MORE : Will pubs and restaurants in tier three reopen over Christmas? You can also still meet indoors or outdoors within your support bubble. Weddings and funerals can continue to go ahead, but there are restrictions on the number of guests. supports HTML5 Areas being placed into Tier 4 include all of … Organised outdoor sports and exercise classes can go ahead, as long as social distancing and the rule of 6 are adhered to. European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic at London's St Pancras Station after arriving in the UK ahead of talks with Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove on the Northern Ireland protocol. You can read more about the three alert levels on the government website here. People in those areas are still allowed to meet in public spaces, but the rule of six applies. The Prime Minister announced that from 20 December the areas in the South East which were in Tier 3 would be moved into a new Tier 4 – effectively returning to the lockdown … Mosques as well as other places of religious worship remain open, though numbers have been limited to help maintain social distancing, Artwork depicting animals, created by Raymond and Leonard is displayed in the window of a house in Acton, London, to launch The Great Big Art Exhibition, the nation's largest ever exhibition, an initiative by Firstsite, Fishing boats, some abandoned, lie in the waters of the River Wyre at Fleetwood in Lancashire, A group of friends use a sheet to sledge in the snow-covered Lickey Hills Country Park, Birmingham, A cyclist watches the sun rise from Primrose Hill, People go sledging in the snow on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, Denise Munday (left) and Ruth Richards (right) check on Ruth's rescued ex-battery hens, in flood water at her home near Naburn Lock in York following heavy rain during Storm Christoph, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. HMRC enforcers 'threatening cash-strapped families struggling due to coronavirus' People play ice hockey on frozen flooded fields near Ely in Cambridgeshire, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, accompanied by Sarah Rose (left), MD of the Northumbria healthcare PPE manufacturing hub in Seaton Delaval. Local authorities across Greater Birmingham will stay at tier 3, health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed today. Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It has been reported that 120 of the 400 people being housed there have caught Coronavirus and a visiting doctor had described the living conditions as “inhumane”, Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community take part in Friday prayers at the Baitus Subhan Mosque in Croydon, England. Passengers arriving at Heathrow's Terminal 5 are escorted by security personal to buses. The changes to the lockdown tier system have been confirmed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock today. In tier three, members of more than one household are banned from mixing with one another in any setting indoors as well as in private gardens and ‘most’ outdoor venues. Members of the public are being advised by the government to refrain from travelling in or out of tier-3 areas to prevent further transmission of Covid-19. Additionally, personal care and close contact services can stay open. Gedling, Tier 3, 286 Birmingham, Tier 3: 261 The Government is expected to focus first on lower-tier areas that are situated next to Tier 4 areas with high infection rates. The government states: "Avoid travelling out of the area, other than where necessary such as for work, education, youth services, medical attention or because of caring responsibilities.”. If a region has been placed in tier 3, or under “very high” alert, this means that it is an area “where transmission rates are causing the greatest concern”, the government states. The WWII veteran raised nearly £33 million for NHS charities ahead of his 100th birthday last year by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. All shops, as well as nail salons and hairdressers, can reopen in tier three areas, as can public buildings such as libraries. The tiers are reviewed every two weeks, and are determined by five key factors including the rate of Covid-19 in over 60s and the strain on the NHS. Birmingham Tier 3 lockdown: Pubs and bars will have to stay closed (Image: GETTY) Shabana Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood, said the move to Tier 3 … Questions remain over whether the whole of the UK will be slapped with the Tier 4 restrictions - or "lockdown" - to curb the outbreak. Only Bristol and North Somerset (tier 3 to 2) and Herefordshire (tier 2 to 1) had their levels reduced. As the rules in each tier are slightly different from the first tier system back in October, here’s all you need to know if your area is in tier three. A frozen road sign and hedgerow are covered in icicles, as Storm Darcy affects large parts of the country, in Shenley, Hertfordshire, People walk up Gardner street in Glasgow as snow blankets the city, Drifting snow covers a car in Harwood, County Durham, People walk through the snow in Knole Park in Sevenoaks, A boy sledges at Moulin Moor near Pitlochry, as storm Darcy approaches, in Scotland, Research centre assistant Layla Hillsden with a rare copy of the 1647 Beaumont and Fletcher folio, an anthology of plays by John Fletcher and William Beaumont, from the personal library of King Charles II that has recently been acquired by Special Collections at the University of Leeds, Al Goodridge, from Newtonmore, uses an axe to create a channel in the ice for his wife Alice to swim in in Loch Insh, in the Cairngorms National Park, A mural of Captain Sir Tom Moore, by artist Robert Newbiggin, adorns a wall in Southport. In areas placed under “very high” alert, the government will outline a “baseline of measures” for members of the public to follow, in addition to working with local authorities to decide what “additional measures” are required. Read more: Covid rules for tiers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Matt Hancock announced on Wednesday that new areas of England will be added to tier 3 in a bid to curb growing rates of coronavirus across the country. From today, people arriving from 33 "red list" countries, including South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, must isolate in hotels rooms for 10 days at their own expense. Three-tier lockdown rules: Can households mix? The third tier is applied to areas where the risk from coronavirus is judged to be ‘very high’ – the highest of the three tiers. Will pubs and restaurants in tier three reopen over Christmas? The majority of the nation was put under tier two measures, but many areas were categorised as tier three – and are under the harshest restrictions in the country. Lanterns hang across the street to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox, in Chinatown, central London, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.