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John Robert Cryer is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead since the general election in May 2010. He was previously MP for Hornchurch from 1997 until his defeat at the 2005 general election. He is the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Coronavirus: Secret raves in London 'put lives in danger'

Feb 16,2020 5:58 am

hundreds of people visited the three all-night events in London , although social distance rules, and regulations of the government clearly, the prohibition of such events.

BBC Radio 5 Live's investigations unit was tipped off about raves, which are posted to a private Instagram page.

police said they visited two of The Events , but no arrests have been made.

The organizers say that the raves are a community of people exercising to House Music , and social distancing.

It is to be understood raves are planned.

you Posing as a raver, a researcher asked the page.

as soon As your request has been accepted, they were invited to A Secret WhatsApp group and get updates when The Next rave would be.

Tickets Cost £15 each, and after the payment is made by Bank transfer, which contains organizers send a picture of the Secret Location for The Event .

Large number of

at least three raves in the last month were held on a former industrial site in Leytonstone .

The Bbc has seen video footage of some of these events. They show a large number of people in the hall, which can accommodate up to 300 people.

The organizers say that between 70 and 100 people attended each of the rave, but can only claim about half of this number were in the interior at a time so could keep apart The People .

But in the footage The Bbc has seen Ravers get together for a party to go closely.

Under the latest guidelines for England coronavirus, which can take place in groups of up to six persons from different households outside as long brought in goal-they remain 2m.

events 'not legal', A text-message from the organisers, seen by The Bbc , the recording of The Event is illegal

The Bbc has seen a text message from the organizers - Kanni Events Ltd registered in Leytonstone , where you will not admit that events are legal.

In April, the same people behind the co-host says a virtual event to raise money for the PSA, the NHS and key persons. To Stay the online poster-including the government-slogan: "At Home , Protect the NHS, to Save lives. "

The Bbc has discovered, more events are planned.

John Cryer , MP for Leyton and Wanstead, said organisers were putting in danger.

"It will not be much lower than this. I've written only to have died of a constituent whose husband coronavirus is. I Wonder if The People who could appreciate the organization of the raves become a reality, if the life of one's own relatives were in danger," He Said .

The organizers of The Events are raves.

you don't say The Events are for profit, and measures the implementation of security, such as the PSA for the staff and the temperature of the present, before they are admissible.

Even with these steps in place, such events are not currently allowed.

The Metropolitan Police says, after participating in two of the raves, additional patrols organized to ensure that no further events take place.

Waltham Forest Council said The Venue was illegally occupied and had now been closed.

On Tuesday evening, the police called in after hundreds of revelers at a street festival in Harlesden in North West London . And Last Weekend , A Number of people were arrested after the police, another great road in broke festival in Clapton in East London .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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