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Guest restrictions at weddings and wakes have been lifted from June 21, though England will have to wait until July 19 at the earliest before all COVID-19 restrictions are scrapped.

June 21 was coined as “Freedom Day,” the due date for the last stage of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, with all restrictions lifted at the same time.

That date was delayed until at least July 19 after a spike in cases, as well as to allow for the vaccination programme to continue gathering momentum and to monitor the new Delta variant.

There were some restrictions lifted from June 21, though, as care home residents will no longer need to self-isolate after leaving their care homes.

As well as this, residents of care homes can also nominate one person to be an “essential caregiver” who can visit even if the resident is self-isolating.

Large scale test events can continue, as well as capacity trials at music festivals and football matches at Euro 2020, while Wimbledon will have a full crowd for the men’s and women’s finals.

Children can attend overnight trips in groups of 30 and weddings and wakes, which had been restricted to 30 guests, will now be able to host as many people as the venue can safely accommodate, though risk assessments will have to be filled out beforehand.

However, we will have to wait until at least July 19 before all legal limits on social contact are removed, and nightclubs can reopen.

The hospitality sector will also have to stick to reduced numbers and table service until the next lockdown stage, and indoor venues will be capped at 50% capacity.

There will be a review of the restrictions on July 5, to ensure that it will be safe to lift regulations on July 19.

Adults of all ages are now being invited to book their COVID-19 vaccinations, as Lincolnshire has now administered over 900,000 either first or second doses of the jab.

In Lincolnshire, there was a 53% rise in coronavirus cases from last week, with 591 positive cases reported in the last seven days to Sunday.

A 53% rise in COVID-19 cases in Lincolnshire last week has continued across the weekend.

The latest figures show there were 591 coronavirus cases in the seven days to Sunday  — compared to the 387 cases the previous week.

The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded over the weekend 75 new cases in Lincolnshire, 79 in North East Lincolnshire and 15 in North Lincolnshire.

There were no deaths reported in government figures over the weekend, however a decrease in numbers early in the week was due to residents being more accurately designated to their correct addresses.

NHS England no longer reports deaths over the weekend, however, there was one local hospital death in Greater Lincolnshire’s four health trusts last week.

A number of coronavirus restrictions were due to be lifted on Monday, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week confirmed a delay of four weeks to July 19 with a review of July 5.

Boris Johnson speaking on June 14.

However, weddings and wakes will have the cap of 30 guests removed, while care home residents will no longer have to quarantine for 14 days after days out.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News on Monday morning that it was “unlikely” coronavirus restrictions would be lifted early and that he would “err on the side of caution”.

Meanwhile Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed plans for an autumn booster jab programme.

Mr Hancock told BBC Breakfast that the government was waiting fro the results of clinical trials into which combinations of vaccines were most effective.

Elsewhere a million extra jabs were booked in two days after social networks such as Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok and Reddit launched campaigns encouraging young people to get theirs.

It comes as data suggests 13% of those aged 16-29 are unsure about getting the jab, the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy.

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Sunday, June 20

61,774 cases (up 169)

• 42,714 in Lincolnshire (up 75)
• 9,869 in North Lincolnshire (up 15)
• 9,191 in North East Lincolnshire (up 79)

2,194 deaths (no change)

• 1,622 from Lincolnshire (no change)
• 302 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
• 270 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)

of which 1,312 hospital deaths (no change)

• 816 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
• 42 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
• 1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
• 453 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)

4,630,040 UK cases, 127,976 deaths

DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF THE LATEST UPDATE. POSTCODE DATA INCLUDES DEATHS NOT IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES OR IN HOSPITALS OUTSIDE AUTHORITY BOUNDARIES.

Police are looking for a man in connection with an incident of burglary and fraud in Lincoln.

Bank cards were reported stolen from a property on College Close on April 12, before being used to purchase tobacco and cigarettes from the Co-op at Riseholme Road.

CCTV footage has been released on June 20 by police, and they would like to speak to the man in the picture.

He has been described as a white male of medium to slim build, wearing a blue baseball cap with white letters or a logo on the front.

He is also seen wearing a black fleece jacket with a hood and pockets at the side, as well as a zip front, with grey jogging bottoms and black Adidas running style trainers with the silver ‘three stripes’ logo.

The man pictured was also carrying a blue carrier bag in his left hand, and had a light blue surgical mask on, obscuring the bottom half of his face.

If you can assist police with this investigation, or know who the man is, contact officers in one of the following ways:

• Call 101 and quote incident 182 of April 15
• Email [email protected] and use the same incident reference in the subject box