UK coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson blames 'too many breaches' for new wave of Covid-19 restrictions

Boris Johnson has blamed "too many breaches" of coronavirus restrictions on the new measures being put in place.

The Prime Minister set out a package of measures for England, with office staff once again working from home, the wider use of face masks and a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants.

He used a televised address to the nation to plead with people to follow the new rules, claiming that breaches of previous restrictions by "freedom loving" Britons had helped the virus return.

Mr Johnson warned that the new restrictions could remain in place for “perhaps six months” as the UK attempts to curb a second wave of the virus .

It comes as the total number of UK coronavirus cases pass the grim milestone of 400,000, after new infections rose by nearly 5,000 today.

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