Latest coronavirus updates from the UK and worldwide – as Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils fresh plans to help businesses in Tier 2.

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Key points:

• PM, chancellor and chief scientific adviser to hold Downing Street briefing at 4pm
• Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils three extra support measures for businesses
• Nicola Sturgeon says Christmas is not going to be ‘absolutely normal’ this year
• Talks to move Nottinghamshire to Tier 3 will happen today
• Test and Trace hits lowest weekly figure with less than 60% of contacts reached
• Liverpool hospitals treating more patients than in peak of the first wave
• Trepidation and optimism in Kerry as Ireland locks down again – read more
• Live reporting by Lucia Binding, news reporter