THREE people have been fined £200 each for a breach of Covid rules after they had been socialising at an address in North Dorset.

Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Hazelbury Bryan on the evening of Tuesday, February 9.

Following enquiries, officers discovered three individuals had been socialising at a property, which was in breach of Covid-19 regulations during the current lockdown period.

Dorset Police said they were all issued with fixed penalty notices.

A force spokesman said: "We were called at around 7.30pm on Tuesday, February 9, to a report of a disturbance at an address Hazelbury Bryan.

"Following enquiries into the matter it was discovered that three individuals had been socialising at an address, in breach of COVID-19 regulations.

"The three people were subsequently issued with £200 fixed penalty notices."