Here's what you can't do after 6pm today + Six months of restrictions says Boris Johnson

Another 75 test positive for Covid 19 - Five in intensive car

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Subscribe              Sep 22, 2020           Dear reader The United Kingdom is looking set for a winter of lockdown-like restrictions after a downbeat series of announcements by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons earlier today.  Mr Johnson warned that restrictions will last at least six months in response to the rising numbers of coronavirus cases across the UK over recent weeks.  The Tory leader is set to address the nation over the measures during a television broadcast on Tuesday night.  On Monday Arlene Foster, the Northern Ireland first minister, appeared to have ruled out a return to full lockdown, but speaking on Tuesday morning, the DUP said that was not the case and hinted that a two-week national lockdown, or circuit-breaker, was still on the table.  The Department of Health in Northern Ireland confirmed that another 73 people here have tested positive for Covid-19, meaning that 963 people have recorded positive tests in the last seven days.  One of the most distasteful stories of the day concerns the presenter Stephen Nolan, who revealed he has received death threats. Mr Nolan received a fresh round of abuse on social media after his radio programme on Radio Ulster covered the flagrant flouting of social distancing laws after a GAA match at the weekend.  Enjoy your evening Alistair Bushe Editor    Want total access to all of our online content? You can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier. Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Here's what you are no longer permitted to do from 6.00pm           Extra restrictions on social gatherings are to be imposed across Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster has said.                 Another 75 test positive for Covid-19 - 963 positive tests last 7 days   Another 75 people people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, as NI restrictions are hours from being introduced.           Restriction measures to remain in place for as long as six months says Boris Johnson   Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said new coronavirus restriction measures in the United Kingdom could remain in place for six months - taking them well past the Christmas and New Year celebrations.           Stephen Nolan: I'm going to police after people suggest beating me to death   Stephen Nolan has said that after a sustained period of online abuse, he is now at the point where he feels he must contact police.           Colossal collapse in drug-taking among NI children – plus drinking and smoking – says fresh survey   New data reveals a dramatic decline in youngsters smoking and dabbling with alcohol – and an absolute plummeting of the numbers who have experimented with drugs.                 View more on Coronavirus

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