RECAP: How Hartlepool fared as 'non-essential' retail businesses reopened on April 12

Hundreds of “non-essential” businesses across the Hartlepool reopened for the first time in at least three months on Monday, April 12, following the latest easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Scenes from Hartlepool on April 12 as "non-essential" businesses reopen for the first time in more than three months.Scenes from Hartlepool on April 12 as "non-essential" businesses reopen for the first time in more than three months.
Scenes from Hartlepool on April 12 as "non-essential" businesses reopen for the first time in more than three months.

Hartlepool Mail staff Mark Payne, Pamela Bilalova and Frank Reid were on the town’s streets to see how bars, hairdressers and other retail premises fared on a landmark day.

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