Coronavirus: Northern Ireland faces circuit breaker lockdown month

Northern Ireland will be first UK region to have circuit-breaker second lockdown with schools closed for two weeks and pubs and restaurants for a month under plans to be revealed this morning  Pubs and restaurants will close their doors for 4 weeks, except for takeaways Schools will close for two, one of which will cover … Read more

Two-thirds of the public would back Scottish-style ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown

Two-thirds of the public would back Scottish-style ‘circuit breaker’ nationwide lockdown for a fortnight as Boris Johnson prepares to shut pubs and restaurants in the North EXC: Nearly two thirds of the public would back a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown Poll finds strong backing for a Scotland-style ‘short sharp shock’ nationwide Around a third of Britons … Read more