20 pictures of what Preston looks like under lockdown Part 2

By Neil Cross

Published 6th Nov 2020, 11:47 GMT

Updated 6th Nov 2020, 11:50 GMT

Pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops have closed their doors and members of the public have been told to stay at home for the next four weeks in a bid to reverse the spread of Covid-19.

We sent our photographer NEIL CROSS into the city centre to see what had changed this time.

Mr Johnson has been warned by a group of northern Conservative MPs that they do not want their constituencies “locked into lockdown” indefinitely.

On Wednesday evening, MPs voted by 516 to 38 – a Government majority of 478 – for the new restrictions, which are due to expire on December 2.

Elsewhere, the Bank of England expanded its quantitative easing programme to boost the economy by another £150 billion to £895 billion.

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