Blackpool will have extra coronavirus restrictions from midnight - these are the new rules

coronavirus restrictions.The new tiered system was unveiled by the Prime Minister on Monday.Areas of England will now be ordered into “medium”, “high” and “very high” alert levels - or Tier one, two and three.It was announced on Thursday morning that millions of people in London will be subject to Tier 2 measures from this weekend.Later, the health secretary Matt Hancock also confirmed parts of Cumbria, Essex, Derbyshire, Surrey and Yorkshire will also move to Tier 2.From Saturday, London,

London will be moved into Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions this week.MPs have been told that from midnight on Friday, the capital will be considered 'high risk' and see tougher measures put on millions of people.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan was in continuing discussions with ministers on Thursday morning about the move.Tier 2 will see Londoners banned from mixing indoors - including in pubs and restaurants - with anyone outside their household unless it is their support bubble.Outdoor meet ups are

Residents at a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Greeley, Colo., organized a protest last week against the state's coronavirus restrictions. About 20 residents, many in wheelchairs, gathered outside Fairacres Manor on Thursday during the roughly two-hour demonstration.

Pubs, bars, and restaurant groups in England are taking legal action against “catastrophic” government-imposed restrictions facing the hospitality sector amid high coronavirus infection rates. Members of the industry argue that there is no evidence to support that hospitality venues have contributed to the spread of COVID-19 and are seeking a judicial review, Sky News reported Monday.

Tougher restrictions on funerals and public transport in Oldham are to be scrapped as Greater Manchester is due to be placed under ‘Tier 2’ coronavirus rules, an MP has said.The region has reportedly escaped a ‘Tier 3′ shutdown of pubs and bars, but households will continue to be banned from meeting inside, it is understood.Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon tweeted following a video call with Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in which he confirmed that the rules would be changing for Oldham and

hereIt's understood that Manchester's local leaders are still in discussions over Greater Manchester's status.The leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese told the BBC, as he said they hoped to remain in Tier 2.Mr Johnson will chair the emergency Cobra committee this morning, before addressing the Commons this afternoon.Mr Dowden told Sky News: "If those measures are successful we hope to be able to take areas out of those high levels of restrictions."The purpose of doing this is to

Pubs, gyms and casinos will be forced to close and all but essential travel to and from coronavirus hotspots banned under new measures aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spell out his three-tier strategy on Monday with areas in England labelled as medium, high or very high risk, which will inform the “appropriate interventions” needed in each area.Merseyside is expected to be among the areas subjected to Tier 3 restrictions – but there is still

A Roman Catholic diocese and an Orthodox Jewish group are both suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his latest coronavirus restrictions that limit religious gatherings to 10 people or less.

here"We understand how difficult this is for those staff involved and this course of action is not being taken lightly."As part of the re-structure, a number of roles have been created and when restrictions are eased by the Government in regard to hosting conferences and events, as well as live sport and music, additional staff will be required accordingly."

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserA total of 1054 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across Scotland in the past 24 hours, with 195 or 18 per cent of those being recorded in the NHS Lanarkshire area.The figure is an increase of 254 on the previous day and represents a positivity rate of 13 per cent among all new tests.Mr Docherty, who is NHS Lanarkshire’s director of public health, said: “We know this is a really challenging time but we can only suppress this

To get the latest news on the coronavirus, sign up to our  newsletter. Scots face targeted restrictions instead of full lockdown.At yesterday’s coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh, Sturgeon said: “Let me be clear - we are not proposing another lockdown at this stage, not even on a temporary basis.“We are not going to be asking you to stay inside your own homes in the way you did back in March.”Restrictions on travel may be needed in “hotspot” areas but blanket rules will not be imposed on the

Senior ministers are reviewing Greater Manchester’s current coronavirus restrictions today - and are expected to impose extra rules on two of the conurbation’s boroughs.Although Boris Johnson announced new national rules earlier this week, the government still believes additional localised measures need to sit alongside them in places with high infection rates.In Greater Manchester, there are currently four sets of local rules covering the ten boroughs, with case numbers well above the national

08.30am - Boris Johnson chairs UK cabinet to sign off new lockdown measures which could be a mild as making pubs close at 10pm in England from Thursday and limiting pubs to table service only.09.00am - Keir Starmer makes a speech in Doncaster to the online Labour conference, before rushing back to the Commons.