NEWS FOR 20/10/2020 (Tuesday the 20^th of October, 2020 - 12:39:38am bst)

• Midday deadline for Greater Manchester to make Tier 3 lockdown deal
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 9:56:00pm bst
  The government has given Greater Manchester until midday tomorrow to reach an agreement on entering Tier 3 restrictions.
  
  
• Wales imposes 'firebreak' for two weeks - as advisers say more circuit breakers may be needed
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 9:13:00am bst
  Wales is imposing a "firebreak" lockdown for 17 days from 6pm on Friday, the Welsh government has announced - and its advisers have warned that "multiple" circuit breaks could be needed.
  
  
• Ireland's PM announces six-week lockdown: 'If we pull together, we'll be able to celebrate Christmas'
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 6:46:00pm bst
  Ireland will return to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from midnight on Wednesday - with the prime minister suggesting the country will be able to celebrate Christmas "in a meaningful way" if the new lockdown is taken seriously.
  
  
• COVID-19 might never fully disappear even with a vaccine, says chief scientific adviser
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 9:27:00pm bst
  A coronavirus vaccine is "unlikely" to completely stop infections and the disease might never fully disappear, the government's chief scientific adviser has said.
  
  
• 67% back 'circuit breaker' lockdown - and 61% don't trust PM on coronavirus, Sky News poll suggests
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 11:49:00am bst
  Just over half of the public think the government is making the wrong decisions in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a YouGov survey for Sky News.
  
  
• Health Secretary Matt Hancock seen in chauffeur-driven car without a face mask
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 9:54:00pm bst
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been pictured in his ministerial car with no face mask on.
  
  
• Bride and groom posing for pictures on train track among 5,000 trespassing incidents on the railways
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 8:26:00pm bst
  A bride and groom posing for wedding pictures were among more than 5,000 incidents of railway trespassing between June and September this year.
  
  
• Next for Tier 3? Talks lined up for Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and the North East
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 2:00:00pm bst
  Talks will take place over the introduction of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in South and West Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, the North East and Teesside.
  
  
• Six Russians charged over hacks targeting Novichok probe, French elections and the Winter Olympics
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 4:59:00pm bst
  The US has charged six Russian hackers over a series of global cyber attacks, including trying to undermine UK efforts to hold Moscow accountable for the Salisbury spy poisoning.
  
  
• John Leslie cleared of grabbing woman's breasts at Christmas party
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 3:50:00pm bst
  Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has been found not guilty of grabbing a woman's breasts at a Christmas party in 2008.
  
  
• Wales to go into 'short sharp' lockdown from Friday
  Posted on Monday, 19/10/2020, 5:47:45pm bst
  People in Wales told to stay home from Friday, with pubs and restaurants ordered to close.
  
  

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