Officers were called to raves in Wigan and Yate on Saturday night, where some were violent towards officers, according to Avon and Somerset Police and some police vehicles had their tyres slashed

Police were forced to break up violent illegal raves last night following Boris Johnson’s lockdown announcement.

In Yate, near Bristol, members of a 500-strong crowd were violent towards attending officers, Avon and Somerset Police said as they tried to break the event at a warehouse up.

They were called to reports of an illegal rave in a warehouse around 10.30pm on Saturday.

Police including Covid-19 restriction enforcement officers attended, and when members of the crowd began acting violently towards them, rave legislation was enacted to order the crowd to disperse or face possible arrest.

There were no immediate details of any arrests.