‘You’ve spoiled the party’, Manchester police told as they raid lockdown birthday bash

Greater Manchester Police attended 74 incidents over the weekend (Dave Thompson/PA)
Police were verbally abused after breaking up a lockdown-busting birthday party of 40 people at a city centre flat in Manchester.
One party-goer moaned: “We are having a f****** drink and you have come and spoiled it” after officers broke up the gathering in the early hours of Saturday morning.