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LIVE: updates as England faces second lockdown

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  • - A second national lockdown is due to come into force in lockdown from Thursday
  • - The measures will see pubs, bars, restaurants and non-essential retail closed for four weeks, but schools, colleges and nurseries will remain open
  • - People will be told to stay at home unless they have a specific reason to leave
  • - People will be allowed outside to exercise and socialise in public spaces outside with their household or one other person
  • - Boris Johnson will warn coronavirus deaths over the winter could be twice as high as during the first wave of the pandemic when he outlines plans for a second national lockdown to MPs

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