Police have set up a checkpoint to turn away and fine drivers who are breaking the lockdown rules to visit Brighton today. Motorists are being stopped by officers at the end of the A23 into Patcham to stop bored families swarming to the beach to enjoy the hot weather this weekend, the Argus reports.
Officers from Surrey and Sussex Road Policing Unit have already stopped and fined carloads of people trying to sneak into the town before noon.
Police had issued two fines and turned around 19 cars after stopping around 65 before 11am. The government have been accused of mixed messaging ahead of the bank holiday. Sign up to get the Mirror’s daily coronavirus briefing email at mirror.co.uk/email - in your inbox after the press conference every