Police have warned they are stepping up patrols to prevent people from tier three areas travelling into the Harrogate district for the lower restrictions.

North Yorkshire and York entered tier two yesterday. But the surrounding area is in tier three, except for Cumbria.

Restaurants and pubs can open in tier two, if they serve substantial meals; but all hospitality is closed in tier three except for takeaways.

This could tempt people from areas such as Leeds to travel to the district for nights out but North Yorkshire Police has said it is ready to tackle this.

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Police vehicles with automatic number plate recognition technology will be deployed along with more active patrols, said Superintendent Walker, who added:

What are the tier two restriction?

• No mixing of households indoors apart from support bubbles with a max of six meeting outdoors


• Hospitality venues must close unless operating as restaurants. Can only serve alcohol with a substantial meal


• Retail, entertainment, accommodation, schools, indoor leisure and personal care are all open


• Can travel but avoid tier three areas except where necessary


• Overnight stays are permitted with support bubble only


• Work from home where possible


• Places of worship open but do not interact with anyone outside household or support bubble


• Up to 15 guests for weddings and up to 30 for funerals


• Exercise classes and organised sport can take place outdoors. Cannot take place indoors if there is any contact between people from different households


• Large events can go ahead with 1,000 capacity indoors and 2,000 outdoors