England has been plunged into its third national lockdown from tonight. All schools must shut until at least the February half-term and you must stay at home except for five specific reasons.
Shielding will resume and all pubs must shut - with takeaway pints banned. Boris Johnson gave a TV address after 80,664 people tested on a single day - December 29 - tested positive.
England has 26,626 patients in hospital, 40% more than during the first peak of the virus in April, as a new variant rips through the nation.
And the case rate in England up to December 30 was over 518 per 100,000 - three times the 151.3 on December 1. The lockdown will begin tonight but only actually begin in law as soon as possible - probably tomorrow or the next day.
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