A rise in coronavirus cases saw further restrictions in Bolton, including only allowing takeaways and curtailing nightlife. All hospitality venues will be limited to takeaway and must be closed to customers between 2200 and 0500 each day. Matt Hancock said the town in Greater Manchester had "the highest case rate in the country." A further 2,460 new coronavirus cases were reported across the UK on Tuesday. Today was the first session of our Defence Select Committee post recess. We took evidence from two panels. The first consisted of Cllr Tudor Evans, from Plymouth City Council, Brett Phaneuf, the founder and chief executive of M Subs Ltd, and Nick Hurst, the CEO of Artemis Optical Ltd. The questions concentrated on defence spending and local economies. The second panel consisted of three union representatives:: Ross Murdoch, from the GMB, Rhys McCarthy, from Unite, and Garry Graham, from Prospect. The session was all in public and can be seen on Hansard. At 1630 I met in confidence with a small group of chosen colleagues to discuss many issues. It's a chance to speak our minds in private. Votes came earlier than anticipated. Meanwhile, the Brexit debate heated up again after minister Brandon Lewis said plans to amend the Brexit deal was breaking international law. The inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombings heard that only one paramedic was at the scene for the first 40 minutes after the explosion. Apparently, the sole paramedic had arrived in the arena foyer 18 minutes after the bomb went off. Abroad, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, was told she had to face another trial. The charity worker is nearing the end of her five-year sentence for spying charges, which she has always denied. Finally, an earthquake with a magnitude 3.3 has been felt across several towns in England. People living in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire said they felt it at about 0945.