Hours. And there is continued disruption in dover. The borders have reopened with france but thousands of lorry drivers are still waiting for their covid tests. Hello, welcome to bbc news. In the last half an hour matt hancock held a News Conference in downing street to confirm more areas of england will move into tier 4, the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. People must stay at home, non essential retail is closed and movement in or out of the area isnt allowed. Lets recap the main points. The Health Secretary said from boxing day, norfolk, suffolk, cambridgeshire and essex would move into ts four along with oxfordshire, waverly and surrey and hampshire, including portsmouth and southampton, but excluding the new forest. More areas of england will move into tier 3, bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle of wight, the new forest, cheshire and warrington. Matt hancock also said two new cases of another new variant of coronavirus had been detected in the uk, both are conta
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An investigation at the Blair County Prison revealed drugs, cellphones and tobacco were smuggled into the jail in October with the help of an inmate’s wife, court documents stated.
After monitoring inmate James McCleary’s phone calls, Warden Abby Tate informed Hollidaysburg police of a plot to sneak prohibited items inside the jail through the laundry facility where James McCleary worked, police reported.
When questioned about the plot, James McCleary allegedly told Tate that his wife, Chasity, was scheduled to drop off drugs outside the prison’s garage door, which leads to the laundry room, court documents stated.