'They are reluctant steps but they are absolutely necessary.' Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove confirms that pubs, bars and restaurants throughout England will face a 10pm curfew and there will be table service only. KayBurley Follow live updates:
Marriage or civil partnership ceremony in a private dwelling where one partner is terminally illDoes the change in confirmed COVID-19 cases change the overarching picture - that the UK’s cases are following the French/Spanish trajectory?Matt Hancock has finished his statement.Here's a chart showing the daily number, and a rolling seven-day average, since March.
The Labour frontbencher calls on the government to publish detailed data on testing capacity, showing how many symptomatic and asymptomatic people have been asking for tests. The health secretary also announces that there will be a childcare exemption in local lockdown areas, to allow people to get to work.Matt Hancock will be delivering a statement in the Commons in the next few minutes.Department of Health tries to clear up contact tracing app confusion
According to Public Health Wales, the number of cases of increased by 234 on Friday, bringing the revised confirmed total to 20,878.Tory MP apologies to Johnson after 'forgetting' face covering The RA is consulting with staff on making approximately 150 people redundant, equalling 40% of the workforce.World Health Organisation: Coronavirus is everyone's problemNumber of people quitting smoking at 10-year high thanks to 'change in attitudes during COVID-19 pandemic'
On Friday, St Andrews asked its students to enter a voluntary weekend lockdown by staying in their rooms and not partying or going to bars.In a message to students, University of St Andrews principal Professor Sally Mapstone said:"Quite apart from the fact that the party broke the law, and our own very clear guidelines on socialising and safe behaviour, the ripples from this single incident have consequences for all of us.
Senior ministers were briefed by England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief economic adviser at the Treasury Clare Lombardelli. Health minister Vaughan Gething said many of the coronavirus cases had been linked to people socialising indoors without physical distancing."We need to take action to control and, ultimately, reduce its spread and protect people's health.
"If we move sharply we can minimise the time we all spend under restictions - if we wait it will take a lot longer to come out the other side," she says. We have learned a lot about this virus. And the NHS will put that knowledge to good use as we gear up for what we are told could be a huge surge in infections leading to hospital admissions and sadly, more deaths.
Professor Chris Whitty also said we do not know exactly how this virus will behave during the winter season. He was also keen to do as much myth busting as he could. In previous key coronavirus briefings the government's top scientific advisers have appeared alongside the prime minister. The glass was to be seen as half empty today, because the underlying point they wanted to get across was that the time had come for tough decisions from both individuals and government.
He acknowledged there were bad consequences both for doing too little and doing too much, which leaves only one option for ministers - get it right. These are all legitimate questions for the government's top scientific advisers. But no opportunity was provided to ask them, which means confronting those issues will end up being a job for the prime minister.12:00UK could be facing 49,000 new COVID-19 cases a day by mid-OctoberVast majority of the population remains susceptible to catching the virus - about 8% have antibodies
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