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SIR – You report on the two women who were fined £200 by Derbyshire police after driving into the countryside for a walk with cups of coffee.
The case is now under review – but should such excessive enforcement occur again, the consequences for policing by consent and the public’s respect for the police are likely to be negative. A degree of common sense must be applied.
Phil Coutie
SIR – Here in a Derby suburb on the edge of a local park, there is a stall selling coffee and soup and attracting large groups, yet there has not been a policeman in sight.
The boss of Revolution Bars today blasted the Government s scandalous treatment of bars and nightclubs during the pandemic, accusing it of deliberately sacrificing businesses and people s livelihoods .
Chief executive Rob Pitcher said state support for bars which have seen their trade decimated during the crisis is totally inadequate and called grants of £1,000 per wet-led pub or bar derisory and insulting .
The group, which runs 74 bars in the UK, told investors it is down around £8.5million a month for the past six months from the same period last year after reporting a nearly 50 per cent fall in sales from 2019.
Since reopening bars from July 6, it said it had been weighed down by restrictions including local lockdowns, the second national shutdown, table service and the 10pm curfew.