Police fine revellers at all-night Brittany rave for breaking Covid rules

Police in France's north-western Brittany region have fined dozens of people after around 800 attended a rave on Saturday night near Rennes despite a ban on gatherings of more than six people.

Police told the newspaper Ouest-France that social distancing rules in place to stem skyrocketing Covid-19 cases were in no way respected at the party, 

The rave took place in a forest in Mernel, just south of Rennes. The music was turned off at about midday on Sunday, despite police intervening at around one o'clock in the morning.

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Police issued 45 fines, notably for the use of banned substances.

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At the end of August, police intervened at the last minute to stop a rave in Couzou, near Rocamadour, in south-western France.

In the same month, 10,000 people took part in a rave on private farmland in the Cevennes national park in south central France, despite a ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people