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French President Emmanuel Macron and Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot meet with representatives of the nightlife sector to take stock of the reopenings and support for the sector, which has been badly affected by months of Covid lockdowns. IMAGES
Social life begins anew for the residents of Lille, in northern France, after seven months of Covid-19 lockdowns, as bars and restaurants reopen their indoor dining areas. IMAGES
In the old port of Marseille, the terrace of a café is full on the morning of the long-awaited reopening. Closed since October 30, 2020, bars and restaurants are once again allowed to serve their customers outside on terraces and with no more than six people at a table. Indoor dining is still off limits for now. IMAGES
"Shops, certain cultural and sporting activities, and (cafe) terraces" could reopen "around mid-May" in France depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Prime Minister Jean Castex says. SOUNDBITE
Long tailbacks of freight lorries are seen on the motorway leading to the Port of Dover after the France reopened cross-border travel with Britain. IMAGES
Scene at port of the Dover, in England, as French and British authorities are holding talks on the resumption of traffic suspended due to a new strain of the coronavirus. IMAGES