 will proceed, but it is yet to be confirmed whether it will still happen on 19 July.

26.0k

Jul 5th 2021, 5:32 PM

England may need to delay its roadmap to normality, but only for 'a couple of weeks'

Of 126 people admitted to hospital with the Indian variant, just three had had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

9.6k

Jun 8th 2021, 3:53 PM