Exclusive: Festival organisers say onerous new licence rules for onsite drug testing could endanger lives

The Home Office has been accused by leading festival organisers of endangering the lives of revellers after in effect blocking on-site drug testing last weekend.

The Parklife festival in Manchester last weekend was for the first time since 2014 unable to test confiscated pills because the government department said they needed to apply for a special licence.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

US midterm elections 2022: focus on Nevada after Democrat Mark Kelly wins key Senate seat – live

Power of Senate chamber remains at 49-49 as eyes on race between…

Plans to restore Brownsea Island to Dorset heathland of Thomas Hardy

Ambitious project to recreate habitat of red squirrel and threatened birds, dragonfly…