WATCH: The Prime Minister is due to present his 'Covid Winter Plan' in the House of Commons, including details about seeing loved ones for Christmas. 👇
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the Commons that pubs and bars in areas placed into the “tougher” Tier 3 alert level will be able to offer takeaways and delivery only.
The PM added that the lockdown measures will expire and not be renewed after 2 December.
People will be able to meet others in outdoor spaces - subject to the rule of six - collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume, and shops, personal care, gyms can reopen.
Boris Johnson told MPs: “We must get through winter without the virus spreading out of control and squandering our hard-won gains at exactly the time where the burden on the NHS is always greatest.
“Our winter plan is designed to carry us safely to spring.”
“The scientific advice is that as we come out our tiers need to be made tougher.”
Tier 1 - work from home wherever possible.
Tier 2 - alcohol may only be served as part of a substantial meal.
Tier 3 - hospitality will have to close, except for delivery and takeaways.
Outdoor and indoor sports venues in tiers 1 and 2 will be able to welcome a “limited number” of spectators to events when the national lockdown ends.
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We teamed up with race equality charity @raceontheagenda (ROTA) to construct a questionnaire that would investigate the experience of racism in Britain today.
More than 500 people from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic backgrounds were surveyed over a four-week period.
They were asked about their experiences of racism in everyday life from education, workplace discrimination, accessing the NHS, accessing finances, public services and their attitudes towards the police and the BLM movement.
The UK Government and devolved administrations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have agreed on a limited relaxation of coronavirus restrictions for Christmas, between December 23 and 27.
🚗 Travel restrictions will be lifted across the UK. Those travelling to/from Northern Ireland will be permitted to travel for an additional day either side.
👨👩👧👧 Up to three households will be able to form a “Christmas bubble” - they must be fixed and cannot change.
🧒 Children under 18 whose parents live apart can be a part of both parents’ bubbles, if they chose to form different groupings.
🧑🎓 In England, students who have returned home for the holidays are treated a part of their family household.
[THREAD] "2020 is a year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one single ‘word of the year’.”
Oxford Dictionaries has expanded its usual Word of the Year due to an “unprecedented” 2020, with furlough, moonshot and Covid-19 among new terms on the list. 📖
Superspreader and lockdown are other coronavirus-related words on the list.
Black Lives Matter, cancel culture and bushfire have also been added to the 'Words of an Unprecedented Year' report, relating to societal and environmental issues during the past 12 months.
The report says the usage of the word pandemic increased by 57,000% last year, while lexicographers found use of the word “coronavirus” passed one of the most frequently used nouns, time, in April.