We’re going to be closing down this blog now. Thank you to everyone who’s read along with us today - special thanks to those who sent in tips and pointers, it’s always much appreciated. If you’re venturing into the pub tonight, enjoy your post-lockdown pint, and stay safe! “They have just finished polishing the brass plate at the threshold of Trullo at London’s Highbury Corner when I arrive for my lunch, dead on noon. A moment later I become the first customer to cross that threshold in 108 days.” The Observer’s restaurant critic Jay Rayner has written about his first restaurant meal since lockdown, which gives fascinating insight into what dining out might look like for the foreseeable future. You can read the full review here: More detail has emerged about the incident in which police were attacked when breaking up an illegal rave in White City, west London, last night. Two police officers suffered broken bones and nine others were injured after being pelted with bricks when they attended the scene. London mayor Sadiq Khan has since condemned the attacks against officers as “disgraceful”. “This feels very weird. It would feel more natural bringing my own and sitting on my own drinking in a park,” said Mark Simmons, a lawyer who was visiting the venue with his wife, Natasha, their two children and friends. “Coming to a place that serves alcohol in a car park is weird.” My colleague Mattha Busby reports from an east London pub (well, the car park of an east London pub...) “[Boohoo’s success] meant relying on the rapid work of suppliers in Leicester – “the bedrock of Boohoo’s success”, according to one industry source. Estimates suggested that 75%-80% of the city’s garment output is sold to the company. Amid the quarantine gloom, it was a British coronavirus success story. In Leicester this week, however, a very different lockdown narrative was unfolding, of a city that had failed to keep the virus under control and was facing new local restrictions. In case you missed it, this is a very important report from my colleagues Archie Bland and Annie Kelly into the conditions of factory workers in Leicester, which has just been put into a localised lockdown after a jump in coronavirus cases. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has called on the UK to come together at 5pm tomorrow to thank the NHS on its 72nd birthday. It’s not entirely clear what this would entail. Perhaps a final resurgence of the NHS clap? The Labour leader has criticised the government’s handling of the easing of lockdown restrictions, describing its messaging as “all over the place”. Sir Keir Starmer said this weekend’s reopening had been a test for the government, but that it had given conflicting messages. “The messaging has been all over the place,” Starmer told TimesRadio. “You have had some government messaging saying go out and have a drink, other messaging saying be responsible, be cautious – the messaging, I think, has been very poor over the last few weeks. “Today is a massive day, and it is a real test. We have supported the easing of restrictions and we have supported the government on that. But, we have been very mindful of the risks, so we are saying be very cautious the virus hasn’t gone away,” he said. “My message, really, to the government is, this is a big test for you,” he added. “We are supporting you in easing restrictions but you absolutely have to be on top of the risks. And that means that things like test, track and trace really have to work. And there has to be a much better way of dealing with local outbreaks.” A man in his 20s has died after being found with gunshot wounds near Pentonville prison, north London. Police were called to Roman Way, Islington, at around 3.20pm on Saturday following reports of shots being fired. The man died at the scene but no arrests have been made, Scotland Yard said. The victims family have been informed. The motivation for the attack remains unclear. The Metropolitan police said it was too early to say whether the shooting was linked to Pentonville, which is one of the country’s oldest and busiest jails, housing a men’s prison and a young offender institution. Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has video or images that could assist is asked to call 101, referencing CAD 4432/4 July. UK death toll at 44,198 In the UK, 44,198 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Friday – up by 67 from the previous day. This is according to figures from the Department of Health and Social Care. As of 9am on 4 July, 284,900 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK under pillars 1 and 2, meaning in swabs taken from those in hospital or healthcare workers, and swabs from the wider population. This does not include the results from antibodies tests, which show whether someone has had the virus, or blood and swab testing for national surveillance supported by PHE, ONS and research, academic, and scientific partners. The department also acknowledged that the true number of coronavirus cases will be far higher, as these figures do account for people who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms and do not get tested. The prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has defended his decision to travel to Greece during the coronavirus pandemic. Stanley Johnson posted a picture on social media of himself arriving in the country wearing a mask, and said he was visiting on “essential business” because he needed to “Covid-proof my property” before the letting season. He was widely criticised for travelling via Bulgaria to avoid travel bans on direct flights from the UK. Asked about social media posts, Johnson senior told reporters on Saturday: “I didn’t put them up... in a spirit of defiance or anything like that.” Asked if he had put his son, the prime minister, in a difficult position by travelling to Greece, Johnson senior said: “I have read his answers and he is absolutely right to say... that, you know what... and I think... I am not going to talk about private conversations between family members... and, I am absolutely not going to talk about that.” Referring to airbridges between the UK and other countries, the PM’s father said: “Let’s open this airbridge as quick as we can. People are longing to get here and this is a country which has everything.” He added: “I am not going to say whether my actions were correct or not but in any case what happened, happened. How wonderful it would be if, quite quickly, if the two governments could come to some arrangement.” Boris Johnson has refused to condemn his father for flying to Greece in apparent breach of Foreign Office guidance to avoid non-essential travel. “I think you really ought to raise that with him. I am not going to get into details of family conversations,” he said on LBC.