- - Residents in the BCP Council area have moved into Tier 4 of the Covid restrictions
- - Non-essential shops, as well as gyms, cinemas, casinos and hairdressers, have to stay shut
- - People are also limited to meeting one other person from another household in an outdoor public space, and must not leave their Tier 4 area except for legally permitted reasons such as medical appointments.
- - The change came into effect at 12.01am on Thursday, December 31
- - Dorset Council residents have entered Tier 3 measures
- - A total of 44 million people, or 78% of the population of England, are now in Tier 4
- - People have been warned not to hold New Year's Eve parties and to celebrate with their own household at home
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