a quarter of the uk's population will be
under some sort of local lockdown by
this weekend after new restrictions were
announced for two million more people in
northern england
the health secretary for england matt
hancock said the disease was spreading
fast in some areas
and was highly localized he described
the new rules
as challenging but necessary the latest
areas
affected from saturday are liverpool
city region
warrington hartlepool and middlesbrough
an average area in england has
28 cases per 100 000
but in noseley for example there are 262
plate cases per 100
000 people there the new restrictions
mean it will be against the law to mix
with other households whether you're at
home
in your garden or in a pub or a cafe
flout those rules and
you could be fined there's also guidance
which says you're advised not to mix
with other households in pub gardens
parks or at sporting events our special
correspondent ed thomas is in liverpool
for us tonight ed
yeah tonight sophie a clearer picture is
emerging
across the uk increasingly large parts
of the north of england
are coming under tighter and tighter
restrictions today
people here were told they were next no
surprises though because for 48 hours
liverpool has waited to hear what is
going to happen
to stop this spread and rise of
coronavirus cases
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the mood music has changed new
coronavirus laws are coming to
merseyside
households will be banned from mixing
inside pubs
and restaurants i lost my husband last
year i'm now faced with the possibility
of losing my home and my business
it's that close for you it could get
that close anna runs an independent pub
she's invested hundreds of thousands of
pounds in this business
say we get a group of four five six
people in
we've now got to ask them to show proof
of where they all live
as well but do you understand cases
arising and people are worried
absolutely and we all have to take a
great deal of responsibility but i think
that if you look at the hospitality
sector in general
we are not responsible for the rises in
cases
and this is an industry worth billions
of pounds to the liverpool city region
the leisure creative and cultural
sectors support 50 000 jobs here
we are looking at a scale of job losses
in liverpool not seen since the 80s
some worry these new rules will have a
devastating effect
so we've taken 20 years to build our
city and regenerate our city
and we're just throwing that away why
nobody has told me what the end game is
here
the fear is that coronavirus cases keep
on rising
politicians here call these new rules a
step in the right direction
desperate to bring down cases did you
call for all pubs and bars to be shut
that was something that was discussed on
monday night when we met with the chief
medical officer well it depends on what
the science tells us if the science says
that we have to go further
we will go further and we will support
further measures but we want to see the
evidence and it's no good just
us guessing on what might be the right
restrictions
there's also a call for compensation
here to avoid this to keep restaurants
open
to save jobs i used to work in the
hospitality industry i mean that's been
decimated by this
rob lost his job during lockdown he's
now 55
and out of work are you worried for the
future where it's all going to end
at the moment i think the future's bleak
as regards jobs
jobs industries
and i think i don't think we've seen the
worst of it yet
jobs are at risk but so too are lives
as coronavirus cases keep on rising
across merseyside it's being able to
create an environment that's warm
welcome and makes people feel safe makes
people have fun
chelsea only opened this restaurant two
weeks ago
she supports these new rules the
restrictions are in place but it's not
to be restricted by them as such it's to
move with them you know to go hand in
hand and
just build it into the great work that
people are doing anyway but there is a
warning here tonight
if coronavirus cases can't be controlled
tougher restrictions could still come in
thomas bbc news liverpool
middlesbrough is another area where
title restrictions are being brought in
on
saturday fiona trot is there and the
reaction
well councils here wanted tougher
measures but they didn't want them to go
this far the area covered by these
tougher restrictions
is widening already here in the
northeast of england around
2 million people are adjusting to the
new rules now after midnight on friday
around a quarter of a million more will
be joining them now middlesbrough
and stockton middlebury and hartlepool
councils did ask
for these measures but they wanted a
household only ban and that was based on
local data which suggested in september
around
80 percent of cases which were positive
were people who've been exposed
to the virus at a home what hartlepool
and middlesbrough councils were
concerned about was that
any measures that went beyond that in
this part of the uk which has some of
the most deprived
areas it would be damaging for the local
economy and for people's
mental health but what today's
announcement has shown
is that local authorities do not have
