4m banned from visiting homes outside their areas under lockdown rules in areas of the North

More than four million people subject to new lockdown restrictions in areas of the North of England will also be banned from visiting households outside the designated area. New laws enforcing the restrictions in Greater Manchester and parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire come into effect on Wednesday. Anyone who is caught flouting the rules could be fined £100, rising to a maximum of £3,200 for repeat offences.