Boris Johnson will hold a press conference this evening to address the growing Covid-19 crisis. The PM will appear in Downing Street, but the time of the briefing and details of who will be appearing with him has yet to be confirmed.
Mr Johnson is expected to chair an emergency meeting of the COBRA committee, after France closed its borders to the UK following the identification of a mutant strain of the virus.
Overnight France shut its border to arrivals of people and trucks from the United Kingdom, closing off one of the most important trade arteries with mainland Europe.
Boris Johnson has resisted calls to bring MPs back from their Christmas break, which began on Thursday - and Number 10 said again today that any recall would only be to