Sandish Shoker
BBC News
The leader of Derbyshire County Council has urged people to adhere to the tier two guidelines and "help keep us out of tier three".
Councillor Barry Lewis confirmed the whole of Derbyshire would be under the high alert level from midnight on Saturday, and shared the following guidelines for residents.
Image source, HM GovernmentSandish Shoker
BBC News
More areas in the East Midlands are to move into tier 2 from midnight on Saturday.
The government has announced Derby City and the remaining areas of Derbyshire, along with Charnwood in Leicestershire, will now also move into the high risk category.
Chesterfield, Erewash and North East Derbyshire were previously placed under tier 2 restrictions.
Alex Regan
BBC News
The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in Nottinghamshire is 413, up from 361 two days ago.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said it admitted 49 people with Covid in a single day.
Jonathan Gribbin, Nottinghamshire’s director of public health, said the rate of infection in people over 60 was of “grave concern”, and current bed occupancy across the county is “40% more than at the wave one peak”.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has criticised the Department of Health and Social Care for holding a virtual meeting about coronavirus restrictions in Derbyshire using a "free Zoom account".
The Labour member took to Twitter to describe discussions between Derbyshire MPs and health minister Nadine Dorries as "amateur hour" when it "ended abruptly" after 45 minutes.
Ms Dorries responded that the Zoom call had not been free and the connection had been lost - to which Mr Perkins said a message had appeared saying "our free Zoom session was over".
Image source, GoogleMr Perkins said the meeting did reveal that transmission rates in over 60s throughout Derbyshire were escalating rapidly - at about 90% in the last seven days in his constituency.
He said Ms Dorries' strategy was to move them into tier two until the rate of hospital admissions started to fall.
Some parts of Derbyshire are already in tier two.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Paul Green, 54, a father-of-three, has run the Monster Shop - a tattoo parlour in Mansfield - for the past 36 years.
He said that during the national lockdown the financial help was insufficient, meaning he eventually had to take universal credit.
He fears that if the tier three restrictions last as long as lockdown did, he may not reopen, as tattoo parlours are among the businesses which will have to close under the new restrictions.
He said: "[This news] has taken everything out of me.
"I've worked seven days a week for 36 years and they can take it away like that.
"What has the world come to when you have to beg to work?
"We got a day-and-a-half's notice - you can't prepare in that timescale.
"We've abided by the rules, we're one of the cleanest businesses in the country, but they've still shut us down.
"Our customers can just drive a couple of minutes to tattoo places in Derbyshire. None of it makes sense.
"The people making the decisions are sat in their ivory towers and they do not understand what it is like for ordinary people."
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Kerry Dolby Williams, a 46-year-old supermarket worker from Mansfield, said: "I was surprised we were included. I didn't think we would be - we've got this far.
"But I didn't realise there were this many cases here and at the end of the day if we've got to do it we've got to do it."
East Midlands Today
The leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council estimates about £125m of Government money will be made available to support businesses affected by the tier three restrictions in Nottinghamshire.
Councillor David Lloyd said said he was "persuaded" to agree to the extra restrictions by the health imperative.
"Whilst our rates are lower, they are increasing and it is reaching down to the older age groups who are most vulnerable.
"The key issue here is our hospitals - the pressure they're under, the number of people going in, not just with Covid now, the cancellation of other operations. This is a much wider health imperative," he said.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Zubair Sharif, 32, who works in Leeming News in Mansfield, said the 21:00 curfew was "ridiculous".
"If someone wants to drink they'll just come in and buy earlier and go drink elsewhere," he said.
"Town is already dead after 7pm now, since tier two - it will be interesting to see what Friday's like."
Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Things we still don't know for sure yet:
David Pittam
BBC News Online
A 24-year-old mum has said she is due to meet up with her boyfriend for the last time in a while before they are separated into different tiers.
Nicole Gora lives in Mansfield while her boyfriend Danny Gaunt lives in Chesterfield.
She said she is already in a bubble with her grandparents.
She described the move into tier three as "rubbish".
"I'm quite sociable but I won't be able to meet up with my friends now either.
"I think they should have done a longer lockdown in the first place, then maybe we could avoided all this.
"Although I was expecting us to go in to tier three, I was holding out hope we wouldn't."
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The chief executive of the East Midlands Chamber, an organisation representing businesses in the region, said the way tier three restrictions have been imposed in Nottinghamshire is "nothing short of abysmal".
Scott Knowles said communities and businesses in the county have been left in "a state of confusion".
Image source, Getty ImagesHe said: “Last week was filled with rumours, hearsay and leaks about going into tier three lockdown.
“It wasn’t until Monday when an announcement was finally made, and we said it was vital to provide clear communication to businesses in the days before the restrictions came into force.
“Yet there has been almost zero clarity from government since then, leaving businesses in the lurch when it comes to planning ahead.
“To then belatedly add the rest of Nottinghamshire to tier three and delay the start of the restrictions has made the county feel like an afterthought throughout this entire process.
“Everyone wants to do the right thing and we understand the public health reasons for these restrictions, but the way this situation has been handled is unacceptable.”
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Lilly Le, 37, has run Lily Nails, near Mansfield market square, for the past seven years.
She said: "It's horrible we be to shut down again - even the customers aren't happy.
