This is everything you can and can’t do under new lockdown rules

Takeaway pints are off the table

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has plunged the country back into a full national lockdown - the third since the initial outbreak of coronavirus. The tightening of lockdown rules brings with it a raft of restrictions on what you can and cannot do. These are the main points:

• The whole country has been given a direct 'stay at home' order from the government
• You are only permitted to leave for essential work, to purchase food or medicine, attend medical appointments or to exercise once a day
• Special dispensation will be given to those fleeing domestic abuse or the threat of harm
• Those who care for vulnerable adults are also permitted to leave home for this purpose only
• Your one bout of exercise should be done locally - you're allowed to be accompanied in your exercise by your household, support bubble or one other person from outside this
• Schools are closed for the majority of pupils, with exceptions made for vulnerable children and children of key workers
• Universities and colleges are closed, with exams shelved until further notice
• There is to be no household mixing outside your support or critical care bubble
• Non-essential retail is closed, as are gyms and leisure facilities
• Pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants remain closed
• Takeaway and delivery food is permitted, takeaway pints are not

It is also hoped that the Covid vaccine will be rolled out to those most in need by mid-February. The top four priority groups for the vaccine are:

• Those in care homes
• The over 70s
• Health and care workers
• The clinically vulnerable

If all goes to plan, some 13.9 million people will receive a vaccination by the middle of next month. Boris Johnson said: "It's clear that we need to do more together to bring this variant under control while our vaccines are rolled out."