COMBINATION IMAGE © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/12/2020. London, UK. In this combination image shoppers are seen outside Selfridges, Oxford Street on Boxing Day in 2019 (TOP) and the same scene today (LOWER). On one of the busiest shopping days of the year a near deserted Oxford Street as all non-essential shops remain closed due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic that has swept through the World. Last week Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that yet another new Covid-19 mutation has been discovered in the UK as Downing Street orders many more areas of England to go into Tier 4 lockdown from Boxing Day with tougher new Covid-19 restrictions for many as the mutated strains continue to spread throughout the South East. Photo credit: Alex Lentati/LNP