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Families ask when will the nightmare end as Christmas is cancelled for 16m as the PM plunges London and SE into brutal new Tier 4 after revealing 70pc-more-infectious Covid strain is rampant - and festive bubbles are cut to ONE day

Where will be in the new Tier 4 from midnight?  Kent Buckinghamshire Berkshire Surrey (excluding Waverley) The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings All 32 London boroughs and the city of London. Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough Hertfordshire Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring). Boris Johnson faced fury tonight as he dramatically cancelled Christmas for 16.4million people after hitting the panic button on a rampant new mutant strain of coronavirus.  The PM was accused of 'inconsistency and confusion' after the extraordinary last-minute U-turn to put a third of England, including London and swathes of the home counties, into a brutal new 'Tier 4' from midnight. The draconian bracket means non-essential shops being forced to shut, and travel restrictions including a 'stay at home' order for Christmas Day itself - even though Mr Johnson insisted just days ago that it would be 'inhuman'