local authority specifically, but also the crown prosecution service, and they re still insistent on proceeding. it s quite clearly a breach. case in point gainz fitness and strength in bedford, which was raided in november 2020. alex lowndes was charged and went to trial, but last month the case collapsed because the council failed to gather enough evidence. the local authority, it was a bloodlust in the end. they should have looked at it six months in and gone, this is a waste of time. but they kept going and they kept going, using resources, time, everything else, and it just got out of control. i hate to think what what their final bill on this must have been. covid cases and hospital admissions had been rising sharply at the time of the alleged offence. they re all getting fined. but gym owners feel the benefits of exercise were being ignored. you know. it was an airborne disease. you re more prone to it if you re unhealthy, overweight et cetera. there s a lot of people that