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Is there anyone I can contact to report a BBQ?

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MrsSnitchnose · 24/03/2020 13:27

Hello, my Mum has just rang to say that there is a large group of people in her alley having a BBQ right now!

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MrsSnitchnose · 24/03/2020 13:28

Didn't mean to enable voting

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cherrylovex3 · 24/03/2020 13:29

yeah the police lol...

Sciurus83 · 24/03/2020 13:29

Police?

cherrylovex3 · 24/03/2020 13:29

not even being sarcastic they have been given extra powers to break groups of large numbers up

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 24/03/2020 13:29

Police?

Buster72 · 24/03/2020 13:30

There is no legislation banning barbeques.
O know Boris made his announcement last night but there is no law beyond a polite request to disperse.

Queenoftheashes · 24/03/2020 13:30

Yeah call the popo they need to break it up the twats

Buster72 · 24/03/2020 13:31

Those powers to break up groups are not yet in place.

Hopeisnotastrategy · 24/03/2020 13:31

Call the police.

user1473878824 · 24/03/2020 13:31

@Buster72 this makes it sound a lot like you’re planning a barbecue.

Lockheart · 24/03/2020 13:31

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Lex234 · 24/03/2020 13:32

I would be having an "accident" with the garden hose.

But then, maybe I am overdosed on how feckless people are with other people's lives right now

MrsSnitchnose · 24/03/2020 13:35

Just to clarify, it's not a family garden BBQ, it's a large gathering of around 20 people all sitting very close together

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Buster72 · 24/03/2020 13:36

No plans here, just reality, those a
powers are not yet in place.

I am curious why people bbq in an alleyway though.

Ninkanink · 24/03/2020 13:36

Call the police. Idiots.

MrsSnitchnose · 24/03/2020 13:36

She's rang 101, but they have just said put it on the website. Really annoying when I can't even go and see her and they're congregating

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Peanut55 · 24/03/2020 13:36

Call 101.

So irresponsible. It's not a bank holiday, it's a pandemic

copperoliver · 24/03/2020 13:37

Police x

PurpleDaisies · 24/03/2020 13:37

They just covered this on the bbc news.

You can inform the police on the non emergency number. It won’t necessarily be a high priority for them though.

I wonder if anyone will show up on the threads to call it dry snitching!

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 24/03/2020 13:37

I am in the force and have been given no extra powers as yet.

adaline · 24/03/2020 13:37

Yes, police.

MrsSnitchnose · 24/03/2020 13:37

@Buster72 They're always gathering in the alley. They're Romanian and there's always a large group down there

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Suniscomingout · 24/03/2020 13:39

BBQs are allowed Buster , in your own garden with the people who live in your house.

Lockheart · 24/03/2020 13:41

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Blewbell · 24/03/2020 13:42

Tbh it's not as if the police have suddenly sprouted new coppers. They are so thin on the ground. They have no extra capacity. They will be patrolling large parks etc. They ain't coming to sort out a BBQ.

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