Politicians and Premier League stars among the big names who have breached lockdown restrictions

A number of prominent politics and sports figures have been caught flouting mandatory pandemic measures.

Professor Neil Ferguson, the scientist whose research helped usher in the lockdown in Britain, has resigned from his role as a key UK Government adviser after admitting that he had undermined social distancing rules by reportedly meeting his “lover” at his home.

But Prof Ferguson is not the first prominent figure to be caught breaching social-distancing restrictions amid the global coronavirus pandemic.