{"id":4284,"date":"2021-03-13T20:37:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2021-03-13T20:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:37:31","slug":"illegal-ravers-in-tower-hamlets-face-fines-of-800-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/13\/illegal-ravers-in-tower-hamlets-face-fines-of-800-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal ravers in Tower Hamlets face fines of \u00a3800 each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>WOULD YOU pay \u00a3800 to go to a party?\u00a0 Maybe if it was a very special party you might consider it. But if it was a makeshift rave in a derelict railway arch in Tidworth Road, Bow, E3, would you stump up the spondoolies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No, we thought not \u2013 but that\u2019s what\u2019s facing 20 people who went to just such a party which began at around 1.30am on 27th February \u2013 clearly, in direct contravention of current anti-Covid lockdown laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police received a large number of phone calls that night\/morning from nearby residents who were concerned at the noise. Officers attended and found that around ten people had broken into the railway arch and had built a bar out of wooden crates. They had then been joined by around 100 other would\u2013be revellers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the police arrived at the scene, a number of party-goers managed to get away \u2013 some by executing quite dangerous manoeuvres over high walls.\u00a0 Officers were able to detain 20 revellers, and they were all reported and face being fined \u00a3800 each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Inspector Pete Shaw from the local policing command said, \u201cIt is mad that people are still prepared to break the rules, despite the extreme loss of a life as a result of this virus. It is shameful some people are selfishly putting others at risk. With the roadmap announcement \u00a0[\u2026], we are all very excited at the prospect of returning to normal in June. However, events such as this risk undermining that roadmap and could cause further delays by creating a breeding ground for the virus. We will continue to do our part in shutting them down and taking action by issuing fines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cf<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To catch up with the news in East London, go to:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">East London News<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOULD YOU pay \u00a3800 to go to a party?\u00a0 Maybe if it was a very special party you might consider it. But if it was a makeshift rave in a derelict railway arch in Tidworth Road, Bow, E3, would you stump up the spondoolies? No, we thought not \u2013 but that\u2019s what\u2019s facing 20 people &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illegal ravers in Tower Hamlets face fines of \u00a3800 each - Media of Things<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/13\/illegal-ravers-in-tower-hamlets-face-fines-of-800-each\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illegal ravers in Tower Hamlets face fines of \u00a3800 each - Media of Things\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WOULD YOU pay \u00a3800 to go to a party?\u00a0 Maybe if it was a very special party you might consider it. 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