A group of 31 police officers are facing £200 Covid-19 fines for getting their hair cut by a barber while on duty at a police station.

The organiser of a party in Manchester attended by more than 50 people has been handed a £10,000 fine for a “blatant disregard” of Covid-19 regulations. Police were called to a flat in Simpson Street, Angel Meadows, Manchester, shortly after 11.

Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday as the British Government seeks to curb the rise in coronavirus cases.