Derbyshire Police apologise and scrap fines for two women who drove 5 miles for walk
Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore told how they were surrounded by police and read their rights after arriving at a reservoir
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Derbyshire Police has apologised and scrapped £200 fines handed out to two women who drove five miles for a walk.
Day trippers have been accused of invading a small village from miles away , despite Covid lockdown rules which urge people to stay local.
Furious residents say carloads of visitors have been descending on tiny High Spen, near Gateshead, in order to visit nearby beauty spot Chopwell Wood.
Pictures and video show streets lined with parked cars - with almost every available space taken along what residents say are usually empty streets.
The footage was recorded on Saturday, as locked-down Britons looked for ways to entertain themselves with shops, bars and restaurants closed.
But while people are allowed out of their homes to exercise under current lockdown rules in England, the Government says the outdoor activity must be carried out in their local area.
Fed-up members of the public are growing sick and tired of the strict lockdown and finding ways to break the rules, a deputy police chief has today warned - as officers in Whitby banned sledging.
The seaside resort s force struck out after hearing reports people had gone to neighbouring areas to enjoy fun in the snow.
It posted: We are receiving reports that people are journeying to Goathland and the surrounding areas to sledge. This is in contravention of the current lockdown and government guidelines around necessary travel and the public should not attend and risk a fine.
Down south officers discovered two families in as many cars had traveled 150 miles from Coventry to Dorset to go to the beach.