I have this urge to cough every time I join a supermarket queue
Sorry this was in reference to a tricky throat !

DM I don't think people are engaging the conscious brain right now. Even driving has gone to pot.

A street party involving 500 revellers breaking lockdown rules in north-west London was broken up police in the early hours.

Videos on social media show hundreds of people gathering in Harlesden, despite Covid-19 social distancing rules.

The Met Police said five people had been arrested at the event involving 500 people on the Church Road Estate, which began on Tuesday night.

The Met said 11 of its officers were assaulted and received minor injuries when a small minority of party-goers refused to leave.

"Five arrests were made - three for assault on police, one for affray and one for attempted grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving. All remain in custody," police said.

Clive McBride, who lives nearby, said "People are dying of Covid-19, millions are in lockdown, the NHS risking their lives everyday, and what do Harlesden youth do? Throw block party after block party."

Harlesden street party of 500 people broken up by police

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52902984



Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that people from ethnic minority backgrounds are "disproportionately" dying with coronavirus.

67% of the population identified themselves as being BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic) at the 2011 census in the Harlesden ward.



Could the "disproportion" be due to flagrant rule-breaking .....

The video shows cars parked on either side of Denton Road before a huge crowd of people by the River Wharfe is revealed

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/...lkley-18338063



If there isn't a massive "spike" in cases in the coming weeks then I'll be very surprised .....

Thousands have flocked to the Jurassic Coast and Bournemouth beaches since lockdown restrictions were eased.

Current government guidelines state that households can drive any distance in England to parks and beaches.

Three people were badly hurt jumping from the limestone arch at Durdle Door.

"Horrendous" amounts of litter were left as visitors descended on the Jurassic Coast Unesco World Heritage site last week.

Following a meeting between Dorset Council, the emergency services and the landowner, a booking system for Durdle Door's car park was announced to "monitor and limit visitor numbers".

Marshals will also be on the beach to discourage tombstoning and to prevent littering, while civil enforcement officers will fine drivers illegally parked on roadsides.

North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Julia Mulligan said there were "alarming and unfair" levels of overcrowding and litter as people visit beauty spots for a break from lockdown.

The Yorkshire Dales National Park said it believed a high number of first-time visitors had played a role.

One Anglican vicar in the Yorkshire Dales said last weekend was the busiest he had seen it in seven years. The Rev Steve Dawson said visitors to Stainforth Foss, a waterfall near Settle, left more than 50 bags of litter for volunteers to collect.

Mrs Mulligan said the police would continue to enforce the rules where needed. "What we have seen over the past few weeks has been alarming and unfair," she said. "Alarming because we should still be doing all we can to control coronavirus and unfair because people are treating North Yorkshire as a playground and not the home it is for those of us who live here.

"We have seen huge challenges - from rubbish strewn across beauty spots, to drivers speeding through our rural communities, visitors blocking roads by parking inconsiderately and campers lighting fires and thinking the rules don't apply to them."

Protesters have ignored official advice to avoid mass gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Home Secretary Priti Patel telling people it was "for the safety of all of us".

Demonstrators have congregated in London's Parliament Square and gatherings are planned across the UK.

Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said the protests were "unlawful".

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has warned that mass gatherings were "high risk" amid fears that coronavirus may be spreading again.