Quick guide UK lockdown: what are the new coronavirus restrictions? Police are also understood to have closed a handful of shops deemed not to be essential, which had stayed open. Fahy said: “How are you going to disprove someone is going to Sainsbury’s or Morrisons for the first time that day? Two sources said police planning assumptions did not include enforcing a lockdown, and forces were believed to be scrambling on Tuesday. John Apter, the chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the 120,000 officers he represented would not be heavy-handed and would rely on persuasion and social pressure.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2020 14:55 UTC