Health Secretary Matt Hancock tells Andrew Marr the new coronavirus variant is out of control. In England, Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for almost 18 million people in London, south-eastern and eastern England as the region was put into a new two-week lockdown from Sunday. Under the new Tier 4 rules non-essential shops – as well as gyms, cinemas, casinos and hairdressers – have to stay shut and people are limited to meeting one other person from another household in an outdoor public space. Those in Tier 4 were told they should not travel out of the region, while those outside were advised against visiting.