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Fruit and vegetable farms are thriving during the coronavirus crisis, as many customers move away from supermarket shopping to veg boxes and home-deliveries.

Tyfu Cymru, which supports commercial growers in Wales, says innovative measures by small and medium-sized farms have met the needs of anxious customers.

A recent survey found most growers have experienced "sudden and dramatic increases in demand for their produce".

Paralympic archer Jodie Grinham says she feels "numb" without her sport as she is unable to do any training due to the coronavirus lockdown.

The 26-year-old silver medallist from Rio 2016 says her training base and club are shut and Archery GB has advised all its athletes not to shoot at home for insurance reasons.

Staff have started to arrive at Dragon's Heart Hospital, a 2,000-bed field hospital set up at Cardiff's Principality Stadium to cope with extra demand on the health service.

It has become Wales' biggest hospital and is the second biggest in the UK behind Nightingale Hospital, London.

Cardiff and Vale health board boss Len Richards said staff were under going inductions on Monday, with the first patients expected on Tuesday.

Work is continuing on a new drive-through testing unit for key workers on the showground in Carmarthen.

The unit, which is due be operational by Thursday, will support existing facilities providing tests for key workers in west Wales, according to Public Health Wales.

Other drive-through centres have been set up in Cardiff and Newport and fourth is planned in north Wales.

A delay in launching an online booking system for coronavirus tests for key workers in Wales was defended by the first minister on Sunday.

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Coronavirus has led to a "global slowdown" in the removal of internet child abuse images, say campaigners.

The Internet Watch Foundation says tech firms have fewer staff to delete illegal material, making it easier for sexual predators to view and share.

Almost 90% fewer suspicious web addresses, or URLs, have been deleted during the pandemic, says the charity.

The warning comes as the IWF's annual report reveals Europe is the "hub" for child sexual abuse photos and videos.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board failed to report coronavirus death figures daily because it was using a different reporting system to the rest of the Welsh NHS, according to Wales' chief medical officer.

Frank Atherton said the "glitch" has been corrected.

The north Wales health board has assured the government it will submit the figures daily, he said.

An investigation was launched into the error last week.

Visitors were dispersed by police after travelling to a south Wales beauty spot known as The Canyons.

Gwent Police said people travelled on Sunday from Cardiff, Bristol and Somerset to the site at Tirpentwys, on the border between Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen.

"This is not essential travel," the force said on Twitter.

"Please take your exercise in the area where you live."

Boris Johnson is speaking in Downing Street, the first time we have seen him at Number 10 since he recovered from the coronavirus.

The prime minister said he was sorry he had been "away from my desk".

He began by thanking "everyone who has stepped up" and "the people of this country".

"Every day I know that this virus brings new sadness," he said.

"It is still true that this is the biggest single challenge this country has faced since the war.

"It is also true we are making progress."

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Darts player Gerwyn Price has revealed what it was like playing the PDC Home Tour tournament in pyjamas.

Players, under coronavirus social distancing rules, are competing against each other from their homes via video link.

"It was a little bit strange playing fellow players, fellow pros in a competition in my pyjamas and my slippers and my dart top on," the world number three told BBC Radio Wales.

"It was quite difficult and not something I'm used to, but I enjoyed it.

"I've played people live on Instagram before, so it's not too bad actually."

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Airlines are "haemorrhaging cash" due to the pandemic, with travel cut dramatically and it will be felt by the wider aerospace industry, according to a specialist.

John Whalley, boss of Aerospace Wales, which represents the air, defence and space sectors, says passenger travel had ground to a halt, although cargo planes are continuing to fly.

He said it would hit investment with "cancellations and deferments" affecting companies such as Airbus whose boss has said it was "bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed".

Mr Whalley says the firm has cut production by a third and was getting "people used to the idea that if this carries on then we are going to have to see job reductions".

"This is such a long and deep cut to air travel that I'm afraid that it does look as if it is inevitable," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

Airbus has about 13,500 workers in the UK, with most of them making wings at its two major sites in Broughton, Flintshire, and Filton, Bristol.

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Gruffalo artist Axel Sheffler has helped make a book about coronavirus for kids.

Coronavirus: A Book for Children was written, illustrated and then published for free , externalonline in the space of week by Nosy Crow.

"My publisher had been speaking to a head teacher in East London who told her that many families were really worried and felt a bit helpless," Mr Sheffler said.

"So the idea was to give children aged five to nine some information - as factual as possible - and in a simple language."

The 62-year-old admitted feeling anxious about what's happening and said it must be worrying for children who can't go to school.

