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- - Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will move into Tier 4 at 12.01am on Thursday, December 31
- - Dorset Council residents will move into Tier 3
- - The New Forest will move from Tier 3 into Tier 4
- - Primary school pupils are still due to return to school on January 4
- - Secondary school exam pupils are due to return on January 11
- - The rest of secondary and college students will go back full-time on January 18
- - Boris Johnson will hold a press conference at 5pm
- - The whole of Dorset has been in Tier 2 since the last national lockdown ended on December 2
- - The cases and rates have been rising across the county in the past few weeks
- - Public Health Dorset said there has been a "significant increase"
- - Latest data showed 193 new cases in the BCP area in 24-hours up to 4.36pm on Tuesday and 105 new cases in wider Dorset
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