direct to your inboxA bar manager defied Covid-19 rules to hold ‘invite only’ gatherings in a pub where punters drank beer, played pool, smoked inside and ‘sang karaoke’ before being raided by police.Officers from Greater Manchester Police found four people hiding upstairs at The Cock Hotel in Denton after a tip-off from a member of the public that people were being let into the pub through the back door.National rules had ordered all pubs and restaurants to close for the second four-week lockdown on November 5 to tackle the spread of coronavirus.A meeting of Tameside’s licensing panel was convened on Tuesday, January 12 to review The Cock Hotel’s licence following the raid by GMP on November 25.The panel heard that designated premises.
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