* 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
Johnson announces new England Covid-19 lockdown, hospitals close to 'being overwhelmed' -- France 24
England lockdown: what are the new Covid restrictions? -- The Guardian
