Coronavirus: Dunelm reopens in Grantham

High street homewares chain Dunelm has reopened its store in Grantham.

The outlet in South Parade, London Road, reportedly opened on Friday in line with the Government's revised guidelines on 'essential' retailers.

The company, which has been closed since March 23 after the UK went into lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, has now reopened branches across the UK, including in the Midlands.

The company says it has reopened with new social distancing and safety measures in place, including two metre social distancing gaps, one-way systems and click & collect contact-free orders.

A statement on the company website said: "At the start of May, the Government gave their approval for homeware stores to re-open, but we've waited until we feel ready and confident in our safety measures. During this time we enlisted the help of experts from the NHS, Government and Trading Standards to advise us of what we needed to do to help everyone stay safe and well.

"As with everything we've done so far we have approached this carefully. We started by re-opening just a few stores in the Midlands first, then expanded to a group of 39 stores covering more of the UK. We are very happy to now be re-opening all stores in England and Northern Ireland.

"So we're back, we're safer than ever, and we can't wait to see you again soon."