"No-one should go to work in fear of being assaulted. Emergency workers’ jobs are extremely challenging at the best of times, and assaults during the pandemic are putting lives at risk."

"Yorkshire should not be punished for its success in rolling out the vaccine quicker than other regions," one local MP said.

There have been reports of suicide attempts in the Army barracks and many residents went on hunger strike in protest at the conditions, which reportedly include 34 people sharing one shower.

Many of the guests fled as officers arrived - with the organiser facing a £10,000 fine.

“It’s just been an absolute nightmare,” Ian Perkes told BylineTV. “If I could turn the clock back, would I have voted Leave? Of course not."

Amazon removed Parler, an app favoured by followers of former President Donald Trump, from its web hosting service on January 11.

"I was horrified to hear reports that some unscrupulous people have used links shared with them to try and falsely book a vaccination appointment."

Delivery company DPD reportedly asked one shopper to cough up £77 in tax and extra charges to release £245 of clothes purchased from a French website.

There was also hostility to the proposal in some parts of the Government, with one source saying the plan “incentivises people to catch Covid”.