"Non-essential retail, personal services like hairdressers, hospitality and gyms will reopen today in England as the benefit of the success of the UK’s vaccination programme sees a return to reality.

The country still has a long way to go to ensure that there is no need to reintroduce strict measures and there are several possible bumps in the road that need to be negotiated.

An image of a possible future for the UK has been seen during the Pandemic with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland each making its own decisions over locking down and reopening. Elections to be held in the devolved administrations could see Scotland's demand for a second referendum in independence gather pace.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has managed to stay the course of his plans for the reopening and, so far, it has been successful with the majority of the population obeying the rules. Between today and May19th the real test of the roadmap will take place.

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