People in Oldham, Blackburn and Pendle will be banned from socialising with anyone outside their household to help curb coronavirus
Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn will face extra restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus, the government has said.Current tighter rules in Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale will be dropped.Since July, the government has been introducing extra restrictions across parts of northern England and the Midlands after a spike in cases.
"Our approach is to make the action we take as targeted as possible, with the maximum possible local consensus."
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