Can theatres open in tier 3?

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to announce London will move into Tier 3, where the toughest restrictions are, during an address to the House of Commons on Monday afternoon.

In total, 23 million people were placed in Tier 3 on December 2.

From Wednesday, nine million people in London will join those 23m and begin living under England’s toughest restrictions.

Here is a list of all the regions currently in Tier 3:

• North East: Tees Valley Combined Authority, North East Combined Authority, North of Tyne Combined Authority
• North West: Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen
• Yorkshire and The Humber: The Humber, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire
• East Midlands: Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, Leicester and Leicestershire, Lincolnshire
• West Midlands: Birmingham and Black Country, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
• South East: Slough (remainder of Berkshire is in tier two), Kent and Medway
• South West: Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset.