Police will stop people fleeing new Covid tier 4 areas, ministers say
by Jamie Grierson, Gwyn Topham and Libby Brooks from on (#5BWFW)
People urged to stay local after chaotic scenes at London railway stations before new measures took effect
Police will be asked to block families from driving out of tier 4 areas and extra officers will be deployed at railway stations to clampdown on non-essential journeys, it has been announced, following crowded scenes at transport hubs in the capital.
The new tier 4 measures imposed from Sunday in London and the south-east indefinitely prohibit non-essential travel out of the area as well as household mixing, including throughout the festive period.
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