MPs will return to Westminster to vote on regulations enforcing England's national lockdown as the stringent restrictions entered into force overnight amid spiralling coronavirus cases.

The Commons has been recalled from its Christmas recess for the second time, to debate and retrospectively vote on the measures announced by the Prime Minister on Monday.

Boris Johnson will update MPs on the new controls - which include the closure of schools to most pupils and a return to the stay at home order - before a vote due in the evening.

The measures are expected to pass with ease, with Labour set to support the motion.

It comes as the World Health Organisation said it would not recommend witholding the second dose of the vaccine for up to 12 weeks, instead suggesting the interval should be between three and four weeks.

In Cumbria cases are rising rapidly and according to the Gov.uk website cases per 100,000 people for the seven-day average in Carlisle in now at more than 760.

The date per 100,000 people for the seven-day average was last updated on Monday, January 4 at 1.54pm.

For each area the figures are as follows:

Allerdale - 430.6

Barrow - 298.3

Carlisle - 851.1

Copeland - 250.8

Eden - 625.3

South Lakes - 237.9

The total number of people with at least one positive Covid-19 test result (either lab-reported or lateral flow device) since the start of the pandemic in each area:

Allerdale - 2,498

Barrow - 2,589

Carlisle - 4,848

Copeland - 1,596

Eden - 1,895

South Lakes - 3,084