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Pub reported for breaking lockdown is actually being used to store food for the vulnerable

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A pub which was reported to the police for breaking the coronavirus lockdown is actually being used to store food for vulnerable people.

Officers in Breightmet, Bolton, had received several calls from people to say they had seen what looked like punters coming and going from The Withins pub over the last few days.

However, after investigating the building police found that the seats had been removed from the centre of the pub and it was being used to collect food and distribute it to the community.

Authorities are on high alert after Chief Constable Ian Hopkins pointed to a number of venues that had remained open to the public despite the rules surrounding the coronaviurs lockdown.

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