'I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. One of them started reading my rights and I was looking at my friend thinking ''This must be a joke''. I got out of my car thinking ''There's no way they're coming to speak to us''. I genuinely thought someone had been murdered or a child had gone missing the place is normally so quiet. 'It was a short journey and only took about ten minutes,' she said. Ms Allen, 27, said she assumed 'someone had been murdered' when she saw a police van, a police car and several officers at the entrance of the open space. Meanwhile, Derbyshire Police fined beautician Jessica Allen and her British Airways flight attendant friend Eliza Moore £200 each for driving for a socially distanced stroll at Foremark Reservoir, which despite not being her nearest park is only 10 minutes from her house. However, in England, they can only enter in 'exceptional circumstances', which includes if they believe someone inside is infectious. In Scotland, coronavirus legislation gives police the power to force entry into people's homes if they have a 'reasonable suspicion' rules are being broken. Communal worship and life events - You can leave home to attend or visit a place of worship for communal worship, a funeral or event related to a death, a burial ground or a remembrance garden, or to attend a wedding ceremony.įor example, you may leave home to fulfil legal obligations or to carry out activities related to buying, selling, letting or renting a residential property, or where it is reasonably necessary for voting in an election or referendum.
Animal welfare reasons – you can leave home for animal welfare reasons, such as to attend veterinary services for advice or treatment.
You can also leave home to visit someone who is dying or someone in a care home (if permitted under care home guidance), hospice, or hospital, or to accompany them to a medical appointment. Harm and compassionate visits - you can leave home to be with someone who is giving birth, to avoid injury or illness or to escape risk of harm (such as domestic abuse). Medical reasons - you can leave home for a medical reason, including to get a COVID-19 test, for medical appointments and emergencies. The Government advises you should only leave for exercise once a day, but the law does not put a limit on this. Exercise - you can continue to exercise alone, with one other person or with your household or support bubble, and not outside your local area. Meeting others and care - you can leave home to visit people in your support bubble ( if you are legally permitted to form one), to provide informal childcare for children under 14 as part of a childcare bubble (for example, to enable parents to work), to provide care for disabled or vulnerable people. Education and childcare - you can only leave home for education, registered childcare, and supervised activities for children where they are eligible to attend. You may also leave your home to do these things on behalf of a disabled or vulnerable person or someone self-isolating Essential activities - you can leave home to buy things at shops or obtain services. Volunteering - you can also leave home to provide voluntary or charitable services. Work - you can only leave home for work purposes where it is unreasonable for you to do your job from home. You can be given a Fixed Penalty Notice of £200 for the first offence, doubling for further offences up to a maximum of £6,400. The police can take action against you if you leave home without a 'reasonable excuse', and issue you with a fine (Fixed Penalty Notice). Under the rules in England, you must not leave or be outside of your home except where you have a 'reasonable excuse'. Have YOU been stopped by the police over Covid restrictions? Email is a 'reasonable excuse' for going outside? And can police force their way into your house if they suspect rules are being broken?. Officers in England and Wales have handed out more than 30,000 fines under coronavirus laws since March. Priti Patel insisted it's 'right' for officers to confront Britons sat on park benches after criticism of their tactics. Derbyshire Police has previously been criticised for using drones to film dog walkers and dying lagoon black. Came as friends were surrounded, read their rights and fined £200 each after driving seven miles for a walk. The West Mercia police force tweeted: 'There have been two reports of snowballs being thrown last night'.
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