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Daily Mirror
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Ryan Merrifield

Police interrupt online fitness class after incorrect Covid rules breach reports

Police interrupted a live online fitness class after being wrongly tipped off that the instructor was breaching Covid rules.

Louise Lewis was in mid session with flashing lights and music playing at her Aspire Fitness Studio when there was a knock on the door.

The 40-year-old, of Rhos on Sea, north Wales, apologised to her members before letting in three masked policewomen who quickly realised reports of her breaking lockdown rules were incorrect.

On seeing there was no-one inside the studio but Louise, the officers took the opportunity to wave to the webcam.

Louise Lewis was forced to pause her live fitness session (Facebook)

Louise - who took the complaints in her stride - said she is strenuously abiding by the rules in order to keep her business going.

She told the Daily Mail: "I haven't broken any rules because all my classes are online. I was happy that they were there, proved that I was doing things correctly.

"The girls were online, I was minding my own business and the banging happened. It freaked me out. When I went outside to see who it was I was so relieved it was the police.

The police officers were responding to reports of a lockdown breach (Facebook)

"We have to abide by the regulations to keep our businesses afloat.. It's really sad, I have lost a lot of business, but I am keeping going doing as much as I can with my online classes."

Louise's 1850sq ft open space fitness studio is - outside of lockdown - also hired out for events including parties.

While her fitness classes include Boogie Bounce, Clubbercise, Hoop Cahoots, and POUND.

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