Nurses ‘Copped'

Police broke up a nurses’ rally in protest at the Government’s 1% pay rise after ruling it breached lockdown laws.

- Jerry Lawton

A 61-year-old woman who organised yesterday’s demo was fined £10,000.

And a 65-year-old woman was given a £200 fixed penalty for failing to give her details when she was arrested after refusing to leave the protest in Manchester.

The force’s Supt Caroline Hemingway said: “We sought to engage with and peaceably disperse those attending this afternoon’s protest, explaining that the gathering was in contravention of lockdown rules. Unfortunately, officers were met with a degree of non-compliance and it was therefore necessary to enforce issue fixed penalty notices.’’