Updates on Friday 31 July
Visiting people at home banned in parts of northern England
Boris Johnson halts plans to ease restrictions in England due to start on Saturday
Rules on face coverings are extended to more indoor settings, including museums and places of worship
Evidence suggests a slight increase in the number of people in England testing positive for coronavirus
Hancock: 'Households not abiding by social distancing'
Burnham: 'Protect each other' by following the rules
Pubs and restaurants to reopen in Leicester
Rob England
BBC News
Our live coverage has finished for today.
But you can still follow the latest coronavirus updates from across the globe on the BBC News website here.
I'll leave you with the prime minister's new coronavirus slogan - "hands, face, space, get a test".
Stay safe.
Image source, Getty ImagesCoronavirus infections are rising in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggest.
A sample of households in England, excluding care homes and hospitals, were swabbed to test for current infection.
The ONS says daily cases have risen from an estimated 2,800 to 4,200 since last week.
However, there is not enough data to suggest a higher proportion of positive tests in any particular region.
The way the public was told about new local lockdown rules coming into force in West Yorkshire was "chaotic in the extreme", according to one Bradford MP.
Last night, health secretary Matt Hancock tweeted to say separate households living in areas across northern England, from midnight, would be banned from meeting each other indoors and in their gardens.
The Labour MP for Bradford South, Judith Cummins, said the way people were told was "very chaotic in the extreme".
"If you're trying to get the public to buy in to a public health message, you need to communicate that effectively and properly with some some time for people to adjust, not a couple of hours.
"I think it's a terrible and appalling way to communicate. We're talking about people's livelihoods and people's lives. To do it with a couple of hours' notice is simply not good enough."
A comedy club boss says the government's decision not to reopen indoor performance venues is a "huge blow".
Jessica Toomey, director of the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester, said the decision was a blow not just to her club but "the industry as a whole."
"We’ve put in a considerable amount of time and investment gearing up to reopen again but we have to respect the decision.
"The show will go on. The Frog will return bigger and better," she said.
Image source, Google
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Gillian Grant, a 55-year-old from Braunstone, echoed the thoughts of many residents in commenting on the confusion caused by the partial lifting of Leicester's lockdown.
Pubs and restaurants in Leicester are set to reopen from Monday as a number of lockdown restrictions in the city are lifted, but restrictions on household visits will apply in the same way as they do in parts of northern England.
"I couldn't make heads nor tails of it last night to be honest," she said.
"You can go the pub and have a drink now but can't see your family?"
Alex Smith
BBC News Online
Leicestershire County Council leader Nick Rushton has welcomed the government's decision to take Oadby and Wigston out of lockdown from Monday, but said more work needed to be done as infection rates in the borough were "still too high".
The borough, along with the city of Leicester, has been subject to stricter measures since 29 June and was not included when it was announced that certain suburbs would be released from the lockdown zone on 16 July.
Image source, GoogleMr Rushton said: "The announcement signals a move towards a more normal way of life and is great news for local businesses who can open their doors and start trading again.
"The response of residents has been tremendous and the testing rate in the borough is 12 times higher than the rest of the UK – and I’d like to thank people for heeding our call.
"Unfortunately, rates in the borough are still too high. So let's not be under any illusions - there is still work to do. If you have symptoms get a test, self-isolate if you or anyone in your home has symptoms, keep your distance and wash your hands."
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The mayor of Leicester says the city has been left "out in the dark, very frustrated and very angry" following the government's "shambolic" lockdown announcement.
A number of Leicester lockdown restrictions will be lifted from Monday, with Oadby and Wigston set to move out of lockdown altogether.
Sir Peter Soulsby described Health Secretary Matt Hancock's words as "an inadequate response to the last four weeks of lockdown we have had to suffer".
Image source, PA Media"Once again, it was shambolic," Sir Peter told a news conference on Friday.
"What the government did yesterday, I can't help but feel, was make it up as they went along and frankly that's not the way to deal with this."
The mayor also called for more clarity from the government, adding there were still unanswered questions about people meeting up with family and friends and travel restrictions.
The timing of new coronavirus lockdown restrictions which have been introduced in parts of northern England will have a major impact on Eid celebrations, an organisation representing Muslims in part of West Yorkshire has said.
Image source, EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKYThe restrictions, which ban separate households in areas including Calderdale, Bradford and Kirklees, from meeting each other at home after a spike in Covid-19 cases, were announced last night and came into force at midnight.
Yunus Lunat, from the Indian Muslim Welfare Society in Batley, has criticised what he calls a "lack of awareness" at the government level.
He says: "The problem for the Muslim community, certainly that I represent in Batley, with it being Eid today, is what data became available so late in the day last night for this to be announced at three hours' notice?
"Would they do this on Christmas Eve? On the government website it refers to Muslims celebrating Eid this weekend. No, we're celebrating Eid three hours after the announcement."
A woman from Manchester who has been shielding says the "very sudden" lockdown measures are "disappointing".
