when the current lockdown in england
ends next week the vast majority of
people
will find themselves in tier two now
that means that mixing between
households will be banned indoors
and hospitality venues will be closed
unless they serve
a substantial meal the prime minister
said england was facing a hard winter
and he realized the restrictions would
cause a lot of heartache
and frustration especially for the
hospitality industry
some of mr johnson's own mps have
expressed their anger
and their disappointment at the news so
many cities
in the north and the midlands including
manchester hall newcastle
and birmingham as well as bristol in the
west and the county of kent in the
southeast
they will go into tier three that is the
highest category
most places are in the second highest
level tier two
and they include london and they also
include the liverpool city region
only the isle of wight and cornwall and
the isles of scilly will be in tier one
with the lightest restrictions and the
rules for what's allowed within
each of the tiers have changed we'll
bring you the detail in just a moment
first our political editor laura
koonsberg has the latest
as well december will be month four for
people in west bromwich
hunkered down banned from seeing friends
and family they don't live with
apart from work or school coveted cases
are still high
and the market is quieting down
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sarah is worried about hanging on i'm
struggling to find the money to pay for
my pitch
t3 isn't going to work for us we need to
drop right back down
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raquel lost his job last year and now
there are fewer people out and about to
hear him sing
i can't guarantee getting money every
day when i do come out but
it's just come out at such a time where
it's just it's just as i said it's just
thrown me because i couldn't have
prepared for this
the prime minister might be out of his
isolation now
the country's a long way from escaping
restrictions if we ease off now
we risk losing control of this virus all
over
again casting aside our hard-won
gains and forcing us back into a
new year national lockdown with all the
damage that would mean as we emerge next
wednesday
only a tiny proportion of us will go
into looser limits under tier one
nearly sixty percent of england will be
under tier two rules
where pubs shops and restaurants can be
open and some
limited socializing will be allowed but
nearly
40 percent of people mainly in the north
of england
will be under stricter rules tier three
where pubs
and restaurants have to shut apart from
takeaway
and you're not meant to leave your local
area remember the rules are different in
scotland northern ireland and wales
it's a complicated patchwork and the
lines are hard to draw
even inside individual areas there's
strife over whether it's fair
by the piece of the canal in birkhamsted
cases are low
but it will be in tier two anyway
because in other parts of hertfordshire
the disease is on the rise
gary's sort of grinning and bearing it
would have much preferred tier one
because as you say there's so little
kobe but
if they think it's it warrants tier two
we've just got to go along with the
rules
robert was on farlow but is now back at
work although has some time for his boat
once the numbers go down we can start
socializing but before that then i think
everyone's going to have to
basically suck it up what was the point
of the national lockdown in england over
the last four weeks
if more people are moving into tougher
restrictions than before
this is not continuing the lock down on
on the contrary
across all tiers shops will be
open but what we want to avoid is
relaxing uh now too much you're taking
our
foot off the throat of the beast now and
if you do get together with elderly
relatives
the government scientists suggest if you
want them to survive
don't get close would i encourage
someone to hug
and kiss their elderly relatives no i
would not because you could be carrying
the virus and if you got an elderly
relative
that would not be the thing you'd want
to do there are doubts about the new
system
and a tricky start after the website
where the information crashed at first
we also need to be convinced that the
government actually got a plan to get
places out of these higher tiers because
at the moment there's just some warm
words and not a little lot of detail
and some tory backbenchers are angry
that their big areas
have been treated all the same well i
think the government's made the wrong
call
we have the information that tells you
that there are different rates of
infection
we know how people move around
and the tears should have reflected that
the lines on the map will all be
reviewed in the middle of december
depending how we respond depending how
the disease responds
the way we're asked to behave in town
and country may change again
before too long you i think it's fair to
say that the government wouldn't be
doing this if they felt they had any
choice
but downing street is also well aware
that there will be disappointment
frustration and even some skepticism
among some people watching tonight and
also even on the tory back benches
mps do have to vote to approve all of
this next week
and it might be a bit bumpy for the
government but to think the view from
number 10 today was
also crystal clear that if this kind of
action isn't taken now
and if most people don't actually follow
these rules
then there is still the prospect of a
much more dramatic shutdown for everyone
everywhere on the other side of
christmas
laura many thanks again laura ginsberg
with the latest efforts tonight at
westminster
so just to recap england returns to the
three-tier system
next wednesday but what people can do
and can't do
within the tiers has changed
hairdressers gyms and all shops can open
regardless of the tier throughout
england
but everyone who can work from home is
being told to do so
in tier one households will be allowed
to mix although the rule of six
should be followed both indoors and
outdoors
in tier two households will not be
allowed to mix indoors
and alcohol can only be served as part
of a substantial meal
but in tier three pubs and restaurants
will remain closed except for takeaways
and households will only be allowed to
mix in some outdoor public spaces
not in private gardens or in hospitality
venues
the government will review the
restrictions in england every 14 days
the first review
is due on the 16th of december our north
of england correspondent danny savage
reports i'm from yorkshire
this it turns out was aspirational
thinking in hull
there was an infection rate of 776 per
100
000 people a couple of weeks ago no
surprise here then
that they're going into the new tier
three during the first lockdown
the only people that i knew were a
friend of a friend's auntie
who had it really in this area but more
so
it's i've got children at school and
they've got friends who've
have contracted it friends parents have
contacted it
people here say not enough locals have
stuck to the rules
while some are sticklers for them it's
absolutely right
my husband's been self-isolating since
well before he's on the extreme
list so we have to be everything careful
and you're happy for that to go on
because if it can save lives then yeah
those living on this side of the humber
were expecting tier three
but over there in lincolnshire the whole
county is also going into the highest
tier
that is a very large rural area where
even the conservative leader of the
county council
can't understand government thinking
huge areas of literature
actually have lower rates than the
national average so it does seem very
perverse to put the whole
area into tier three and obviously that
will mean businesses
and families and individuals will be
suffering
far more restrictions and is really
necessary
70 miles away harrogate has moved from
tier 1 pre-lockdown
to tier 2 where one new concession is
that up to 2 000
much-missed spectators are allowed at
sports events
the crowds come along to see the goals
and the trophies
it's like the horse and carriage they
have to go together
next wednesday all the shops can open
again too
it's not fair marks and spencer's in
harrogate is open
and i can't sell you know my clothes so
very very important and i can't wait for
wednesday
and in the highest tiers there's many
more weeks of sitting outside in the
cold
if you want to catch up with a friend
danny savage bbc news