What businesses and non-essential shops are open in Tier 4?

MILLIONS of Brits will be plunged into a Tier 4 lockdown from tomorrow.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement this afternoon, in a bid to curb the latest rise in Covid cases.

Supermarkets and other non-essential retail will stay open in Tier 4Credit: Reuters

It means the closure of non-essential retail shops, hairdressers and nail salons in a bid to stop the spread.

A new strain of the deadly virus is blamed for a sudden surge in hospitalisations and The Sun understands evidence shows a dramatic hike in positive cases in London in the past week.

Boris has been trying to save Christmas, insisting Brits would be able to meet with their families thanks to the planned bubbles.

London and parts of the south East are in Tier 4, which means Christmas has been cancelled for millions of people.

Christmas bubbles in Tier 4 areas have been cancelled and there is a “stay at home” message, asking people not to leave homes.

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What non-essential shops are open in Tier 4?

Here is the list of non-essential shops that remained open in the lockdown in November.

The government hasn’t released the official list of shops that can stay open in Tier 4 but we will update this story when it does..

But the Prime Minister said this afternoon that measures would be broadly similar to those in place in November’s lockdown.

When the UK was plunged into a second nationwide lockdown in November, the essential included:

Supermarkets
Newsagents
Convenience stores
Food markets
Corner shops
Takeaways and food deliveries
Off licenses and licensed shops selling alcohol (including breweries)
Pharmacies and chemists
Hardware stores
Building merchants and building services
Petrol stations
Car repair and MOT services
Bicycle shops
Taxi or vehicle hire businesses
Banks
Building societies
Credit unions
Short term loan providers
Savings clubs
Cash points
Currency exchanges
Money transfer shops
Post offices
Funeral directors
Laundrettes and dry cleaners
Dental services
Opticians
Hearing services
Chiropody
Chiropractors
Osteopaths
Mental health services
Vets
Pet shops
Agricultural supplies shop
Storage and distribution facilities
Car parks
Public toilets
Garden centres
Retail shops in hospitals

Which areas are in Tier 4?

This is the list of areas which are in Tier 4 from tomorrow.

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)