A group of six riders were slapped with £200 fines for breaking Covid lockdown rules yesterday as they were faced with a police sting from the North and East Northampton Neighbourhood teams.

The riders were on the well-known but unofficial track behind the Lodge Farm industrial estate on the outskirts of Northampton, which has been used for more than two decades.

Police said some of the riders had travelled from up to 70 miles away, from Wolverhampton and Leicester. Like Northampton, these are both in Tier 4 lockdown.