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British police issue 50 more partygate fines

STORY: British police issue 50 more partygate fines DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Downing Street 2. various of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak in NHS 3. various of Boris Johnson in Parliament debate on partygate 4. various of "the National COVID Memorial Wall" in London STORYLINE: British police on Thursday issued more than 50 new fines over breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at gatherings in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offices and residence at Downing Street. "As of Thursday, Operation Hillman, the investigation into breaches of COVID-19 regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street, has made more than 100 referrals for fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to the ACRO Criminal Records Office," the Metropolitan Police (Met) said in a statement. This follows two tranches of fines issued previously, 20 at the end of March and more than 30 in April. Johnson and his wife Carrie, as well as Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were among tho

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