hey folks. you heard it here first
5 PM today and the UK will announce full lockdown measures. That’s 90 minutes….
Correction: London only
now confirmed on BBC, albeit belatedly, albeit piecemeal as this image shows.
Edit: Hmmm, didn’t happen. It clearly WAS planned and probably that was due to the unexpected rise in the numbers today.
Source: a cycling friend’s partner runs the covid response for a large company
Last Updated on 22 January 2026 by the5krunner
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Its now 5:30pm, looks out of London window…. NO lockdown!
Unless you in China, these things seem to be more like recommendations.
curse the bbc for their fake news 😉
Can you change the layout of the site? Its so confusing now.
desktop or mobile please