Скачать или смотреть New rules for pubs and restaurants as 10pm coronavirus curfew is changed

Pubs will once again be allowed to stay open until 11pm, it was confirmed today - but punters must still order their last drink by 10pm.  Boris Johnson today told MPs that venues will be allowed to give customers time to drink up to ensure people leave at staggered times.  Under controversial pre-lockdown rules, everyone had to be out the door by 10pm - prompting widespread criticism.  Stricter rules will be put in place for pubs and restaurants in different tiers when the rules come into force on Wednesday next week.  In tier 1 - the lowest level - venues can only offer table service, with last orders at 10pm and closing by 11pm.  In tier 2 alcohol can only be consumed alongside a "substantial" meal, and venues unable to do that will have to shut.  Only people who live together are allowed indoors, meaning those who want to have a meal with friends will have to wrap up warm.  Pubs, bars and restaurants will again be forced to remain closed in tier 3, except for delivery and takeaway.  Addressing the House of Commons from 10 Downing Street, where he is self-isolating, the Prime Minister has spelled out how the new system will work.  He said: "I'm very sorry for the unavoidable hardship this will cause to business owners who have already had to endure this year."  It is not yet clear which areas will be in which tier.   Latest figures show that coronavirus rates are falling in two-thirds of English towns and cities - but nearly 100 places have recorded an increase.  Just two regions, London and the South East, are seeing a rise in new cases in the majority of places, with steep drops in hotspots in the north.  Liverpool and Oldham have seen sharp falls - but an alarming rise in parts of Kent have increased the likelihood of tough restrictions when England comes out of lockdown.  Earlier today it emerged that Swale, in Kent, has the country's highest infection rate, overtaking Hull as the worst affected area in the country.  The data was released ahead of Boris Johnson's address to the nation at 7pm today, revealing that 95 of 315 local authority areas have seen the number of cases go up.  While shops, gyms and hairdressers are expected to stay open, more pubs and restaurants will have to close than they did on October.  In return, rules will be briefly relaxed over Christmas - when it's thought up to three households may be able to meet for five days. But the details of Christmas are only expected to be announced tomorrow (Tuesday).