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Four travellers fined £10,000 each for failing to declare they were coming from ‘red-list’ country
‘They were identified and received £10,000 fines as a result’
Four passengers have been fined £10,000 each for failing to declare that they were returning from a ‘red-list’ country.
Anyone travelling to England from one of the 33 high-risk countries must now quarantine for 10 days under the new rules.
If travellers lie on their passenger locator form about where they were travelling from they risk facing a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Passengers were stopped at Birmingham Airport by officials after they failed to declare that they were returning from a ‘red-list’ country.
Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd said at a meeting held by the West Midlands strategic policing and crime board: “By midday yesterday, on the first day of implementation, we have received six passengers who had declared travelling from a red list country, who were taken to the quarantine hotel.
“We also had four passengers who were identified as having travelled from a red list country, that hadn’t declared it.”
He explained that for those who ‘attempted to hide their routes’ it has ‘not worked out’.
“They were identified and received £10,000 fines as a result,” he said.
It’s not confirmed which country the travellers had travelled from, but they were all fined individually.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said last week: “People who flout these rules are putting us all at risk.
“We’re also coming down hard on people who provide false information on the passenger locator form.
“Anyone who lies on the passenger locator form and tries to conceal that they’ve been in a country on the red list in the 10 days before arrival here will face a prison sentence of up to 10 years.”
Birmingham Airport is one of the five airports in England where people requiring hotel quarantine can enter the UK.
For their ten-day stay, individuals must pay £1,750. A second person sharing the room must pay £650, making the total £2,400 for two. The rate for children is £325.
If passengers leave their quarantine hotel before their ten days are up they will be handed a £5,000 coronavirus fine.
Police have arrested a man following their release of CCTV footage featuring a car they believe was used in three attempted kidnappings around Salford.
A man driving the vehicle reportedly attempted to force a 15-year-old girl into the car at a bus stop in Monton on November 21st.
Detectives also think the same man ‘possibly’ tried to abduct another girl earlier that same day, as well as a third teenager five days previous.
Now police have confirmed that a 33-year-old man was arrested by officers today, Monday November 28th, on suspicion of three counts of attempted kidnap.
According to Greater Manchester Police, the victims have been left ‘extremely shaken up’.
Officers identified the vehicle in the footage as a black Vauxhall Astra with a silver cover on the driver’s side wing mirror.
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Detective Inspector Chris Horsfield, of GMP’s Salford CID, said: “Although we have made this arrest, we are still very much looking to speak to anyone who may have information or dashcam footage, which could help us to establish the circumstances.
“We understand that the local community will be concerned but we are doing all we can to solve this investigation.
“I’d urge anyone who knows anything at all to please get in touch as soon as possible. In particular we are interested in the movements of a Black Vauxhall Astra 08 plate with a silver driver’s wing mirror cover; the passenger side is black.”
Police are still keen to speak to anyone with dashcam footage from the following times:
- Liverpool Street, Salford, between Fitzwarren Street and Albion Way on November 16th, between 7:45-8:20pm
- Mossfield Road and Ackworth Road, Swinton, on November 21st, between 8-9am
- Rocky Lane, Monton Green and Monton High Street on November 21st, between 6-7pm
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Police believe this car was used in three attempted kidnappings of schoolgirls
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Police have released CCTV footage of a car they believe was used in three attempted kidnappings around Salford.
A man driving the vehicle attempted to force a 15-year-old girl into the car at a bus stop in Monton on November 21st.
Detectives also think the same man tried to abduct another girl earlier that same day, as well as a third teenager five days previous.
According to Greater Manchester Police, the victims have been left ‘extremely shaken up’.
Detective Inspector Chris Horsfield said: “It’s very important that we get this man identified and off the streets as soon as possible.”
Police have identified the vehicle in the footage as a black Vauxhall Astra with a silver cover on the driver’s side wing mirror.
Greater Manchester Police
Anyone with dashcam footage from the following times, officers are keen to speak to you:
- Liverpool Street, Salford, between Fitzwarren Street and Albion Way on November 16th, between 7:45-8:20pm
- Mossfield Road and Ackworth Road, Swinton, on November 21st, between 8-9am
- Rocky Lane, Monton Green and Monton High Street on November 21st, between 6-7pm
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‘Heartbroken’ family of three-year-old girl tragically killed in M6 crash pay tribute
‘RIP baby girl, we are all missing you and will carry on forever’
The three-year-old girl who tragically died in a horror crash on the motorway this weekend has been named.
Faye Dawson, from Wallasey in Merseyside, died when an elderly driver’s Porsche collided with the car she was in on the M6 in Lancashire.
Emergency services responded to the incident, which happened between Preston and Leyland, at about 5.50pm on Saturday, November 19th.
The M6 was shut in both directions for several hours following the tragic incident, with two lanes of the southbound carriageway remaining closed on Sunday while emergency surface repairs were undertaken.
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Faye’s family have now released a tribute, saying: “We can’t see the future without you, it has left a massive hole in our lives.
“Everyone says how precious their daughter/granddaughter is but you were an exception, you were such a clever little girl who was very funny and had us all laughing all the time.
“You were so loving and caring and above all very loved by everyone who met you. You’re now at rest with your great nanny, great grandad, and Uncle Jimmy.
“Words won’t justify how much we are all going to miss you and how much we all love you. Your mummy is being so brave, and she will continue to make you proud.
“You were too little to be taken away from us, but we know the angels will look after you and they’re lucky to have you dancing in the sky with them.
“We are all so heartbroken that you were taken far too young, but we are so glad that we got to have you for the time we did.
“RIP baby girl, we are all missing you and will carry on forever. All our love.”
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Police think that the Porsche – which was being driven by a 79-year-old man who also died at the scene – crashed into the Vauxhall Meriva that Faye was travelling in.
The car then flipped on its side and burst into flames, with two adults travelling in the Vauxhall rushed to hospital.
Faye’s mother suffered serious injuries and is being treated in hospital, while a man who was in the car also received serious injuries.
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Officers are still appealing for witnesses. Sergeant Craig Booth, the serious Collision Investigator for Lancashire Police’s Tactical Operations Unit, said: “These are very sad and tragic circumstances.
“This was a traumatic scene for all witnesses and emergency services involved, I would like to pass on my thanks for their dedication in dealing with an incident which can only be described as horrific.
“We want to hear from any witnesses to the collision or those who have dashcam footage from the area around the time it happened.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has dashcam footage from the motorway can contact 101 – quoting log 1102 of November 19th, 2022.
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