Tomorrow will see a further relaxing of the tough Covid-19 restrictions we have been living under for more than a year. It will undoubtedly be a source of happiness to people to be allowed to travel outside of their own county for the first time since Christmas.
And there will also be relief as hairdressers, barbers and beauticians reopen, along with libraries, museums, galleries and other cultural attractions.
Friends and families will be delighted that three households, or a group of six people, will be permitted to meet outdoors, while a vaccinated household can meet an unvaccinated one indoors.
With renewed freedoms against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding vaccination roll-out, there will be an accompanying sense of hope that wasn't