Boris Johnson will call 10pm closing time at pubs across England from Thursday to help curb spiralling coronavirus rates. The Prime Minister will also announce the hospitality sector will be restricted to table service only by law.
From Thursday evening, all pubs, bars and restaurants in England will be required to close by 10pm. The 10pm curfew, used elsewhere in local lockdowns, will be rolled out across the country to try to prevent alcohol-fuelled breaches of social distancing rules.
The UK's coronavirus alert level was raised from 3 to 4 in the first change since June as the deadly virus once again threatened to spiral out of control.
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