Image source, Jenny CooperJenny Cooper, 36, from Burnage, lives with Crohn's disease and has been shielding since March.
Quote MessageIt's really important to keep the vulnerable safe, but it does feel very sudden.
Quote MessageWe were on the cusp of freedom. It's disappointing as many of us feel left behind.
Jenny Cooper
The government has banned separate households in east Lancashire and other parts of northern England from meeting each other at home after a spike in Covid-19 cases.
The chair of the Lancashire Council of Mosques said the hastily announced restrictions were going to be "very, very difficult" for Muslim communities poised to celebrate Eid.
Chair Rafiq Sufi said: "I can't visit my mum and she lives across the road."
Image source, PA MediaHe continued: "We've been working very hard and we've been trying so much to make sure everything's Covid-19 safe.
"We've been bombarded with texts and messages and it's really difficult for us to try and explain to people that it's a decision for our own safety, but the timing is of such concern.
"The weather's going to be fantastic today and people were expecting to have parties and meet their relatives and suddenly this restriction comes in, it's going to be very, very difficult, but we have to abide by it."
James Vincent
Political Editor, BBC Look North
We knew something might be coming - but not this...
Image source, Danny Lawson/PA MediaBradford, Kirklees and Calderdale in West Yorkshire have been closely watched for weeks.
Bradford had even asked the government to think about whether there should be any more easing of restrictions there.
But this Tweet just after 21:00 last night changed it all:
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The government is being criticised for the timing and style of the announcement - tweeted out less than three hours before the new rules were meant to come in - and just before Eid.
The government says it needed to happen.
Matt Hancock said contact tracing pointed towards transmission between people visiting friends and family.
That's now off the cards - indefinitely - in some parts of Yorkshire.
Sam Proffitt
BBC News
Image source, Sarah Caisley Office workers in England can soon go back to their desks - but many want to keep working remotely.
According to the ONS, 30% of adults in the UK were exclusively working from home at the start of July.
From 1 August, employers in England can allow staff back into offices at their own discretion when they feel it's safe to do so.
James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is it. We are now, give or take, at the absolute limit of how much we can reopen society without a resurgence of coronavirus.
This realisation at the heart of government is about more than delaying the opening of bowling alleys, it will define our lives for months to come - and probably until we have a vaccine.
And I'm sorry to break it to parents, but the biggest question mark now is around the reopening of schools.
Over the past two weeks the number of confirmed infections has started to creep up again.
Image source, GoogleA total of 45 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Iceland supermarket distribution centre in Swindon.
The borough council confirmed the cases at the site, run by XPO Logistics, and expect the number to rise.
The Unite Union says some employees, 150 of whom are self-isolating, are now afraid to return to the premises.
A spokesman for the company said it was working with local authorities in an attempt to keep staff safe.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
A pub manager in Leicester is pleased her business can reopen from Monday, external - but said it had been an anxious wait in lockdown.
Sarah Gillett, 52, received a delivery of beer in time for her to be able to reopen the pub, but said it had been "a nightmare trying to follow" the new lockdown rules.
"I'm glad we can open but it's a bit of a mixed message," she said. "You can't meet round someone's house but you can go to a pub?"
Rob England
BBC News
A further nine people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, official figures show.
This brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,338, NHS England said.
Patients were aged between 73 and 92 years old and all but one, aged 75, had underlying health conditions.
Image source, .Plans to reduce the rate of coronavirus cases in Calderdale have been discussed at the highest level of government, the leader of the council says.
Image source, PA MediaCalderdale is one of the areas affected by new lockdown rules in parts of West Yorkshire following a spike in coronavirus cases in parts of northern England.
The chief executive of Calderdale Council, Robin Tuddenham, said: "We've been an area of concern now for a week, our neighbouring areas have been a concern a bit longer.
"We do know the rate of infection has been increasing in Calderdale and we've been talking to the government about the kind of action we might take with them and our communities to reduce the risk.
"We are concerned and we do need to get on top of this infection again," he added.
People who pay council tax to specific councils are affected by the new local coronavirus lockdown rules, according to one West Yorkshire council.
Image source, Danny Lawson/PA MediaSome social media users have expressed confusion over who is affected by new rules which were brought in overnight in Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees.
Designed to slow the spread of the virus, separate households living in those areas have been banned from meeting each other indoors and in their gardens.
Bradford Council says the lockdown is not based on specific postcodes, but rather on who you pay your council tax to, external.
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Cathy Case, who's overseeing the overflow car park at busy Bigbury today has found a way to social distance while taking people’s parking fees.
The bucket on a stick was her idea to get round the problem of not touching the cash.
“It’s been really busy but some people have been put off because the tides are wrong and it’s really difficult to socially distance when the tide is up.
"It was really grim in the road here yesterday.
"It was taking two hours to get here from the main road and people were exasperated and at the end of their tether, so it’s really nice to give them somewhere to go because all they want to do is get down to the beach.”