Two households or groups of up to six people are now able to meet outside in England as the stay-at-home Covid restrictions order ends.
Outdoor sport facilities including tennis courts and golf courses are also reopening and organised outdoor sports can resume.
Weddings can take place again but only with six people attending.
Boris Johnson urges caution, saying cases are up in Europe and variants threaten the vaccine rollout.
The message on this day of lockdown easing is: "It's all outdoors," says UK minister Nigel Huddleston, adding people need to be "sensible"
A single dose of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines was effective at stopping 62% of coronavirus infections in care homes, a study finds.
More than 30 million people in the UK have been vaccinated and more than 3.5 million adults have had their second dose.
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