Preston is close to Greater Manchester and Blackburn with Darwin, where local lockdowns have been imposedPreston’s residents are bracing themselves for a local lockdown, with many critical of the effectiveness of restrictions placed on neighbouring areas. He said that the measures introduced last week “really should be Lancashire-wide”, rather than only in some areas, such as the neighbouring Blackburn with Darwen. Rules in place in Greater Manchester and parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire mean that people cannot gather in each other’s homes. The same rules were introduced across the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, despite some having a significantly lower number of cases than others. Preston is waiting to see if similar measures will be introduced there.

Source: The Times August 06, 2020 23:04 UTC