Tier 4 approved for parts of the SW and Cumbria according to the Times (must be noted here that Cumbria is currently still only T2).
Theres also particular concern about the West Midlands.
So this doesn't sound like T4 is being proposed for all of the country from this.
But it does say that higher restrictions for the whole country in the weeks ahead are inevitable. So it strikes me that not putting everywhere in T4 (or higher) is just delaying the inevitable anyway.
Also secondary schools reopening being delayed due to logistics not being ready and some schools actively deciding to boycott the mass testing proposals.
Its silent about primary schools.
PHE is reporting that 54% more contacts of those trace from a known case are developing covid, compared to earlier in the pandemic.
And we uk has recieved (as in the nhs has) enough Pfizer doses to carry on vaccinating at the rate so far.
But a notable silence on Oxford vaccine too.
The Guardian is also talking about the creation of T5, so that is now looking likely.
The press this week has been preparing the uk public for bad news tomorrow.
And whilst Williamson has been desperate to keep school open, the news today is now making it politically untenable.
So i do think we will see T5 with schools closed. If only to keep the veneer of being able to say they are keeping as many schools open as possible. But it still looks like we might avoid T4 everywhere.
And I still think we might see a new year's eve curfew in some places.
And yep. I think Oxford could be announced tomorrow. If its not i think i may start to get slightly nervous.