Prime Minister Johnson: England Under New Complete Lockdown Until Mid-February

Daily Mail: PM plunges England back into March-style lockdown: Schools are shut as public are told again to Stay Home, Save Lives and Protect the NHS until at least the end of February - IF vaccine roll-out succeeds 

 * Boris Johnson has announced a dramatic new national lockdown for England as mutant Covid strain spreads 

 * All primary and secondary schools to shut tomorrow for all but the vulnerable and children of key workers 

 * Non-essential retail will close across the country along with hospitality unless they can serve takeaway 

 * Takeaway alcohol sales will not be permitted in a bid to stop people congregating in the streets with drinks 

 * GCSE and A-Level exams look set to be largely cancelled with final replacement plans due later this week 

 * People will only be allowed to leave home for five specific reasons as in the previous lockdown in March 

Boris Johnson plunged England into a national lockdown in some ways even more brutal than last March tonight in a desperate bid to keep the mutant coronavirus at bay while vaccines are rolled out. 

Just a day after he urged parents to send their children back, PM declared in a sombre address from No10 that primary and secondary schools will be shut from tomorrow until at least February half-term, with only the vulnerable and offspring of key workers allowed to go in. 

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WNU Editor: Scotland is also going under complete lockdown .... Scotland will be plunged into a new national lockdown from MIDNIGHT: Sturgeon orders Scots to stay at home for all of January by LAW - with similar restrictions to be imposed on England within days (Daily Mail). 

 More News On The UK Under A New Complete Lockdown 

  England to enter toughest Covid lockdown since March -- The Guardian 

Covid: New lockdown for England amid 'hardest weeks' -- BBC 

UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England -- AP 

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages -- Reuters 

Johnson announces new England Covid-19 lockdown, hospitals close to 'being overwhelmed' -- France 24 

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson orders new national lockdown -- DW 

England lockdown: what are the new Covid restrictions? -- The Guardian