Birmingham shisha bar is fined £10,000 for flouting Covid rules after police find 250 crammed inside

A shisha bar has been fined £10,000 after police body-cam footage captured hundreds of people crammed inside the venue. Workers at Kasablanca Shisha Lounge in Birmingham can be seen trying to close the shutters on officers as they arrived at the premises on September 30. The nightspot also turned their music off and told customers … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Woman fined £1,000 for going to the pub after being told to self-isolate

Expensive drink! ‘Selfish’ woman is fined £1,000 for going to the pub less than 30 minutes after being told to self-isolate by Covid contact tracers Woman told to isolate by a NHS Track and Trace official in Barrow-in-Furness But she ignored the instructions and headed to a pub in a taxi 25 minutes later Investigations … Read more

Coronavirus London: Organiser of rally for Punjab farmers fined £10k

EXCLUSIVE: Moment two Met Police officers slap Sikh rally organiser with £10k fine for breaking Covid rules as he led 4,000-strong London protest to support farmers in Punjab Depa Singh became the latest person hit with a £10,000 fixed penalty notice under new Covid laws restricting public gatherings of more than 30 people Mr Singh … Read more

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m 

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m Dr Janna Goldstein was among more than 50 activists who blockaded print plant Protest took place in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, to highlight ‘climate crisis’ The illegal protest prevented 1,100 retailers from receiving newspapers  By Andrew Levy For The Daily … Read more

Tanning boss, 27, is fined £1,000 for packing customers into salon during lockdown

A tanning salon boss who flouted Covid 19 lockdown regulations claiming she was offering medical treatment has been fined £1,000.  Brogan Hayes, 27, continued to pack in customers to sun beds in her beauty parlour ‘Hotter Than Hell’ despite police and council warnings. Locals repeatedly complained the salon, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was breaching emergency … Read more

Only THREE of 40 police forces in England fined people for not wearing a mask

Only three police forces in England fined people for not wearing face coverings in indoor public places during the coronavirus pandemic, a study found today. British Transport Police are the leading force in issuing fines, having given out 51 fines after stopping 50,729 people between June 30 and September 8. BTP have made 3,545 ‘interventions’ … Read more

Tesco fined £175,000 for displaying out-of-date yoghurts and baguettes for sale at Bracknell store

Tesco is fined £175,000 for displaying out-of-date yoghurts and 30 3-day-old baguettes at a store in Bracknell Trading Standards officers found food at Bracknell North Superstore, Berkshire  Yoghurts were more than two weeks past sell-by and baguettes were three days Documents showed many food safety checks had been carried out incorrectly By Nicole Conner For Mailonline … Read more

Ilford takeaway fined £1000 for serving customer at 10.04pm despite coronavirus rules

Met police serve up one London’s first Covid curfew fines to fast food restaurant who handed a burger to a hungry customer FOUR MINUTES after deadline Three businesses were fined £1000 in the Ilford area of London on Thursday Bim’s Burgers on Ilford Lane was fined for serving a customer at 10.04pm  Pubs and businesses … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn WON’T be fined £200 for breaking Covid ‘Rule of Six’

Jeremy Corbyn will not be fined £200 after he broke the ‘Rule of Six’ at a dinner held to remember the late Occupy Wall Street organiser David Graeber. The former Labour leader, 71 and his wife Laura Alvarez, 51, joined Mr Graeber’s widow, the artist Nika Dubrovsky, for the London meal. Mr Corbyn and his wife were … Read more

Police say Boris Johnson’s father Stanley WON’T be fined after he was caught shopping without a mask

Police say Boris Johnson’s father Stanley will not be fined after he was caught shopping without a face mask because he is a first offender.  Stanley, 79, who just months ago flew to his Greek villa despite the pandemic travel warnings, was spotted without a face covering as he went to pick up a newspaper … Read more