Boris Johnson is expected to announce today that the final stage of easing controls in England - pencilled in for June 21 - is to be put on hold for up to four weeks amid a surge in cases of the Delta variant first identified in India.
It means rules ordering the wearing of face masks, limiting groups to six people indoors and 30 outdoors, and keeping nightclubs shut are set to remain in place.
The cap on weddings being attended by only 30 people is expected to be relaxed, but the exact details of what new rules would replace it were still being debated on Sunday night.
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