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Police in the Thames Valley have been attacked more than 1,000 times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Police in Essex have been coughed on, spat at or bitten hundreds of times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Police in Essex have been coughed on, spat at or bitten hundreds of times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Police in Essex have been coughed on, spat at or bitten hundreds of times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Police in West Yorkshire have been coughed on, spat at or bitten in hundreds of attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Government advice urges people to stay local but does not specify a distance, sparking calls for clarity  Hopes of immediate clarification for England appeared to be scotched this evening by a senior police officer Chairman of the National Police Chiefs Council Martin Hewitt rejected demands for clear boundaries   His remarks fly in the face of demands from colleagues who branded the existing guidance incredibly vague  

Separately, the Metropolitan Police will be supplying 75 drivers to help their ‘overstretched’ London Ambulance colleagues.

The UK has recorded the second highest daily total of deaths since the start of the pandemic.

By Press Association 2021 Home Secretary Priti Patel Home Secretary Priti Patel has said a minority of the public are “putting the health of the nation at risk” as she backed a tougher police approach to lockdown rules. Speaking at a Downing Street press briefing on Tuesday, she said that officers are moving more quickly to issuing fines where people are clearly breaching coronavirus regulations, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notice...

By Press Association 2021 Home Secretary Priti Patel Home Secretary Priti Patel has said a minority of the public are “putting the health of the nation at risk” as she backed a tougher police approach to lockdown rules. Speaking at a Downing Street press briefing on Tuesday, she said that officers are moving more quickly to issuing fines where people are clearly breaching coronavirus regulations, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notice...