ESSEX Police officers and Harlow Council officials visited a skate park in the town to issue advice over Covid-19 guidelines.

Police attended at the skate park in the town park on Sunday afternoon as part of their normal patrols and found 20-40 youths there.

A police spokesperson has told YH that the skateboarders were all given suitable words of advice regarding the covid restrictions and left.

No further enforcement was required.

YH has been told that the council will be putting up further signs to advise all concerned that the skate park is currently closed.