Local lockdowns imposed in several cities as UK cases rise
(World News USA)

LONDON (AP) — Cities around the U.K. imposed new coronavirus restrictions Friday as they raced to slow the spread of COVID-19 — with London at risk of following soon. Leeds, a city of more than 750,000 in northern England, barred residents from meeting with members of other households either indoors or in private backyards. In the Welsh cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli, households also will be banned from mixing indoors. And in Scotland, students were asked not to go to bars and restaurants this weekend. London, meanwhile, home to almost 9 million people, was added to the British government`s COVID-19 watchlist as an “area of concern.” That means the U.K. capital could face new...