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Covid: Two arrests after Liverpool anti-lockdown protest

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About 400 people attended a demonstration in Liverpool

Two people have been arrested after about 400 people attended an anti-lockdown protest in Liverpool city centre.

A 37-year-old man was held for assaulting a police officer at the demonstration, which lasted for two hours on Saturday.

A 23-year-old man, who was wanted on a warrant, was also detained.

Three people were fined and seven others were issued with anti-social behaviour dispersal notices.

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Thousands of people have queued after England's first mass-testing pilot started on Friday

Ch Supt Paul White, from Merseyside Police, said: "We are now gathering evidence and carrying out a number of enquiries to identify those who attended, in particular those involved in organising the event, so that further enforcement action can be taken."

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The region was the first area to be placed in the highest level of England's three-tier system of Covid restrictions on 14 October.

More than 12,000 people have taken tests for coronavirus since the country's first city-wide mass-testing trial started in Liverpool on Friday.

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