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Boris Johnson said he would absolutely support a campaign to erect a statue in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore, as the nation came together to mark his memory with a clap on Wednesday night.
Russia has contacted Germany to see if it can manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine there the day after clinical trial data showed that its Sputnik-V jab is 91.6 per cent effective.
Members of a conservation group supporting a 500-year-old church that was trashed during an illegal rave on New Year’s Eve say they have been “blown away” after receiving more than £22,000 in donations to help with repairs. Hundreds of party-goers attended the event at Grade II listed All Saints Church in East Horndon, Essex, and three people were arrested. Essex Police said organisers set up DJ decks, a bar, and even hired portable toilets for revellers. Volunteers said the ravers smashed a window, wired sound equipment into the church’s fuse box and churned up the ground outside with vans, causing around £1,000 of damage.
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Police have raided an absolutely ridiculous house party as 30 revellers breached coronavirus restrictions for a birthday bash.
Officers were called to Ormskirk in Lancashire at 2.45am on Sunday to break up the rave allegedly hosted by bored Edge Hill University students.
Some escaped by climbing out a window but the organiser - a 20-year-old woman - was given a £10,000 fixed penalty notice and nine others were fined £800.
One man - Sam Taiwo, 23, from Sheffield - is due in court in April after he was arrested and later charged for shoving an officer.
It comes as a barbershop owner was left red faced when he answered a call from a customer while talking to police and officers shut down an unofficial football match.
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12:49 PM February 3, 2021
The aftermath of an unlicensed New Year s Eve event at Thorndon Park conserved church
- Credit: Essex Police
A man has been fined £10,000 for organising an unlicensed music event at a disused church on New Year’s Eve.
Hundreds of people breached Covid-19 regulations by attended the event at All Saints Church, East Horndon, on a night Essex Police dished out £18,000 worth of fines.
A 32 year-old man from Wickford was arrested on suspicion of burglary at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday.
When interviewed, he admitted being an organiser of the event.
He faced no further action in connection with the burglary offence, but was issued a £10,000 fixed penalty notice for organising the party.