Live updates as crowds pack into Leeds city centre for first big weekend pubs and shops reopening

There are long queues at stores in Leeds city centre including Debenhams and Zara as shops reopen for the first weekend in months

Shoppers have packed into the city centre and formed long queues across the centre - as these photos show.

Keep following for updates from our reporter Dan Sheridan on the scene.

Long queues have been seen at Debenhams as shoppers flood back into the city centreplaceholder image
Long queues have been seen at Debenhams as shoppers flood back into the city centre
City centre shoppers pack into Leeds right nowplaceholder image
City centre shoppers pack into Leeds right now
Long queues at Zara, which has the longest of anywhere in the city centreplaceholder image
Long queues at Zara, which has the longest of anywhere in the city centre
Long queues at Debenhamsplaceholder image
Long queues at Debenhams
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