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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a simplified system to replace the patchwork of local lockdown restrictions in England. It will be based on three tiers of risk: medium, high and very high.
Areas in the medium category must continue to abide by national restrictions, such as the 10pm curfew. The high category will comprise most areas currently under local lockdown. Merseyside alone has been earmarked for the very high tier – people won’t be able to socialise with other households indoors and pubs and bars will be closed.
Until now, adherence to restrictions has been weak. But Renaud Foucart says that with a couple of crucial elements in place, the new three-tier system might just work.
If you find yourself under lockdown, you might want to watch the new Netflix adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. The endlessly adapted novella by Henry James is reborn as The Haunting of Bly Manor. Or for something even more chilling, read about American pastor John MacArthur, who is taking climate change denial to a new level.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)
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Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
The UK government is set to introduce a three-tier system of lockdowns.
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Dani, The Haunting of Bly Manor’s Governess.
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Bethany Layne, De Montfort University
Be they ghosts or her mind playing tricks? The uncertainty is the draw of the 1898 classic The Turn of the Screw.
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Reverend John MacArthur.
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