Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 4

Manchester Arena bomb-plotter Hashem Abedi, 23, was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life in March, and was later handed a record 55-year jail term. Scores of major sporting and cultural events were suspended that month, along with local elections, as the UK's coronavirus death toll continued to rise. Experts and politicians accepted the virus could no longer be contained as the country moved to the "delay" phase, while Britons travelling abroad were urged to return, employees told to work from home and schools were closed.