THE TIER YOU’RE IN... AND WHAT IT MEANS

TIER 0

This is the closest to normality and will allow a maximum of eight people from three households to meet indoors and 15 people from five households to meet outside.

Restrictions on the tourism sector will be lifted and shops, hair and beauty businesses – except those who work in a mobile capacity – and public buildings will be open.

Hospitality businesses will be open, both indoors and outdoors, at normal licensing times, but socialising rules will apply.

Stadiums will be allowed to welcome restricted numbers of people, while outdoor public events and seated indoor events will also be permitted.

Places of worship will be open to up to 50 people, with the same limit on weddings and receptions as well as at funerals and wakes.

TIER 1

No in-home socialising. Other indoor public places and outdoors restricted to six people from two households. Curb on events meaning only small numbers will be seated indoors, with restricted numbers outside.

The number of people able to attend weddings or funerals and their associated events will be restricted to 20.

Amateur indoor sports among those over the age of 18 will not be allowed.

Hospitality businesses will be forced to close by 10.30pm, both inside and outside, with the last entry permitted at 9.30pm.

TIER 2

Measures will remain largely the same as those in Level 1, barring some exceptions, including caring for a vulnerable person.

Outdoor groups in public places will be limited to six people from two households.

Cinemas, amusement arcades and bingo halls will be the only leisure facilities allowed to remain open, with soft play, funfairs, indoor bowling, casinos, theatres, snooker or pool halls, music venues, nightclubs and adult entertainment venues all closed.

Only drive-in events will be permitted, with indoor, outdoor and stadium events cancelled.

Public buildings will impose protective measures while NHS services will reduce face-to-face contact with patients.

Indoor hospitality venues will also close from 8pm, with last entry at 7pm, and will only be allowed to serve alcohol with a main meal. Outdoor businesses will shut at 10.30pm.

TIER 3

Socialising rules remain the same as in Level 2, with guidance issued for only essential hotel use by locals.

Drive-in events will no longer be permitted and cinemas, arcades and bingo halls will also be closed.

Indoor exercise will be limited to individual workouts, with outdoor contact sports for those over the age of 18 banned, except professional sports.

Hospitality businesses will be prohibited from selling alcohol and will close at 6pm with last entry at 5pm.

TIER 4

This is the toughest set of restrictions and closely resembles the full lockdown rules that were imposed in March.

While socialising will stay the same as Level 3, non-essential retail will be closed and the limit on numbers at weddings will drop to 15. The number allowed in places of worship will be restricted to 20.

Formal childcare will be subjected to ‘targeted intervention’, while informal childcare will be allowed only for the children of key workers.

Gyms will again be closed and outdoor sport will be limited to non-contact only, though professional sport will continue.

Essential work, outdoor work or those who have a job in construction and manufacturing will be the only sectors allowed to continue, with everyone else recommended to work from home.

All hospitality will be closed.