CDC advises Americans to not trick-or-treating or to costume parties in new coronavirus guidance 

Halloween is canceled: CDC advises Americans to not go trick-or-treating or to costume parties but says staying home to carve pumpkins is safe in new coronavirus guidance The CDC has issued its first guidance for how to celebrate Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic  Recommendations discourage going traditional trick-or-treating, attending costume parties or visiting an indoor haunted … Read more

Police crack down on illegal parties as revellers hit the town before new ‘rule of six’ introduced

Police across Britain last night launched a crack down on illegal parties as revellers hit the town for boozy celebrations before the government’s tough new ‘rule of six’ comes into force. Officers broke up house parties in Altrincham, Stockport and Flixton, all in Greater Manchester, on Saturday night, while police in Nottingham tackled a 50 … Read more

Police crack down on illegal parties as revellers hit the town before new ‘rule of six’ introduced

Police across Britain last night launched a crack down on illegal parties as revellers hit the town for boozy celebrations before the government’s tough new ‘rule of six’ comes into force. Officers broke up house parties in Altrincham, Stockport and Flixton, all in Greater Manchester, on Saturday night, while police in Nottingham tackled a 50 … Read more

‘Party lad’, 23, accused of being behind Bolton’s coronavirus case spike was ‘always having parties’

A ‘party lad’ thought to be behind Bolton’s coronavirus case spike ‘always had parties and people round’ after returning from his six-week Ibiza holiday, neighbours say.  Construction worker Layton Migas, 23, spent six weeks sunning himself on the Ibiza island Es Vedra before returning to his home in Bolton on August 20.  His neighbours have … Read more

Britain will resemble ‘the last days of Rome’ this weekend amid parties, police fear

Police officers fear Britain will resemble the ‘last days of Rome’ this weekend amid a storm of decadent pre-lockdown parties.      Britons have promised to run riot and enjoy one last knees-up with friends before Boris Johnson’s stringent new coronavirus restrictions come into force on Monday.  The new rules mean groups of more than six people can … Read more

House parties could be banned until 2023 because coronavirus ‘is not disappearing’, scientist warns 

House parties and other ‘super-spreading events’ could be banned until 2023 because coronavirus ‘is not disappearing’, scientist warns House parties and any other large gatherings could face a ‘three year ban’ Professor Hendrik Streeck says Covid spikes will be commonplace ‘until 2023’  Police forces in England are able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings £10,000 … Read more

Ravers confront police trying to shut forest rave amid new crackdown on illegal parties

Rowdy revellers confronted a line of riot shield-wielding police officers in a Norfolk forest after authorities tried to shut down their 500-person rave. Crowds of police officers wearing helmets and hi-vis jackets moved in to break up the ‘well-established and planned’ all-night unlicensed music event in Thetford Forest. One raver appeared to try to rip a riot … Read more

Councils face battle to clamp down on a wave of illegal parties at luxury Airbnb properties

Luxury properties rented out through Airbnb are hosting illegal alcohol-fuelled parties for young, wealthy revellers despite the risk of spreading coronavirus, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A three-bedroom flat at a Grade II-listed £3.5 million townhouse in London’s trendy Soho was used for four events within the space of the month. More than 100 … Read more

Councils face battle to clamp down on a wave of illegal parties at luxury Airbnb properties

Luxury properties rented out through Airbnb are hosting illegal alcohol-fuelled parties for young, wealthy revellers despite the risk of spreading coronavirus, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A three-bedroom flat at a Grade II-listed £3.5 million townhouse in London’s trendy Soho was used for four events within the space of the month. More than 100 … Read more

Millenial rages at the selfish young lockdown breakers putting lives at risk with illegal parties

Flora Gill (pictured) was invited to a rave by an acquaintance Last week I was spending a glorious afternoon sitting on the green outside a pub with a takeaway pint, when I saw a boy I recognised from before the world stopped still. He’s the kind of acquaintance that in ‘normal life’ I might have … Read more