Festival-goers shun social distancing to pack into small tent at sold out dance music event
DOZENS of festival-goers ignored social distancing guidelines to ceam into a small dance tent at a sold-out music festival in Hertfordshire.
But pictures and video shared on social media shows revellers tightly packed inside a dance tent and forced to bursh past eachother to move around. Ahead of the event, Jim McManus, director of public health at Hertfordshire County Council, said: "The public health team – alongside police, fire, Welwyn Hatfield Borough council and the environmental health team – have been working closely with the organisers."
It comes amid a weekend of chaos as police came under attack busting dozens of illegal raves across the country.The biggest recorded party came in West Yorkshire where officers were pelted with missiles as they busted a gathering in Huddersfield on Saturday night.Meanwhile, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, two police cars were damaged and four people arrested after cops raided a gathering of 50 people.
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