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All from Tier 2, are you? High Streets in towns with lower Covid restrictions are packed with festive shoppers despite warnings not to travel from high risk areas

High streets in towns with lower Covid restrictions are packed with festive shoppers despite warnings not to travel from high risk areas.

Shoppers packed into Bicester Village shopping centre in Oxfordshire on Sunday to hunt for last minute Christmas presents. 

Travel restrictions have been put in place to stop people spreading the virus in London and the south east - but pictures from neighbouring towns today appear to show some people are simply travelling away from harsher measures to go shopping elsewhere. 

The shopping centre, which is in the Cherwell district, is in Tier 2, meaning non-essential shops can remain open.

Shoppers packed into Bicester Village shopping centre in Oxfordshire on Sunday to hunt for last minute Christmas presents

Shoppers packed into Bicester Village shopping centre in Oxfordshire on Sunday to hunt for last minute Christmas presents

Shoppers - some without face coverings - descended on the shopping village just days before Christmas

Shoppers - some without face coverings - descended on the shopping village just days before Christmas  

High streets in towns with lower Covid restrictions are packed with festive shoppers despite warnings not to travel from high risk areas

High streets in towns with lower Covid restrictions are packed with festive shoppers despite warnings not to travel from high risk areas

Travel restrictions have been put in place to stop people spreading the virus but pictures from neighbouring towns appear to show some people travelling away from harsher measures

Travel restrictions have been put in place to stop people spreading the virus but pictures from neighbouring towns appear to show some people travelling away from harsher measures

But crowds have flocked to shops based just a few miles out of Tier 4 areas to buy last minute Christmas presents. 

Neighbouring Aylesbury, just a 24 minute drive from the shopping centre is in Tier 4, as is London's 32 boroughs and most of the south-east. 

Draconian measures announced by the prime minister on Saturday placed around 18million people in Tier 4, with government guidance telling them to stay at home. 

Government guidelines published yesterday state: 'If you live in a Tier 4 area, you must stay at home. 

Crowds have flocked to shops based just a few miles out of Tier 4 areas to buy last minute Christmas presents

Crowds have flocked to shops based just a few miles out of Tier 4 areas to buy last minute Christmas presents

Draconian measures announced by the prime minister on Saturday placed around 18million people in Tier 4, but Bicester Village remains in Tier 2

Draconian measures announced by the prime minister on Saturday placed around 18million people in Tier 4, but Bicester Village remains in Tier 2 

'You must not leave your home to travel unless for work, education or other legally permitted reasons. 

'If you need to travel you should stay local - meaning avoiding travelling outside of your village, town or the part of a city where you live - and look to reduce the number of journeys you make overall.

'You must stay at home and not leave your Tier 4 area, other than for legally permitted reasons.' 

Despite the restrictions, and fears a new mutant strain of Covid-19 is up to 70% more transmissible than the first virus, shoppers continued to gather today. 

Bicester Village remains in Tier 2 while neighbouring Aylesbury, just a 24 minute drive from the shopping centre is in Tier 4

Bicester Village remains in Tier 2 while neighbouring Aylesbury, just a 24 minute drive from the shopping centre is in Tier 4

The tightened rules have caused chaos for thousands of families across England, with frustrated Britons who have been forced to cancel their Christmas plans.

Millions more Brits will be plunged into Tier Four restrictions within weeks, Sir Patrick Vallance hinted tonight.

In a clear sign that the toughest virus-controlling restrictions are imminent for swathes of the population, Downing Street's chief scientific adviser said the fast-spreading variant is 'everywhere' and admitted that we 'can't stop this getting into other places'. 

Fears are growing that that millions of families face living under draconian curbs until Easter, with Britain's Covid crisis continuing to escalate. 

Health bosses declared another 33,364 cases today, up 64.7 per cent from last Monday's figure. Another 215 deaths were confirmed. 

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