School classrooms remain quiet and shoppers are yet to return to markets as the UK takes "tentative steps" out of the relaxed lockdown measures.
Sky News correspondent Ashna Hurynag has visited Handcross Primary School near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, where pupils have been reunited with friends they haven't seen in 10 weeks.
She said: "The classrooms are eerily quiet and corridors are void of hustle and bustle.
"No such business is allowed – as the two-metre distancing is enforced everywhere from the playground to the toilets.
"Friends that haven't seen each other in 10 weeks can't give each other a hug. Play areas are cut off with tape, safety is paramount."
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She also said there are only individual desks and separate supplies for each pupil with no sharing allowed.
Tape on the floor marks the two-metre "safe" route to the sink for hand-washing.
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Pupils have also been sat at individual desks at Hiltingbury Infant School in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.
Sky's North of England correspondent Gerard Tubb is at Kirkgate market in Leeds, where the council has waived stall holder fees.
He said: "It's still early but there are no customers.
"In the first hour and a half of trading after 10 weeks of lockdown, Akbar Balkhi sold just one pair of socks for £2."
Ikea homeware stores have reopened in England today, with a long queue seen outside an outlet in Lakeside, Thurrock.
Protective checkout screens and sanitiser are available in stores and all payments must be made by card.
The restaurants and playgrounds in the chain's outlets remain closed.
Wardens are patrolling stores and the number of customers is limited.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma told Sky News that the lockdown is being eased in a "phased manner".
He added: "This is not a dash… these are very cautious, tentative steps that we are taking.
"The one thing that no one wants to see is a second spike."
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