Covid rule-breakers from Coventry drove 100 miles to Wales to ride scrambler bikes coventrytelegraph.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from coventrytelegraph.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Police are targeting illegal off-roaders in Powys SIX men from Coventry have been fined for breaching Covid-19 travel regulations to use off-road quads at a Powys beauty spot. A joint police operation has been carried out in the Brecon Beacons to target people using off-road quads in the national park, with half-a-dozen men fined for travelling to the area. Dyfed-Powys, South Wales and Gwent Police, along with Brecon Beacons National Park wardens, joined forces on Sunday, February 28 to respond to concerns from the community around the use of quad bikes. Inspector Gwyndaf Bowen, of Dyfed Powys Police, said: “Operation Rover took place in response to community concerns regarding quad bikes.
Six men have been fined for travelling more than 120 miles from Coventry to the Brecon Beacons to ride scrambler bikes despite the ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
South Wales Police and Gwent Police were contacted on Sunday by members of the public who were concerned about visitors using the beauty spot as a race circuit.
Police launched a joint operation alongside the Brecon Beacons National Park wardens to search the area around Trefil Quarry.
The 29-strong team were able to issue six men from the Coventry area with Covid-19 fixed penalty notices for breaching the stay at home regulations.
Six men have been fined for travelling more than 120 miles from Coventry to the Brecon Beacons to ride scrambler bikes despite the ongoing coronavirus restrictions (police at the scene)
Six men fined for travelling from Coventry to use scrambler bikes in Brecon Beacons walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
LIFE in the Brecon Beacons over 12 months will feature in a new tv series from ITV Cymru Wales. A Year in the Beacons chronicles life over the changing seasons in Wales’ beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park and is narrated by actress, Dame Sian Phillips, who grew up on the western edge of the national park. Starting in autumn 2019 and filming through to the end of summer 2020, this new series celebrates the breath-taking landscape and the people of the Beacons, as they face a year like no other. A year that saw devastating floods caused by Storm Dennis and the unprecedented changes of the Covid-19 pandemic.