Coronavirus lockdown England: 17m in Tiers 2 and 3 though cases fell

Around 17million people living in parts of England that have seen their coronavirus outbreaks shrink for at least two weeks in a row will be plunged into the toughest tiers next week when the country’s lockdown finally ends, MailOnline’s analysis has revealed. As many as a third of England’s authorities – 51 out of 149 … Read more

Coronavirus: Government graph shows areas on the cusp of moving up or down lockdown tiers

How close is YOUR area to moving up or down the Covid tiers? Government graph shows how infection rates vary across England as officials say ‘continued improvement’ may mean parts of the North are de-escalated in the New Year Public Health England graph shows sliding scale of infection rates with a clear divide between tiers … Read more

Coronavirus: Government graph shows areas on the cusp of moving up or down lockdown tiers

How close is YOUR area to moving up or down the Covid tiers? Government graph shows how infection rates vary across England as officials say ‘continued improvement’ may mean parts of the North are de-escalated in the New Year Public Health England graph shows sliding scale of infection rates with a clear divide between tiers … Read more

As the prefects guffawed, MPs stared daggers: HENRY DEEDES watches Matt Hancock announce Covid tiers

And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more

As the prefects guffawed, MPs stared daggers: HENRY DEEDES watches Matt Hancock announce Covid tiers

And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more

Coronavirus UK: What do the tiers mean and can I see my family at Christmas?

Almost all parts of England will face tough coronavirus curbs with a ban on households mixing indoors and restrictions on hospitality from next Wednesday. Large swathes of the Midlands, North East and North West are in the most restrictive tier three, but London and much of the South will be in tier two. Some 23.3 … Read more

NHS GP Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues that our new lockdown tiers make no sense 

Just imagine that this time last year someone had described to you what Britain would look like in December 2020. They would tell of a country in which vast swathes of the population had spent endless months locked down at home. Where one business after another was heading for the wall, where children were being … Read more

Coronavirus UK: What do the tiers mean and can I see my family at Christmas?

Almost all parts of England will face tough coronavirus curbs with a ban on households mixing indoors and restrictions on hospitality from next Wednesday. Large swathes of the Midlands, North East and North West are in the most restrictive tier three, but London and much of the South will be in tier two. Some 23.3 … Read more

Lockdown Tiers for England are finally revealed

London has today been placed in Tier 2 of Boris Johnson’s controversial lockdown rules with Matt Hancock warning its 8.9million residents: ‘There is a lot of work to do in London to keep it there’.  The decision to save the capital from Tier 3 will be a relief to many in the hospitality industry who … Read more

Lockdown Tiers for England are finally revealed

London has been placed in Tier 2 of Boris Johnson’s controversial lockdown system, it was revealed today.  The decision to save the capital from Tier 3 will be a relief to many in the hospitality industry who will be able to reopen when the current national lockdown ends on December 2.  Coronavirus cases are falling quickly … Read more