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Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the news in a press conference yesterday afternoon. The new Tier 4 rules mean people must stay at home and all but essential shops must close. Hospitality venues, such as pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants must close except for takeaway. You are only able to meet with one other person from another household in a public, outdoor space. According to the latest figures Colchester’s infection rate is now 289.2 cases per 100,000 people with 563 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the borough between December 11 and December 18. This is up from a rate...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the news in a press conference yesterday afternoon. The new Tier 4 rules mean people must stay at home and all but essential shops must close. Hospitality venues, such as pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants must close except for takeaway. You are only able to meet with one other person from another household in a public, outdoor space. According to the latest figures Colchester’s infection rate is now 289.2 cases per 100,000 people with 563 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the borough between December 11 and December 18. This is up from a rate...

IT is now inevitable Colchester will enter a higher Tier of coronavirus restrictions due to the borough’s rising infection rate, the leader of Colchester Council has said. The coronavirus infection rate in Colchester has risen further, with more than 550 cases confirmed in the latest seven day period. According to the latest figures Colchester’s infection rate is now 289.2 cases per 100,000 people with 563 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the borough between December 11 and December 18. This is up from a rate of 117.6 cases per 100,000 people in the previous week, when 229 cases wer...

Published: 4:29 PM December 23, 2020    Updated: 4:55 PM December 23, 2020 Colchester Borough Council leader Mark Cory released a joint statement with other group leaders saying the move to Tier 4 was necessary - Credit: COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL Moving to Tier 4 will have "significant impact" on people in Essex - but community leaders say: "There is no doubt in our minds that we are all being asked to do the right thing." Even though most of Essex has already been moved to Tier 4, Tendring, Colchester and Uttlesford remained in Tier 2 at the last government review while cases rates were...

The number of cases across Colchester and Tendring districts has doubled in the past week. Part of the issue has been laid at the feet of Tier 4 residents visiting the town to escape the rules of their own areas. Government guidelines say residents in Tier 4 areas should not visit areas in Tier 2 like Colchester, however, there is no law in place to stop them. Colchester Council's public safety boss Mike Lilley has written to the town's MPs, asking them to see if Essex Police can be given more power in order to enforce the rules.  He says taxi drivers from other parts of Essex were...