British police officers were attacked while attempting to disperse an illegal party overnight in west London, the second such incident in two days.
As England eases strict coronavirus lockdown rules, police have had to deal with a number of illegal parties and raves across the country. "We know that having months of restrictions people have been frustrating and people will want to come together in gatherings but these illegal raves are obviously unacceptable," Environment Secretary George Eustice told Sky News. "Attacks on the police that we saw earlier this week are also unacceptable," he said.
On Wednesday night, 22 officers were hurt and a number of patrol cars were vandalised when trouble broke out at an unauthorised music event in