The Harrogate district appeared to be much quieter today as people seemed to embrace the national lockdown rules.
With schools, shops and hospitality businesses closed, residents have been instructed only to leave home for a few essential reasons, including shopping for food and medicine, and to exercise outside.
The measures are designed to reduce the coronavirus case rates, which have spiked in North Yorkshire as well as elsewhere in the country, by significantly reducing contact between people.
It is unclear when the lockdown will end, but it will be reviewed again in mid-February.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new restrictions yesterday evening in response to an “alarming” rise in coronavirus cases.
