Updated / Friday, 22 Jan 2021
15:27
The Yesodey Hatorah Secondary Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London
Jewish leaders have condemned a wedding attended by around 400 people at a north London school after it was broken up by police.
The windows of the state-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School in Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, had been covered to stop people seeing in when officers arrived last night.
Around 400 people had gathered inside the building for a wedding in breach of Covid-19 regulations, the Metropolitan Police said.
Many of the guests fled as officers arrived at the Orthodox Jewish school but the force said the organiser is facing a £10,000 fine, while five others were handed £200 fixed-penalty notices.
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The Metropolitan Police force said officers found hundreds of people packed into the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls’ School with blacked-out windows on Jan 22, 2021. (Photo: AP)
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LONDON: Police in London said Friday (Jan 22) that they have broken up a wedding attended by 400 people despite a nationwide lockdown that bars households from mixing.
The venue was a school whose principal died from the coronavirus last year.
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The Metropolitan Police force said officers found hundreds of people packed into the north London school with blacked-out windows on Thursday night. The force said that “following enquiries it was established that the group had gathered at th
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The venue was a school whose principal died from the coronavirus last year. The Metropolitan Police force said officers found hundreds of people packed into the north London school with blacked-out windows on Thursday night. The force said that following enquiries it was established that the group had gathered at the location for a wedding. Weddings are allowed only in exceptional circumstances such as one partner being dangerously ill and with a maximum of six people attending. Police said the organizer could face a 10,000-pound ($13,600) fine, Many guests fled as police arrived, but five people who attended received 200-pound fines.