London mayor warns that retailers will go bust because of Covid unless people return

The mayor of London was among thousands of shoppers who made made their way to England’s high streets on the first Saturday after the second national lockdown was lifted.

In areas such as York, Colchester and Bournemouth, people went out in droves to buy items for Christmas, and in London Oxford Street was filled with people making the most of the relaxed restrictions that came into force last week. Among them was Khan, who took selfies with people out shopping.

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