John Lewis reopening Cambridge store on June 15 but NOT Peterborough

John Lewis has confirmed its reopening 13 of its shops - including Cambridge - as the Government announced plans to further ease the lockdown.

Initially, the stores in Kingston and Poole will open on June 15, with another 11 opening three days later - but Peterborough doesn't make the cut as yet.

The shops to open on Thursday, June 18 are:

Bluewater

Cambridge

Cheadle

Cheltenham

High Wycombe

Horsham

Ipswich

Norwich

Nottingham

Solihull

Welwyn

In a statement on John Lewis' website, a spokesman said: "The safety of our partners and customers will be our overriding priority in all elements of our reopening plan and we want to ensure any lessons we have learnt from opening the initial stage of shops can be applied to the rest of our shops before we open more.

"Our plan has been created so that it is flexible and we are ready to adapt it if the need arises; either as a result of further guidance from the government, or because of things we learn during the early stages of our own re-openings."

Changing rooms will be closed and expect to see protective screens at checkouts, contactless payment limit of £45, social distancing measures and fewer entrances to limit the number of customers.