the power to cherry pick
what measures they want central
government
has announced a support package of seven
million pounds but the mayor here
andy preston has said today we defy the
government
and do not accept these measures fiona
thank you meanwhile in northern ireland
hospitality venues in londonderry and
straban are to be placed under new
coronavirus restrictions
restaurants will only be able to offer
takeaway and outdoor dining and people
will be urged to limit their use of
public transport and work from home
if possible households across northern
ireland are already barred from mixing
indoors in private homes
new coronavirus restrictions came into
force for four more council areas in
north wales this evening
people living in conwy dembyshire
flincher and wrexham
now cannot leave or enter the areas
without a reasonable excuse such as work
or education
the restrictions the same as those seen
in most of south wales
means another half a million people in
wales are now living under tighter
measures from saturday people traveling
to the uk from
turkey and poland will have to
self-isolate for 14 days on arrival
the caribbean islands of bonaire sent
eustacious and sabre
have also been added to the quarantine
list the transport secretary grant shap
said people who repeatedly failed to
comply with quarantine regulations could
now be fined
up to a maximum of ten thousand pounds
the government is using emergency powers
under the coronavirus act to require
schools in
england to provide the same lessons
online to people self-isolating at home
as those provided in the classroom it
comes after official figures showed
one in six secondary schools in england
were partially closed to some pupils
the government says it's simply
formalizing people's right
to remote learning
now there are calls tonight for the mp
margaret ferrier to resign after she
admitted traveling by train
from scotland to london after developing
covert symptoms
and then returning home the next day
after testing positive
the first minister nicola sturgeon said
it was utterly indefensible and margaret
ferrier has tonight been suspended from
the snp
our political correspondent nick earley
is in westminster nick
sophie there is real anger at
westminster about margaret ferrier's
actions one person here
has been told to self-isolate as a close
contact ms ferrier
has been thrown out of her party and
she's facing calls now to stand
down as an mp including from some in the
snp
i'd like to start by paying tribute to
all nhs key workers
the smp's margaret ferrier in parliament
on monday
she was speaking in a debate on
coronavirus but tonight she's been
suspended by her party
and is facing calls to quit parliament
for breaking the rules around covet
on saturday ms ferrier showed symptoms
and took a test in scotland
she should have self-isolated but on
monday she traveled to london
saying she felt better on monday evening
in westminster
her result came back positive and on
tuesday morning
despite being required by law to
self-isolate
she traveled back to the west of
scotland on a train
tonight ms ferrier tweeted a statement
in which she said
i apologize unreservedly for breaching
coven 19 restrictions
by traveling this week when i shouldn't
have there is no excuse for my actions
the snp say they only found out ms
ferrier had traveled
whilst positive today and tonight she
was suspended by the party
scotland's first minister nicola
sturgeon was clearly furious
tweeting this is utterly indefensible
it's hard to express just how angry i
feel
on behalf of people across the country
making hard sacrifices
every day to help be covered one smp mp
said she should resign i certainly think
her position is untenable to be honest
because
do you think she should resume asking
people to follow very very strict public
health guidance
if a member of parliament can't do that
i think they've got to reflect upon
their position there is
disbelief at westminster not only that
an mp would travel here
after showing symptoms but that they
would then travel back to another part
of the country
knowing they had the virus especially
when there's a legal requirement to
self-isolate
after a positive test some mps now
believe margaret ferrier's position
in parliament is untenable one sm pmp
told me tonight
that she's been dangerous stupid and
selfish
ms ferrier's office didn't respond to
those comments tonight but a few months
ago
she was highly critical of boris
johnson's aide dominick cummings
when he traveled to the north of england
during lockdown
dominic commons did undermine public
trust
and lockdown rules what sharia the
scottish conservative leader
said she should stand down it is so
reckless it undermines the whole
messaging of the scottish government the
uk government
and it has put people at risk traveling
hundreds of miles
with symptoms and then with a kobe test
result
at every turn there was an opportunity
for margaret ferrier to minimize
the risk to others and she ignored that
so she has to go
police scotland said tonight that they
were looking into the circumstances
and ms ferrier faces pressure to quit
parliament altogether
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