Northern Ireland will lock down for four weeks, as England begins new restrictions.

Britain has long been divided on how it handles the pandemic, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales taking divergent paths. Their differences were on display once again on Wednesday as Northern Ireland announced a four-week lockdown, and England's three-tier system got off to a chaotic start in the northern city of Liverpool.

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