The guidance for Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North

Tyneside says people in these areas should try to avoid meeting indoors.
The advice was published online on Friday without an announcement and
urges "an extra cautious approach".
A Downing Street source denied it was a local lockdown by stealth.
Advice against travelling to Bolton in Greater Manchester and nearby
Blackburn with Darwen, other than for essential reasons, and for people there
to meet outside where possible, was issued on 14 May.
Bolton recorded 451 overall cases per 100,000 people in the week to 20 May,
the highest in England.
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Some of the affected local authorities said they were not consulted about the
new advice, with North Tyneside Council saying officials did not know about it
until Monday.
Blackburn with Darwen's director of public health Dominic Harrison said the
affected areas "were not consulted with, warned of, notified about, or alerted to
this guidance".
But the Downing Street source told the BBC all the areas were told about the
advice.
The guidance, published on a page titled "what you can and cannot do",
advises people in the eight areas of England to:
 Meet outside rather than inside where possible
 Keep two metres apart from people who you do not live with (unless
you have formed a support bubble with them), this includes friends and family
you don't live with
 Avoid travelling in and out of affected areas unless it is essential, for
example for work (if you cannot work from home) or education

Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey told BBC Radio 4's Today
programme the advice was "just about sensible extra caution and [trying] to
get a grip locally with tackling the spread".
Health Secretary Matt Hancock used a Downing Street briefing last
Wednesday to urge vulnerable people to have their second vaccine jabs to
guard against the new virus variant, which was first identified in India.
Mr Hancock announced an increase in surge testing in six areas where the
variant was circulating, but did not outline any specific rules or travel
guidance.
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton South East and shadow international
development minister, said she had not been informed and was
"gobsmacked" by the updated guidance.