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Revellers in Tier 2 towns and cities were celebrating their freedom last night while millions of others were plunged into tougher lockdown restrictions. The PM was accused of ‘inconsistency and confusion’ after the extraordinary last-minute U-turn to put a third of England, including London and swathes of the home counties, into a brutal new ‘Tier … Read more
Police broke up an illegal party attended by more than 100 revellers thrown by a Soho barber shop which created a speakeasy-style nightclub in the venue’s basement. CCTV released today shows officers dispersing the mass gathering at Cut and Grind in London’s West End at around 1am on Friday. The Met is now threatening to … Read more
Tubes will not run overnight on New Year’s Eve to put partying revellers off celebrating the end of 2020, Transport for London has revealed. Meanwhile, the Waterloo and City line will close until April as bankers work from home amid coronavirus. Andy Lord, Managing Director of the London Underground, told a meeting of the TfL … Read more
Police today released photographs of 38 people they are trying to trace three weeks after breaking up an illegal rave where up to 700 people had gathered. Officers were injured after being pelted with lit spray cans and bottles as they arrived to disperse the Halloween event at a warehouse in Yate, near Bristol. Avon … Read more
Terrifying moment firework fails to launch and explodes on the ground sending revellers fleeing Revellers in Hillingdon, London, attempted to light firework stood in a plant pot The firework appears to get stuck in the pot and fails to launch as the fuse burns Onlookers are forced to flee for cover as the firework explodes … Read more
Up five people who attended a huge memorial ‘street party’ wake following a funeral later died of Covid, a council chief claimed today. The large gathering – which was in breach of lockdown rules – took place after a funeral in Birmingham. It was one of a series of examples of breaches in the city, … Read more
Welsh revellers hit the town last night after the Principality’s two-week ‘firebreak’ coronavirus lockdown came to an end. The restrictions were finally lifted after the government imposed the strict shutdown last month against a backdrop of rocketing Covid-19 cases. Now, Covid-19 case rates have fallen in almost every part of Wales, with the biggest drops seen … Read more
Illegal raves in Bristol and Greater Manchester were shut down last night after the Prime Minister announced plans for a month-long national lockdown. Police swooped on raves as hundreds of revellers partied through the night just hours after Boris Johnson announced the winter lockdown on Saturday night. A rave in a woodland in Wigan, Greater … Read more
Halloween revellers hit the streets of Newcastle on Friday night as the city remained under Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. People flocked to bars in the city on the same night it was revealed Boris Johnson would announce a nationwide lockdown next week. Earlier in the day, MPs in the North East held talks about entering … Read more
A nightclub has been fined £10,000 after police found over a hundred revellers dancing inside a marquee – which the owners tried to pass off as an outdoor venue. Body-cam footage shows officers entering Lab 11, in the trendy Digbeth district area of Birmingham, after concerns were raised on Saturday night. The organisers, who claimed … Read more