Covid-19: Schools Decision After Millions Placed on Level Four

Millions more people across England will join the toughest level of Covid restrictions starting at 12:01 am on Thursday.

Here’s a breakdown of where:

• 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, Bolsaver, Northeast Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Erewash, 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)

• Northeast (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