direct to your inbox Police are set to impose a tougher crackdown on partygoers after fining 87 people in a week for holding illegal house parties.
Bosses at Greater Manchester Police said they are seeing an increase in reports of house parties and Covid-19 breaches across the region.Last weekend, they received the highest number of reports of breaches since the middle of August - apart from on New Year's Eve.190 fixed penalty notices were issued last week and 87 of these related to house parties.That means 46 per cent of fines handed out were just for house parties.This is a 16 per cent increase on the same period last month when restrictions were not as tough.The force said the number of people going to house parties is also increasing,.
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