"We've been calling to say they can come in today, if they can make it."
She added it had been a "surprise" the tier three restrictions, which require nail salons to close, had affected Mansfield.
"We don't have as many people as a pub. Why do we have to close?" she said. "It will affect the business as I've still got rent and bills to pay. It's sad."
BBC Radio Nottingham
The leader of Bassetlaw District Council has called the enforcement of new coronavirus restrictions in Nottinghamshire a "complete circus".
Simon Greaves believes tougher measures should have come into place much earlier.
Image source, GoogleHe said: "Back in September, the government were told things need to happen in order to make some dramatic changes - they didn't take the advice.
"We're now at this policy of local arrangements and I think that action should have been taken a lot quicker in order to mitigate the spread of the virus.
"We've all been told very clearly that there need to be more than the standard tier three measures in order to make a dent in the rise and spread of Covid-19.
"Our hospitals and NHS have been hit by a tsunami - that's the reality."
He said the additional restrictions people in Nottinghamshire will face have the "full endorsement" of the chief medical officer.
"When you're told, in very blunt terms, about the scale of the challenge ahead and of the lives that will be at risk and that there's more that needs to be done, there's no easy option I'm afraid," he said.
Neil Heath
BBC News Online
A pub forced to close due to new coronavirus restrictions has thanked its "loyal customers" for finishing the last of its stock.
The Robin Hood & Little John, a real ale pub in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, does not serve "substantial meals" and so closed its doors on Wednesday evening.
However, it was not before its punters drank up what was left in the cellar, leaving just two kegs, one half-filled with lager and one with the last of the cider.
Image source, Robin Hood & Little John"As a business this is great to not have cash tied up in stock sitting in the cellar. We didn't set the challenge to drink us dry but you all rose to it!" said the pub on Facebook, external.
"Even our last two bags of crisps went with the last round."
The pub went on to thank its customers for the "love, support and understanding" during the past week and added that it would be back soon.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has once again explained the rationale behind the government's regional approach to trying to halt the spread of coronavirus.
The Newark MP was speaking after national lockdowns were announced in France and Germany yesterday.
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He told BBC Breakfast: "The judgement we're making today is if we follow the regionalised approach, we've got a good prospect of getting this under control because the alternative, we know, is very destructive and damaging to people's livelihoods.
"That matters because the scarring affect of unemployment stays with families and individuals for a very long time and it also has much broader impacts on health, mental health and wellbeing. So it's got to be viewed as a last resort."
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Center Parcs is closing its Sherwood Forest site on Friday, when Nottinghamshire moves into tier three of coronavirus restrictions.
A statement on the company website reads: "The safety and well being of our guests and staff is our absolute priority and we feel that this is the right decision to keep everyone as safe as possible."
Image source, GoogleThe holiday village will be closed from 13:00 on Friday until at least Thursday 26 November 2020.
All guests impacted by the closure have been told they will receive an email with instructions on how to reschedule their break or request a full refund.
All other Center Parcs UK sites are in tier one and remain open.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
An eyelash technician in Beeston said she'll be working until about 23:00 tonight to get her last clients in before tier three restrictions start.
Under the new rules, personal care services have to close.
Image source, Getty ImagesAmy Corbett, who runs Blinx Beauty, said: "I'm still shell-shocked to be honest.
"I've been really thankful that since I've reopened I've been really busy, but now the worry is money and then long term, how am I going to survive?
"It's only 28 days for now but in reality is that going to be for the rest of the year? How are businesses going to survive it second time around?
"We were one of the last to go back before and now it seems like we're back to square one again."
She said she doesn't yet know what financial support, if any, will be available from the government.
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
Initial findings from a new study led by Loughborough University, external have shown how Covid-19 can be detected via a non-invasive breath test, providing almost instant results.
The university, which worked with partners, said the consortium's research team was able to identify candidate biomarkers present in the breath of someone affected by coronavirus and the result was available without laboratory support.
Image source, Andrew WeekesIt added that 98 patients were involved in the "feasibility study", of whom 31 had Covid-19, and others had conditions including asthma, viral pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections.
Professor Paul Thomas from the university said the team was "hugely encouraged" by the findings, but a larger study was needed to collect more data.
"If shown to be reliable, it offers the possibility for rapid identification or exclusion of Covid-19 in emergency departments or primary care that will protect healthcare staff, improve the management of patients and reduce the spread of Covid-19.”
Samantha Noble
BBC News Online
In response to the new restrictions, a Nottinghamshire MP said "this is a tough time for us, but let us work together in Broxtowe, and we will get through this".
Darren Henry, Conservative MP for Broxtowe, said in a statement it was a "serious elevation of status and it is not a step taken lightly".
Image source, UK ParliamentHe added: "We need to protect our families, our loved ones, our communities, and maintain the capacity in Nottingham University Hospitals Trust so we can help those in need.
"Listening to people in Broxtowe, I know that for every person who does not support us entering tier three, there are just as many people who wish we entered it a while ago."
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
In addition to the main tier three rules, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire council leaders have agreed to some additional local ones.
The things you can't do:
Image source, Nottingham City CouncilThe things you can do, with a few extra measures in place:
These measures, along with the main tier three rules, will be in place for 28 days from Friday 30 October and will be kept under review, according to local leaders.