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As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, the country has seen a number of new rules and restrictions on social gatherings both indoors and outdoors.
Earlier in the week, the ‘rule of six’ was implemented, making it illegal to meet in groups of more than six in England.
But Boris Johnson has so far refused to implement a nationwide lockdown, rather than relying on local rules.
Across the UK, roughly 10 million Britons are now affected by local and regional restrictions.
And next week, more rules will come into play for Lancashire, Merseyside and Warrington, prohibiting residents from meeting others outside of their support bubbles.
For more information on local blocking restrictions in your area, please enter your postcode in England below.
So what are the rules in different parts of the country?
This list is correct as of this writing.
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Northeast
WHERE: Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they’re in your bubble of support, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can stay open until 10 p.m. M., But they must be table service only. Between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., all leisure and entertainment venues must close completely.
TRAVEL: Public transportation should only be used for essential reasons, such as traveling to school or work. Take a vacation alone within your own home or bubble of support.
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Northwest (from Tuesday, September 22)
WHERE: Merseyside, Warrington and Lancashire
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they’re in your bubble of support, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can stay open until 10 p.m. M., But they must be table service only. Between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., all leisure and entertainment venues must close completely.
TRAVEL: Public transportation should only be used for essential reasons, such as traveling to school or work. Take a vacation alone within your own home or bubble of support.
Birmingham and surroundings
WHERE: Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they are in your bubble of support, in private homes and gardens. This is still allowed in public places, within the rule of six.
Parts of Manchester, East Lancashire and West Yorkshire
WHERE: Manchester City, Bolton, Trafford, Bury, Tameside, Rochdale, Salford, Preston, Oldham and parts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Pendle and Blackburn.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they’re in your bubble of support, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
PROTECTION (Blackburn parts only): If you were originally told to protect yourself, you should continue to do so.
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Bolton
WHERE: Bolton.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they’re in your bubble of support, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can serve until 10pm, but should only be take out. Between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., all leisure and entertainment venues must close completely.
BUSINESS: Casinos, skating rinks, bowling alleys, and covered play areas must not open.
Leicester
WHERE: Leicester
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with unless they’re in your bubble of support, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
PROTECTION: If you were originally told to protect yourself, you should continue to do so.
Scotland
WHERE: East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, City of Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with indoors, unless they are in your ‘extended home’, either in private homes or in public places like pubs and restaurants. However, you can still meet outdoors.
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Welsh
WHERE: Caerphilly County Township and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with anywhere indoors, whether it’s in private homes and gardens or in public places like pubs and restaurants. You can still find yourself outdoors.
PUBS AND BARS (only Rhondda Cynon Taf): All authorized facilities must close at 11pm.
TRAVEL: You are not allowed to enter or leave the council area without a reasonable excuse.
North Ireland
WHERE: Belfast City Hall area, BT28, BT29 and BT43 post code areas, Ballymena city.
SOCIAL CONTACT: Don’t socialize with people you don’t live with, other than the people in your ‘bubble’, in a private home. You can still meet in gardens or outdoors, or in public places like pubs and restaurants.
Exemptions to the rules
There are exceptions to the rule of meeting with people outside your home. In England, these can vary, but generally include:
- where everyone in the meeting lives together or is in the same bubble of support
- attend a birth at the mother’s request
- to visit a dying person (the visitor can be someone the dying person lives with, a close relative, a friend or, if neither of them is visiting, anyone else)
- to comply with a legal obligation
- for work purposes (see the guide on working safely in other people’s homes) or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services
- for educational or training purposes
- for child care provided by a registered provider
- to provide emergency assistance
- to allow one or more people in the meeting to avoid injury or illness or avoid a risk of harm
- to facilitate a home move
- to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person
- Continue with existing arrangements for parent-child access and contact when children do not live in the same home as their parents or one of their parents.
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