All the lockdown laws changing today - and the businesses still banned from opening
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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said outdoor pools will be able to reopen from Saturday to be followed by indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities from July 25.
Theatres, opera, dance and music will also be able to resume outdoors from the weekend although audience numbers will be restricted and will be subject to social-distancing rules.
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Hide AdFollowing the opening for hairdressers last week, beauticians, tattooists, spas, tanning salons and other close contact services will be able to welcome back customers from Monday.
At the same time the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has also published guidance to enable competitive grassroots team sports to resume, beginning with cricket at the weekend.
This is what can open when, and what is still banned.
Saturday 11 July
Outdoor swimming pools and outdoor water parks
Monday 13 July
Spas
Nail bars and salons and beauty salons
Tanning booths and salons
Massage parlours
Tattoo parlours
Body and skin piercing services
From 25 July (subject to assessment the evidence at the time regarding the rates of transmission)
Sports facilities and venues (indoor gyms, fitness and dance studios, indoor swimming pools and indoor water parks)
Business opened on July 4
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Hide AdHotels, hostels, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday apartments or homes, cottages or bungalows, campsites, caravan parks or boarding houses
Places of worship
Community centres
Libraries
Hair salons and barbers, including mobile hair businesses
Cinemas, theatres and concert halls
Funfairs, theme parks, adventure parks and activitiesOutdoor gyms and playgrounds
Museums and galleries
Bingo halls
Outdoor skating rinks
Amusement arcades and other entertainment centres
Model villages
Social clubs
Indoor attractions at aquariums, zoos, safari parks, farms, wildlife centres and any place where animals are exhibited to the public as an attraction
Indoor and outdoor areas of visitor attractions including, gardens, heritage sites, film studios and landmarks
Places that still can’t reopen
Nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques
Casinos
Sexual entertainment venues and hostess bars
Bowling alleys
Indoor skating rinks
Indoor play areas, including soft-play areas
Indoor fitness and dance studios
Indoor gyms and sports courts and facilities
Indoor swimming pools and indoor water parks
Exhibition halls or conference centres must remain closed for events such as exhibitions or conferences, other than for those who work for the business or organisation who run the venue.