‘There are certainly elements of an exodus of some people from tier 4,’ he told The Mail on Sunday. I have just ransacked every shop in the station to get both my boyfriend and my brother a Christmas present.’Social media sites were flooded with people voicing their anger at having their Christmas travel arrangements torpedoed. Meanwhile, the restrictions raise the prospect of checkpoints being used to prevent families entering or leaving the new tier 4 zone. People under Tier 3 restrictions are also being discouraged from travelling without a reasonable excuse. A third of England - including London and swathes of the home counties - will be shifted up to a brutal new 'Tier 4' from midnight.

Source: Daily Mail December 19, 2020 21:33 UTC