coronavirus cases.According to the BBC, the new rule applies to social groups meeting anywhere indoors or outdoors – apart from schools, places of work and COVID-secure weddings, funerals and organised team sports.Those who fail to comply with the rule could face a £100 fine, which will double on each further repeat offence up to £3,200.Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to officially announce the new restrictions at a Downing Street news conference tomorrow (September 9).“We need to act