Members of Parliament will vote later Tuesday on the proposed tier system as the country prepares to come out of lockdown. Critics say the measures will devastate businesses, especially pubs, which face some of the tightest restrictions. Johnson urged legislators to back the measures, saying the country must “hold our nerve” until vaccines are approved and distributed. But pubs and restaurants face strict limits in Tier 2 and closure in the topmost Tier 3. Other parts of the U.K. — Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — are all following their own local restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.

The United Kingdom has urged the return of an American diplomat's spouse who left the country while a suspect in a fatal traffic collision. Northamptonshire Police Superintendent Sarah Johnson said in a statement on Saturday that a 42-year-old American woman "being treated as a suspect in our investigation into a fatal road traffic collision... has left the country." Harry Dunn, 19, died in the accident while riding his motorbike, according to a statement from his family. Unfortunately, we were latterly advised that the waiver had been declined and that the suspect had left the UK." She added that the suspect "must return to the UK to face justice."