ALL pubs in England to shut from tonight besides in Tier 2 Isles of Scilly

ALL pubs in England should shut tonight, the Authorities has introduced – with solely these within the Isles of Scilly allowed to stay open.

It comes as three-quarters of the country will be plunged into Tier 4 restrictions – which shut all non-essential retailers and ban family mixing – from midnight tonight.

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All pubs in England must shut tomorrow as the entire country moves into Tier 3 or 4 lockdowns

All pubs in England should shut tomorrow as your entire nation strikes into Tier 3 or 4 lockdowns

It's the latest blow for an industry laid low by lockdowns

It is the newest blow for an trade laid low by lockdownsCredit score: Getty Photos – Getty

Matt Hancock said further rules for millions more must happen to keep a mutant strain of coronavirus under control

Matt Hancock stated additional guidelines for thousands and thousands extra should occur to maintain a mutant pressure of coronavirus below managementCredit score: PRU

Thousands and thousands extra will be a part of areas together with London and the south-east below the brand new lockdown.

Well being Secretary Matt Hancock introduced as we speak that each one areas at present in Tier 2 will transfer to the third or fourth level of restrictions from tomorrow.

It comes amid issues over a mutant strain of Covid which has taken hold across much of the country.

Mr Hancock instructed instructed MPs the weekly case charge in England rose to 402.6 per 100,000 folks between December 18 and 24 – a 32 per cent enhance on the earlier week.

And 18 per cent extra persons are battling the sickness in hospital week-on-week, with 14,915 sufferers on wards throughout the nation.

Some 44 million folks will now be in Tier 4 – or a whopping 78 per cent of the inhabitants of England.

Solely pubs on the Isles of Scilly – which is able to transfer to Tier 2 – will probably be allowed to open amid the modifications.

The information is one other blow to the beleaguered trade.

Areas heading into Tiers 3 and 4 at midnight

Becoming a member of areas already in Tier 4 from tomorrow are:

Leicester Metropolis
Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, Melton)
Lincolnshire (Metropolis of Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, East Lindsey)
Northamptonshire (Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Wellingborough)
Derby and Derbyshire (Derby, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales, Excessive Peak)
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, Broxtowe)
Birmingham and Black Nation (Dudley, Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton)
Coventry
Solihull
Warwickshire (Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwick, North Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (East Staffordshire, Stafford, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle below Lyme, Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent)
Lancashire (Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Preston, Hyndburn, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre)
Cheshire and Warrington (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington)
Cumbria (Eden, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland, Allerdale)
Better Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan)
Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees )
North East (County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland)
Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Cheltenham)
Somerset Council (Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, South Somerset)
Swindon
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Isle of Wight
New Forest

The next areas will probably be in Tier 3 from tomorrow:

Rutland
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
Worcestershire (Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest)
Herefordshire
Liverpool Metropolis Area (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens)
York & North Yorkshire (Scarborough, Hambleton, Richmondshire, Selby, Craven, Ryedale, Harrogate, Metropolis of York)
Bathtub and North East Somerset
Devon, Plymouth, Torbay (East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon, Plymouth, Torbay)
Cornwall
Dorset
Wiltshire

Asserting the modifications on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Hancock stated: “Even in most areas not shifting into tier 4, circumstances are rising too, and it’s subsequently mandatory to use tier three measures extra broadly too.”

He admitted the measures “place a big burden on folks, and particularly on companies affected”, however added: “I’m afraid it’s completely mandatory due to the variety of circumstances that we’ve seen.”

Yesterday, a record 53,135 cases were diagnosed as hospital admissions go nicely previous the April peak.

The Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) stated as we speak that the between December 17 and 23, 800,900 folks in England – 1.47 per cent of the inhabitants, or one in 70 – had Covid.

The proportion of individuals testing constructive has continued to extend sharply in London, the east, and the south-east, whereas charges within the north-west, West Midlands and south-west are on the up.

Infections are not reducing in Yorkshire and The Humber, the north-east and the East Midlands.

Essex is now the worst-hit place in England.

Brentwood has the best charges within the nation, with 1,258.1 circumstances per 100,000 folks.

Close by Epping Forest and Thurrock are in second and third place on the grim hitlist, with 1,256 and 1,181.6 circumstances respectively.

A ‘major incident’ has been declared at hospitals in the county as sufferers are handled behind ambulances and medics put together to work in tents often reserved for terror assaults.