When does lockdown officially start on Thursday, when will it end and what are the rules?

Watch more of our videos on Shots!
and live on Freeview channel 276

The country is braced for its second national lockdown of 2020.

Boris Johnson addressed the nation on Saturday at a Downing Street press conference where he announced the country would be entering a month-long lockdown, warning "the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario".

Today (Wednesday, November 4) MPs will vote on the plans for a four-week lockdown which has already received the backing from the Labour Party.

If the plans are voted through, England will be under lockdown from 00.01am on Thursday, November 5.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a virtual press conference at Downing Street (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

15 more coronavirus deaths recorded in South Yorkshire

The lockdown is expected to last for four weeks until December 2, although cabinet officer minister Michael Gove warned this could be extended.

Further lockdown measures are set to emerge today, but here are the rules we know so far:

People