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More than 50 days after lockdown eased – what we spotted on a walk around Birmingham city centre – Birmingham Live
As the rising R rate raises the potential of a local lockdown, we wander around Birmingham city centre to see what the real signs are saying…

Dateline, Monday August 24 – and it’s 22 weeks since lockdown restrictions left Birmingham city centre looking like a ghost town.
The Bullring and Primark on High Street reopened with queues waiting on Monday, June 15, but the real lockdown wasn’t properly eased until Saturday, July 4 when pubs could also reopen
More than 50 days on from that auspicious date, and even though Birmingham’s retailers haven’t exactly been busy since – and few businesses have returned to their offices – it is now b…
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