Travellers staying at a quarantine hotel faced further curbs on their freedom after staff discovered frustrated guests cavorting outside during an illicit booze-up. The plight of self-isolating arrivals at the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel had earlier plunged into farce when bosses advised any smokers to order nicotine patches as their cigarette breaks were being halted to keep guests in their rooms. But up to 15 guests gathered in a smoking area outside the hotel near Heathrow last Wednesday night. Many were said to be members of a WhatsApp group for ‘rebel guests’ of ‘HMP Radisson’ – the nickname they coined for the hotel. ‘It’s a bloody nightmare, they are trying to crack down and make smokers survive on nicotine replacements, it’s horrible.

Source: Daily Mail February 28, 2021 00:34 UTC