23 March 2021

In Pictures: Nation pauses to reflect on lockdown anniversary

23 March 2021

People around the UK have been marking one year since the first coronavirus lockdown was announced.

Candles are lit at Blackburn Cathedral (PA Wire)
The Dean of Blackburn (PA Wire)
Staff St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London received flowers from the Queen (PA Wire)
Canon Andrew Stead leads a service during the day of reflection at Lichfield Cathedral (PA Wire)
People light candles at Lichfield Cathedral (PA Wire)
People clap after observing a minute’s silence outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (PA Wire)
Staff and military personnel hold flowers (PA Wire)
Sir Simon Stevens joined the minute's silence (PA Wire)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the vaccination centre at Westminster Abbey (PA Wire)
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon observes the minute’s silence (PA Wire)
A porter observes a minute’s silence at a college in Cambridge (PA Wire)
Labour's Sir Keir Starmer visits a hospital (PA Wire)
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan helps to plant trees (PA Wire)
People observe a minute’s silence at Blackburn Cathedral (PA Wire)

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