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[ad_1] England faces a new national lockdown next week as it aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, new reports suggest. Here’s why new measures might be introduced and what the restrictions might look like. What’s going on? Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Monday a …

[ad_1] Twenty-eight people have died in the past 24 hours after being infected with coronavirus, bringing the death toll in Scotland to 2,819. Deputy Prime Minister John Swinney confirmed this afternoon that 1,281 other Scots also tested positive for the deadly virus. There were 496 new cases in Greater Glasgow …

[ad_1] “We are more than a few minutes from the future of virtual reality.” PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has said he believes in the potential of virtual reality for video games, but also that the technology is still years away from being truly “meaningful.” Talking to the Washington Post [paywall], …

[ad_1] Germany’s federal and state governments agreed on Wednesday to shut down parts of the economy and tighten restrictions on social contact, in a bid to halt a record spike in coronavirus infection rates. As rising infections fanned alarm across the continent, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new month-long …

[ad_1] The Department of Health and Welfare has confirmed that Nottinghamshire will enter level 3 restrictions later this week. The entire county will now be listed at level 3 after a meeting between North Nottinghamshire leaders and the government earlier today. The new measures will take effect at 00.01am on …

[ad_1] A new lockdown system is scheduled to take effect in Scotland next week, in which local areas will be placed on five tiers of restrictions. The plan was debated by the MSPs for three hours in parliament yesterday before it was given the green light to start on November …

[ad_1] The Scottish government announced new restrictions that will bring local authority areas in Scotland to one of five levels of coronavirus restrictions. The plan outlines levels 0 to 4 and was published ahead of a debate in Holyrood on Tuesday, with the restrictions to be implemented on November 2. …

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak did not disobey the closure rules by holding a meeting at a branch of a pizza chain in Waterloo to discuss its latest business support package, because “it was not a functioning restaurant at the time,” Treasury said. The Treasury issued a press release with 12 photos …

[ad_1] The blocking rules in Greater Manchester will change again on Friday. The region’s coronavirus alert level will be considered ‘very high’ as ​​it moves to Level 3. Residents of the 10 districts will face the strictest set of restrictions established in the new localized three-tier government system, first introduced …

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak is expected to announce his fourth business support package in as many months amid mounting pressure on the government to help the most affected businesses in the regions affected by the blockade. Trade unions and the UK’s five big employers’ organizations were summoned to the Treasury on …