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Full list of areas going into Tier 4 and Tier 3 from tonight


MILLIONS more people will be plunged into Tier 4 from tonight, Matt Hancock has announced today.

The Health Secretary said he was forced to take action as a result of the rapidly-spreading mutant variant of the virus, which saw a record 53,000 infections recorded yesterday.

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Matt Hancock announced the news to the House of Commons

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Matt Hancock announced the news to the House of CommonsCredit: ROGER HARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY

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Areas changing Tiers

To move into Tier 4:

  • Leicester City
  • Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, Melton) 
  • Lincolnshire (City 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, ChesterfieldErewash, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak) 
  • Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, Broxtowe) 
  • Birmingham and Black Country (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 under 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) 
  • Greater 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 following local authority areas will move to Tier 3:

  • Rutland 
  • Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin 
  • Worcestershire (Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest)
  • Herefordshire 
  • Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens) 
  • York & North Yorkshire (Scarborough, Hambleton, Richmondshire, Selby, Craven, Ryedale, Harrogate, City of York) 
  • Bath 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

Shops, indoor activities, gyms and hairdressers will be shut in all the areas to stop the Covid spread – but schools are expected to remain open for now.

And the Health secretary has said he would not be introducing a Tier 5 today – though didn’t rule one out in future.

The Health Secretary told MPs today all of the North East of England, the South West and most of the Midlands would be thrown into Tier 4.

All of the North-east of England, including Cumbria, Cheshire, Warrington, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen will be thrown into Tier 4.

Most of the West Midlands and all of the East Midlands, except Rutland will be put into Tier 4.

And large parts of the South West will also be plunged into the toughest measures as well.

Today’s announcement means that all of England is living under Tier 3 or Tier 4 lockdown – apart from 2,000 people living on the Isles of Scilly.

Mr Hancock told MPs most new cases are from the new variant, which is as much as 56 per cent more contagious.

He said: “Yesterday alone, 52, 135 new cases were registered, the majority of which are believed to be the new variant.

“Unfortunately this new variant is spreading across most of England.”

The Health Secretary warned “case rates are doubling fast” and there are “significant” challenges to the NHS.

He said: “Sharply rising cases and the hospitalisations that follow demonstrate the need to act where the virus is spreading.”

It came as:

Mr Hancock also vowed that the Government would followed a tiered system and avoid a third national lockdown as far as possible.

“Where it is possible to keep some of the freedoms we all cherish, we should,” he told the House of Commons.

When pushed if he would introduce a level above the highest Tier 4 restrictions, he insisted: “I’m not announcing anything above Tier 4 today, no.”

Nationally, Essex is the worst-affected region of England.

How rules differ between Tier 3 and 4

  • In Tier 4, you must stay at home and should only leave to travel for education, childcare or exercise. And you can only meet one other person outdoors
  • Brits in Tier 3 can leave the house as they choose, provided they follow social distancing guidelines. Households are banned from mixing indoors, but you can meet up to six people in public outdoor spaces such as parks. 
  • All shops, including non-essential retail such as toys, clothing and homeware, remain open in Tier 3 areas but are shut in Tier 4.
  • Hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons and all entertainment venues are open in Tier 3, providing they operate under Covid safety guidelines – but must shut in Tier 4
  • Gyms are open in Tier 3, but only for individual exercise with classes halted. They must remain shut in Tier 4
  • Pubs, bars and restaurants remain closed in both tiers but can offer delivery or take-out options.
  • In Tier 4, travel for some reasons – including education, childcare or an emergency – will be allowed.
  • People in Tier 4 and Tier 3 can still go to work – but only as a last resort if they cannot work from home
People will have to stay home from New Year's Eve - tomorow

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People will have to stay home from New Year’s Eve – tomorowCredit: London News Pictures

All the areas already in Tier 4

A list of the areas in Tier 4 at present are:

  • Kent
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Berkshire
  • Surrey (excluding Waverley)
  • The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings
  • All 32 London boroughs and the city of London.
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough
  • Hertfordshire
  • Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring).

A full list of the areas that joined Tier 4 on Boxing Day are:

  • Sussex
  • Oxfordshire
  • Norfolk
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Those parts of Essex not yet in Tier 4
  • Waverley
  • Hampshire

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