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Sunday December 20, 2020, 5:01 PM
Passengers flocked to London s train stations on Saturday in a bid to leave the capital ahead of Tier 4 restrictions coming in Credit: PA
Extra police are being deployed across Tier 4 in London and south-east England to stop people from travelling and ensure only essential journeys are made, the transport secretary has said.
Meanwhile, Police Scotland is to double its patrols on the border with England, after the first minister announced tougher coronavirus travel restrictions.
From Sunday morning, much of south-east England has been placed under tough new Tier 4 measures in a bid to stem the spread of a new and highly-transmissible Covid variant.