A quiet beach along with closed shops, restaurants and bars signal the start of new coronavirus restrictions
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He had previously extended the furlough throughout November due to the second lockdown in England.
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The latest figures show the NHS Test and Trace system has reached the lowest ever proportion of contacts of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in England
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Four in 10 close contacts of people who tested positive are still not being reached by the system, at the same time as it recorded its highest weekly number of positive cases.
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A total of 137,180 people tested positive for Covid-19 in England at least once in the week to October 28 – an increase of 8% on the previous week and the highest weekly number since Test and Trace was launched at the end of May.
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Mr Johnson has been warned by a group of northern Conservative MPs that they do not want their constituencies “locked into lockdown” indefinitely.
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On Wednesday evening, MPs voted by 516 to 38 – a Government majority of 478 – for the new restrictions, which are due to expire on December 2.