Hundreds flock to London's parks on sunny Saturday
by Andrew Anthony from on (#521QT)
As the capital's Victoria Park reopens its gates after two weeks, the rules on exercise and social distancing remain blurred
As temperatures nudged into the 20s yesterday on a brilliant morning in east London, one of Victoria Park's management team admitted she and her colleagues had "been doing rain dances" in the vain hope of poor weather.
Saturday was the first day for two weeks the so-called People's Park had been open to the public, following police complaints of people gathering large groups in defiance of coronavirus restrictions. The decision by Tower Hamlets Council to close the park was greeted with frustration and incomprehension by many locals.
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