Shoppers expected to spend £1,500,000,000 on first weekend after lockdown

Shoppers hit high street for first weekend after lockdown (Pictures: Rex/Getty)High streets across the country have been packed today as shoppers try to make up for lost time following the second Covid lockdown.
With all non-essential shops shut for the last four Saturdays, around £1.5billion is expected to be spent this weekend as Christmas shopping goes supercharged.
It comes after thousands of drinkers in tier two areas made the most of rules being eased slightly on Friday night –