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Buying a pair of headphones and holding a photo shoot are among the reasons people have given for breaching coronavirus lockdown rules, Sussex Police has said.
Kent Police said it broke up a football match and discovered a barber who was about to cut someone s hair.
The force said it had issued 993 fines for legislation breaches since 1 January.
Sussex Police said it issued 192 fixed penalty notices in a week.
Supt Julia Pope of Sussex Police said: The majority of fines have been for those attending house parties, meeting up with friends and family indoors or travelling without a reasonable excuse .
Her habit saved her at least Sh1.4 million (Image: Triangle News)
The bargain-hunter, whose habit saved her at least Sh1.4 million (£10,000), said: “It’s horrendous we simply throw away clothes that took so much energy to make after a few wears.
“I’ve a much more exciting, far better quality wardrobe than I used to. More people will start doing this. I need to give other women the message.”
A charity shop scarf (Image: Triangle News)
Waste charity Wrap estimates each year more than 300,000 tons of clothes ends up in UK landfills and 5% of our carbon and water footprint is due to clothing consumption.
11:44 EDT, 3 February 2021
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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.
The elderly man was arrested at Forest Row for failing to give his details to officers. He appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and was given a £50 for obstructing a PC . He also pleaded guilty to breaching Covid-19 regulations. It comes as Sussex Police revealed the outrageous excuses given by rule-breakers to avoid a ticket. Superintendent Julia Pope, who is leading the policing operation for the pandemic, said: “In the last week we have had to issue 192 fixed penalty notices which, considering we have been in a pandemic for almost a year now, is completely unacceptable – and some people are making light of their reasons for being out and about.
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