In Pictures: Back to the beach for sun-seekers as temperatures rise

Sunbathers have continued to make the most of their new-found freedoms after lockdown measures were eased in England as temperatures soared for a second day.

The warmer seas even encouraged a pod of bottlenose dolphins to swim close to shore in the North East on Wednesday morning.

Beaches around England were popular places for families to gather with the sea an inviting place to cool down.