The BTS fans investing in their favourite K-pop band

London, Essex, York and other areas move to Tier 2Millions of people face more restrictions from Saturday, including a ban on households mixing indoors.

A survey by Get Safe Online, a public and privately funded advice organisation, found that 30% of those asked felt more vulnerable to online fraud owing to the greater use of digital channels during and after lockdown.

Coronavirus is expected to have hastened a further decline.

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