Pictures from a sunny day at Sunderland's coast as loved ones reunite under roadmap rule change

The start of this week marked a key moment in the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown with family and friends permitted to meet up outdoors under the rule of six, or as part of two households.

Sunderland Echo photographer Stu Norton headed out to the beach on Tuesday, March 30 to meet some of you as you reunited with loved ones for the first time in weeks as parts of England’s current Covid restrictions were relaxed. Here are pictures taken while out and about in the sunshine on Tuesday – thank you to everyone who stopped to say hello!