Italy’s new far-right government, who pledged to implement stricter law and order ahead of winning the election in October, has announced a crackdown on illegal raves. Read more
It’s 2:22am on a Saturday night. You and your friends are in the middle of a dirty, dim-lit, dis-inviting part of town, and none of you know exactly where you’re going. You texted the hotline looking for an address and instead they only gave you coordinates, along with the vague instructions to “look for the yellow door.” You’ve spent 10 minutes doing 3 laps around the same 2 blocks and your friend who has never done this before wants to go home; but the rest of your squad pre-gamed way too hard to abort the mission.
Over 1,000 illegal ravers took to Dorset’s Lulworth this weekend, which has since jokingly been compared to the Partygate scandal, in defense of the all-night ravers. The day-long event began in the early hours of Easter Sunday when ravers descended upon Lulworth Ranges in southeast Dorset which was subsequently shut down some 21 hours later by police.
A man who went on a solo adventure through the Yorkshire Moors over the weekend said that he accidentally ended up at an illegal rave.
Leeds-born Oliver Broome was hiking on Saturday, April 2, after solo camping in Bradford, Yorkshire Live reports.
An illegal rave in the small Welsh town of Llandovery brought together hundreds of people over the weekend, ending only after police were given extra force to break up the event, South Wales Guardian reports. The illegal rave reportedly began on Saturday and continued until the afternoon of Sunday, March 27th.
Regarding the illegal party, Inspector Dawn Fencott-Price expressed, “social media was used to disclose the location at the last possible minute in order to prevent law enforcement taking preventative measures.”
Over the weekend, an illegal rave took place in the national park of Dartmoor, Devon, leading to an eight-hour cleanup over the following days. Between February 12 – 13, a party took place in amongst the nature reserve where, subsequently, hundreds of empty drinks cans, bottles, and camping equipment were left.
Park wardens Dartmoor Rangers took to the site on Monday, February 14, where an enormous cleanup operation ensued.
Authorities shut down illegal parties during the New Year’s Eve (NYE) holiday. Despite government warnings against gatherings, people around the world still proceeded to celebrate as if COVID-19 weren’t happening. Cities and small towns alike had residents hosting illegal parties during NYE. Read more
France is quickly following in the footsteps of Italy and Spain, but not exactly for the right reasons. As Paris sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, the French capital is closing bars again to help curve the spike, especially among a younger demographic. In August, both Italy and Spain faced a similar situation, closing nightclubs due to a wave of COVID-19 outbreaks. While health authorities blamed holidays and those vacationing, COVID-19 continues to confound officials and communities around the world. The pandemic’s “hotspots” continue to change as well as the age group it affects. “These are braking measures because the epidemic is moving too fast,” police chief Didier Lallement said during a press conference on Monday. “We have to slow it down so that our health system is not overwhelmed.”
