The gates are shut at Blackwood primary school as only children of those described as key workers in Caerphilly county can attend.

Welsh swimmer tweets frustration at delay in decision on whether the Tokyo 2020 Games should go ahead.

Wales’ education minister has appealed to those classed as “key workers” entitled to childcare to “think very carefully” before sending their children to school.

Schools are closed, but some will look after children of parents who qualify in a broad list of professions.

Kirsty Williams said people should ask if their role can be done at home, before they take up an “emergency service”.

Children should only be sent into school if there is “no other alternative”, she told a press conference.

Ms Williams said: “If you have a partner who is not a key worker, what arrangements can you put in place for your family, for your children to be cared at home?

“Children are best kept at home at this time.

“We need to keep the numbers [at school] as low as possible, and parents should do all that they can to care for their children at home and only use these facilities as a last resort,” she added.

Transport for Wales has reduced rail services but demand is still there.

The boss of the Welsh Ambulance Service has a simple message...

Commuters with rail season tickets will receive a refund if they choose to stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak, the UK government has promised.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would "ensure no-one is unfairly out of pocket for doing the right thing".

Welsh Youth Parliament meetings and events have been put on hold until 26 April, according to the Assembly Commission.

The parliament of 60 young people, 40 elected in an online ballot and the rest from organisations and charities, met for the first time last February.

Now it has had to cancel a number of scheduled meetings due to the outbreak.

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Coffee shop giants Costa have announced they will shut all of their UK stores temporarily due to the coronavirus crisis.

They said the safety of their customers and staff is their "number one priority."

Costa said they will "do their best" to keep their outlets in UK hospitals open and will provide free takeaway coffees to NHS staff for the next two weeks.

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The Welsh Government is preparing to issue a daily update

People trying to find places to stay on the island of Anglesey during the outbreak were seeing it was an opportunity for an "extended holiday".

Llinos Medi, leader of Anglesey council, said it had "created immense tension in the local area".

"They are setting up volunteer groups to look after their own community and then they see this extra burden on the services, the limited services we have here already," she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

Some local businesses have closed to prevent people from staying locally.

"That is much appreciated when we haven't had a clear message from government," said Cllr Medi.

Transport for Wales has said all NHS staff can travel on its rail services for free from today

"More coercive measures" may be required to encourage better social distancing if the public do not follow the guidance, according to Wales Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton.

He was reacting to concerns that people had not been following the advice to avoid unnecessary travel by visiting tourist hotspots over the weekend.

"It is not acceptable for people to be gathering together," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

Wales Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton said the virus was "circulating fairly widely" in Wales.

He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that 3,000 peole had been tested with about 350 testing positive, although the actual figure is expected to be higher.

A total of 12 people in Wales have died due to the virus.

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All jury trials in England and Wales are to be put on hold as part of ongoing efforts to halt the spread of Covid-19.

In a statement on Monday, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, said no new trials will start and that ongoing trials will be paused while arrangements are put in place so they can continue safely.

Earlier in the week, Lord Burnett, the most senior judge in England and Wales, said no new trials expected to last three days or more would go ahead amid the deepening coronavirus crisis.

But, as pressure from members of the legal profession mounted on the government to halt court hearings, the extraordinary step of suspending all new trials was taken.

Good morning everyone, we're hoping you are staying safe.

There have been numerous developments over the weekend and today already. Here's your morning briefing:

• Letters are being sent to 70,000 people in Wales classed as the most at risk of catching coronavirus advising them to stay at home for 12 weeks. If that's you, you can read more about what to expect here
• All new jury trials in England and Wales have been suspended to allow courthouses to put in place measures to aid social distancing
• Nando's and Costa have shut their UK stores - except for Costa's hospital coffee shops - while all of McDonald's UK outlets will close by 19:00 GMT
• Today is the first day most children are being advised to stay at home. Only children of key workers can send their young ones to school - but they have been warned this should be a last resort, external
• Train operators and bus companies will have reduced timetables from today

• MPs will be asked to pass the Coronavirus Bill later. Some MPs have called for the powers to have a strict time limit
• Under the proposed legislation, external, airports could be shut and people held on public health grounds
• There have been 12 deaths so far in Wales because of coronavirus - with 347 positive tests. Across the UK, 101 people died over the weekend and 281 in total.
• People urged to follow social distancing as popular Welsh tourist hotspots were inundated on the weekend.

We'll be bringing you the latest on any further developments here throughout the day.

The Welsh Government says there are five things you need to know, external. Here's a summary:

1. Everyone who can must minimise social contact and make sure anyone particularly vulnerable can adopt strict social distancing.

2. Schools and childcare are only open to the smallest number of children possible - but children shouldn't be left with anyone who should be following strict social distancing, eg those over 70 or with the relevant underlying health conditions.

3. Only particularly vulnerable children and the children of people whose work is critical to the Covid-19 response should be in school. And even for critical workers, that's only if there is no safe alternative.

4.If one parent is a critical worker but the other isn't, the other should look after the kids at home if possible.

5. If you've seen different advice from different councils, they're doing everything they can but initial plans will now adapt and change.

What do I need to know about coronavirus?

• WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?A simple guide
• WAYS TO PREVENT CATCHING IT:How to wash your hands
• WHERE ARE WE WITH A VACCINE?Progress so far
• A VISUAL GUIDE TO THE OUTBREAK:Virus maps and charts

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The UK is just waking up to another week of isolation and social distancing, brought in to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Later today, however, MPs will debate strengthening these measures with emergency legislation giving them additional powers.

Under the proposed new legislation, airports could shut and police would be able to force people with symptoms of the virus to isolate.

The powers would be time-limited for two years, and it's expected that MPs will approve them.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the government would "very actively" consider tougher anti-virus measures over the following 24 hours.

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Porthcawl councillor Sean Aspey said Saturday was "horrendous" in the seaside town with queues of cars and car parks full.

"We had a 100 yard queue outside the fish and chip shop and ice cream parlour.

"Some were observing social distancing, others weren't," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

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Some councils in Wales are closing parks, nature reserves and play areas because of the outbreak.

On Sunday, Carmarthenshire council announced closures of all of its public parks.

Anglesey council said it was closing its car parks, nature reserves and country parks.

And Rhondda Cynon Taf council closed all children's play areas.

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Snowdonia National Park Authority chief executive Emyr Williams said the weekend was busier than during the August holidays.

"We have a real issue here of just the volume of people," he said.

"Our population has doubled since last weekend.

"There are naturally tensions in our community because of this," he said.

In Bala, residents put up signs telling visitors "Wales is closed".

Welsh Government ministers have called on people to avoid unecessary travel.