A wedding reception of more than 100 guests has had to be broken up by police in Blackburn after it breached localised Covid19 rules.
Police said the event at Waheed’s Buffet and Banqueting Hall in Randal Street was a “significant breach” of restrictions putting people “at risk”.
The gathering on Sunday was dispersed but no further action against the parties involved was taken.
Lancashire Police’s Deputy Chief Constable Terry Woods indicated that there had been between 100 and 120 people at the venue.
He said:
“The vast bulk of those people were asked to leave, they were very compliant, but in effect that wedding reception was closed down and what remained was a small number of people
Today future action is going to be considered with the local authority to see what we can do with that premises to stop it happening again.
For businesses we know it’s hard but we will name and shame places that flout the regulations to this extent and there will be consequences.”
The Police followed up in a statement:
“Disappointing incident in Blackburn this evening.
Officers have attended a report of a significant breach of Covid restrictions, and found over 100 guests at a wedding reception.
This is a clear breach of both local and national restrictions that puts everyone attending at risk.
Officers have engaged with the attendees and at police instruction the gathering was dispersed without further issue.
Please work with us to help keep everyone safe by following the guidelines and restrictions.”
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