Middlesbrough mayor vows to defy government over new Covid restrictions
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from on (#58PJS)
Threat made as Matt Hancock announces latest lockdowns in Merseyside, Warrington and Teesside
More than 2 million people in Merseyside, Warrington and Teesside will be banned by law from mixing with other households indoors in the latest extension of lockdown restrictions, as Middlesbrough's mayor took the extraordinary step of saying he was prepared to defy the government.
The measures were announced as coronavirus cases continued to rise sharply in the north-west and north-east of England.
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