Rochester fashion store Copenhagen Blue fined for lockdown breach
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Updated: 10:09, 17 February 2021
The owners of an independent fashion store have spoken of their shock after being fined £1,000 for selling a T-shirt to an undercover trading standards officer.
Medway Council issued a press release today saying the unnamed store in Rochester had been issued with the fixed penalty notice for breaching coronavirus regulations - before the shop s owners outed themselves on social media.
Copenhagen Blue was fined £1,000
The council said the shop had allowed a purchase to be made in store rather than using a click-and-collect service, having previously been issued with a warning.
Medway expands symptom-free coronavirus testing to all residents
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Symptom-free testing has been opened up to everyone who lives and works in Medway.
With five testing centres now up and running, all residents in Medway can now book a symptom-free test providing they do not have any symptoms of coronavirus.
Testing is taking place at the Chattenden Community Centre, one of five symptom-free testing sites
It is recommended that people leaving home for essential reasons within government guidelines - such as for work, medical trips and shopping for basic necessities - take advantage of the service. It is important to book regular symptom-free tests every two weeks.
Military steps down from Medway community testing programme to find asymptomatic patients
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The armed forces is stepping down from its efforts to support community testing in Medway.
Military personnel were drafted in to help run special symptom-free testing centres across the Towns earlier this month to identify those unknowingly spreading the illness.
The armed forces are stepping down from their role supporting community testing in Medway
Officials supported Medway Council to host the centres where eligible critical workers and residents could take a swab test at targeted venues in Chattenden, Rainham, Chatham and Rochester.
They have also ran pop-up test sites across Medwayâs secondary schools, retail areas and at Gillingham FC s MEMS Priestfield Stadium.