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Hugging and kissing among 21 Covid breaches at Cambs pub run by town mayor
CCTV footage reportedly shows the mayor mingling freely with customers at the pub
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Mayor of Wisbech Aigars Balsevics is facing a licensing review after alleged Covid breaches at his pub (Image: Cambridge News)
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Reader Wisbech Standard
Published:
5:44 PM March 3, 2021
Cllr Aigars Balsevics, the mayor of Wisbech, arriving at his pub, The Angel. He faces a licensing review by Fenland Council for Covid-19 breaches.
- Credit: Terry Harris
I have a serious question - would appreciate it if you didn’t say it came from me.
Is there a link between the attitude and messaging from some Wisbech councillors and the high Covid infection rate in the town?
One of those with a relatively sceptic attitude to Covid is the head of comms at Fenland District Council and is friends with the Wisbech mayor, Cllr Aigars Balsevics.
The council dossier says Mayor Aigars Balsevics committed many breaches himself.
Cllr Aigars Balsevics, the mayor of Wisbech, arriving today at his pub, The Angel. He faces a licensing review by Fenland Council for Covid-19 breaches.
- Credit: Terry Harris
CCTV from the pub on the day the offences are alleged have to happened – Christmas Eve – will be shown to a panel of councillors that will determine the review.
Environmental health officers at Fenland Council say the evidence “demonstrates that health and safety and Covid 19 regulations at the Angel were breached on December 24 2020.”
It says Cllr Balsevics, the designated premises supervisor (DPS) and his staff were “aware and helped to facilitate those breaches.