Police will stop people fleeing new Covid tier 4 areas, ministers say

People urged to stay local after chaotic scenes at London railway stations before new measures took effect Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Police will be asked to block families from driving out of tier 4 areas and extra officers will be deployed at railway stations to clampdown on non-essential journeys, it has been announced, following crowded scenes at transport hubs in the capital. The new tier 4 measures imposed from Sunday in London and the south-east indefini...