UK Covid: PM says Greater Manchester situation is 'grave' and he will intervene if necessary – as it happened
by Nadeem Badshah and Andrew Sparrow (earlier) from on (#595RP)
Patrick Vallance says Sage recommended circuit break in September and adds tier 3 measures not enough to get R below 1; weekly UK death toll up by more than 80%. This live blog is now closed - please follow the global live blog for latest updates
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