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Wales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton said the social distancing and lockdown measures have helped to prevent the NHS from becoming "overloaded" with cases.

On Sunday, Public Health Wales reported a further 14 people in Wales have died with coronavirus - taking the total to 788.

There were 178 confirmed new cases, taking the total to 9,078, but the true number is likely to be higher as many with symptoms are not tested.

"We are starting to see a tailing off of those numbers but the risk, of course, if we are not careful, is that will bounce back if we don't maintain the measures that are in place," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

He said the "margin between success and failure is really quite small" so cases could increase if people stopped following lockdown measures and maintaining hand washing to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.

Care home operations manager Gaynor Jones says two carers looking after one highly dependant person's needs could use about 98 face masks in a week.

"They are not to be used twice, they are to be disposed of," she said.

Her comments come after First Minister Mark Drakeford said he was "confident" there was enough personal protective equipment (PPE) in the system "to take us into next week", with more on order.

Ms Jones told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast PPE stocks can be depleted quickly and that supplies were being bought in from abroad.

Her staff at Orchard Care Group in Wrexham have gone into lockdown at the home to protect residents after it was closed to visits from friends and family.

She said it had been difficult but everyone "felt like one big family".

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A seven-year-old girl has raised hundreds of pounds by cycling almost 400 laps of her garden.

Emma completed 380 circuits - about nine miles (14.5km).

The initial challenge was ride at least 26 laps every day for seven days.

Emma, from Colwyn heights, in Colwyn Bay, was amazed she raised so much for Ty Gobaith, a hospice in Conwy county.

She said: "When I heard I had raised over £200 it made me feel like dancing. I was so happy.

"Everybody giving money to the poorly children charity is so kind. I enjoyed it, it stopped me from being bored."

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Social distancing, isolation and lockdown have been forced upon some people who were already lonely before the coronavirus outbreak.

While not physically in contact like they used to be, some are using new online methods to reach out to more people than they ever did before.

A third of calls to police are concerned with breaches of coronavirus lockdown regulations, North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says.

He was speaking after it emerged 10 people had travelled from London to Gwynedd with the intention of climbing Snowdon before being turned away by officers.

"There will always be people who will try their luck," he said.

"Those people were stopped and given a fixed penalty ticket.

"Whether a £60 fine is enough of a deterrent for people travelling from London I don't know."

Mr Jones says the "vast majority" of people are abiding by restrictions.

He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast some people are still driving to beauty spots, despite the advice to stay home and the prospect of receiving a fine.

Mr Jones said the force was dealing with calls relating to complaints about neighbours and issues such as non-essential travel and people travelling to a second homes.

A dad has thanked hospital staff for treating him after he survived coronavirus.

Father-of-three David Hamlington was "devastated" after being diagnosed with the illness.

The 51-year-old was treated at Wrexham Maelor after falling ill on 3 April.

He said: “I can never thank the staff enough for what they have done for me, they saved my life and kept our family together.

“Nothing was too much trouble for them, they always had a smile on their face and even though I didn’t have my own family with me they made me feel like I was part of theirs.

“I feel incredibly lucky to be here and it’s all down to those exceptional healthcare staff at the hospital, I will never be able to repay them.”

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The chief executive of Airbus has reportedly issued a stark assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the plane maker.

In a letter to workers, seen by news outlets, Guillaume Faury is said to have warned the company was "bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed".

This month the firm announced it was cutting aircraft production by a third.

Airbus has about 13,500 workers in the UK, with most of them making wings at its two major sites in Broughton, Flintshire, and Filton, Bristol.

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The coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone, but for some people it came at the worst possible time.

In February Sue Fraser was flooded from her house in Nantgarw by Storm Dennis.

Already facing a long delay to returning home, she may now have to wait until Christmas because of the lockdown.

And while she faces the prospect of months living in a caravan, others are leaving their homes and families to protect the most vulnerable.

In the early hours of 16 February, Mrs Fraser woke up to 4ft of flood water deposited by Storm Dennis.

Mrs Fraser now lives opposite her flood-damaged home, in a caravan in her mother's garden.

Her house is undergoing major repair work which has now stopped due to the coronavirus lockdown.

"All work has come to a stop. Some builders say we may be lucky to be in before Christmas," she said.

Some business owners in Wales have been told that unless coronavirus or Covid-19 are on their policy, they are not covered for insurance.

Cerys Furlong, who owns pubs in Cardiff, has described the challenges of being closed at one of the busiest times of the year.

A law firm says Welsh businesses affected by coronavirus could be able to legally challenge insurance companies

The Association of British Insurers says individual cases are looked at on merit.

But it says most policies will not cover pandemics.