Cardiff-based personal trainer Emily Tucker said a rise in online drinking challenges could lead to heavier and more regular drinking.

Over a quarter of adults in Wales who drink have increased their consumption since the coronavirus restrictions were brought in, according to research by Alcohol Change UK.

Emily said a perception that people needed to be productive with their time during isolation could make people feel pressurised.

The 28-year-old said exercises and learning new skills could help stem boredom.

"If you feel [alcohol is] starting to become your go-to source of entertainment, I would definitely look into the online content that's available," she said.

A drive-through testing centre for people with suspected coronavirus will open in north Wales tomorrow.

The facility will open at Builder Street coach park, in Llandudno, on Wednesday.

NHS staff, police, firefighters and care home workers showing symptoms associated with the virus will be the first to be tested at the site.

They will be able to drive on to the site and self-swab without leaving their vehicles, North Wales Resilience Forum said.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Executive Director of Public Health, Teresa Owen, said the new facility would play "an integral part" in the region's response to the pandemic.

North Wales Police's Assistant Chief Constable, Sacha Hatchett, who chairs the North Wales Resilience Forum, added, “The demand for coronavirus testing amongst our critical workers is growing.

"This new centre allows us to provide coronavirus testing in a convenient, timely and, above all else, a safe way for all involved in the process.”

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Dyfed-Powys Police continue to stop motorists heading to second homes in west Wales.

A strategy to lift lockdown restrictions in Wales is "flawed" and "built on sand", Plaid Cymru has claimed.

On Friday First Minister Mark Drakeford said ending lockdown could be in phases, like a traffic light, as he announced the Welsh Government's exit framework.

But Plaid leader Adam Price said the criteria set by ministers to lift the restrictions offered "more heat than light".

He claimed the plan had no reference to how other countries had managed to ease restrictions, and there were no details on how testing and contact tracing would be stepped up.

Mr Price added that no targets for testing had been set out in the strategy.

The framework includes questions to consider before decisions are made around relaxing restrictions.

But Mr Price said: "It contains scant detail, no reference to how the infrastructure required to lift lockdown will be achieved, and no data on where we are in the epidemic or how things are expected to progress in the coming months."

About 240 Cardiff University students have opted to do placements in Welsh hospitals during the pandemic

Eli Wyatt moved miles away from her family in Monmouthshire to work and live on site at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Denbighshire, where she is treating coronavirus and stroke patients.

The 23-year-old said her family were worried about her, but she knew when the time came she would want to help.

"To be able to help when I know that I've got the ability is a big privilege," she said.

"I've always loved being part of a team… so being part of the wider team of the NHS at this point while we're dealing with this crisis feels kind of empowering."

Those out of work during the coronavirus pandemic and being forced to turn to foodbanks to feed their families, volunteers have said.

Since social-distancing measures were brought in food banks across Wales have seen a rise in demand.

In Caldicot, Monmouthshire, volunteers said people's "cupboards were bare".

Volunteer Jo Watkins said demand had quadrupled since the outbreak, with some people turning up to get parcels saying they "have no food at all."

"We're getting a lot of people who are genuinely terrified. This week we had people who had literally run the cupboards bare and they are contacting us to say they have no food at all," the local councillor said.

Rachal Collins said some people in the hospitality business had no idea when they would be back at work.

"We've had two clients who work in the local pub, and they've been furloughed," she said.

"Pubs are apparently going to be one of the last things to open, so they're probably going to be like that for the best part of this year.

"If you're on a low income, to take a drop of twenty percent, that's quite hard to be furloughed".

Over a quarter of adults in Wales who drink have increased their consumption since the coronavirus restrictions were brought in, according to research by Alcohol Change UK.

Meg Payne has never been a heavy or frequent drinker, but said she noticed she was drinking more regularly out of "boredom" during the restrictions.

The 23-year-old, who lives with her parents in Cardiff, has been furloughed through the UK government job retention scheme.

She said she found herself drinking on evenings she normally would not. To combat this, she developed a routine and said that exercise and online workouts helped.

"I did find that looking forward to a drink at the end of the day was something that I was doing a lot more often," she said.

"At the start of this quarantine and lockdown period, I was drinking more," she said.

"It probably got to two weeks in, when I sort of realised and took a look at it and I realised that wasn't something that I wanted to happen."

A plane carrying personal protective equipment (PPE) for Welsh NHS workers is due to land in Cardiff today.

The Welsh Government said the flight from Cambodia, set to touch down at the city's airport, is carrying 600,000 gowns - 200,000 of which are "fluid resistant".

Last week Health Minister Vaughan Gething said there was only enough stock of all items of PPE, which includes protective masks, visors and gowns, to last "a few days".

There have been concerns of nurses having to reuse single-use PPE, and of shortages putting NHS workers at risk of contracting the virus.

In a social media post the Welsh Government said the new supplies were "vital" and as a result of "hard work behind the scenes to secure supplies of PPE for our frontline workers".

The flight is one of a series arriving this week from Phnom Penh in Cambodia and Hangzhou in China. A shipment of 10m masks arrived from China on Saturday.

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Grandfather Danny Egan, 73, has described how he was left “gasping for air” after being struck by coronavirus symptoms.

The retired service engineer from Port Talbot quickly developed breathing problems when he returned home being out for his son’s birthday.

He said his wife initially called 111 to seek advice and then she had to ring 999 for an ambulance when his condition worsened.

“If she hadn’t have been here, God knows what would have happened,” he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

He ended up on a ventilator at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital.

“The last thing I remember was talking to the anaesthetist and that was it for seven days,” he said.

Mr Egan said the “ventilator saved the day” along with the dedication of staff.

"People who are suffering, and it's a horrible disease, do not give up," he said.

"The medical team will not give up on you and you have faith in them.

"I certainly did, and it paid off."

The hospital shared a photograph of staff applauding Mr Egan as he left following treatment last week.

Can you catch coronavirus again? Why are some people sicker than others? Will it come back every winter? Will a vaccine work? Could immunity passports get some of us back to work? How do we manage the virus in the long-term?

James Gallagher, BBC health and science correspondent, takes a closer look.

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A total of 796 people have died with coronavirus, Public Health Wales (PHW) said on Monday.

Its data, external showed there were 203 confirmed new cases, taking the total to 9,280.

The true number is likely to be higher as many with symptoms are not tested.

There have been 1,250 new tests carried out bringing the total number of tests carried out to 33,257.

The figures only represent a snapshot - to give an indication of the number of deaths, mostly in hospital, being reported daily by health boards to PHW.

Jenny Rees
BBC Wales home affairs correspondent

One prisoner has died and nearly 500 in Wales have suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus - with six needing to be taken to hospital, according to an official report.

An analysis of the figures, commissioned by the head of the prison service, has found that a quarter of all confirmed cases within the estate are in Wales.

And that's despite just 6% of the prison population being held in Wales.

A report for the Ministry of Justice has been carried out by Eamonn O'Moore, national lead for health and justice at Public Health England, and includes the figures to the end of last week.

It concludes that the measures put in place have avoided the "explosive outbreaks" of Covid 19 in prisons, and the situation is being contained effectively.

Prisons have increased social distancing and many have introduced "reverse cohorting units" so that all new arrivals are kept separate to the main wings for the first 14 days.

The report says while these units are the best defence, "there is work to be done to ensure they are available where needed and with sufficient capacity to meet the population flows now and in the near future".

It also acknowledges access to testing for prisoners across the estate has been limited and variable, so the test results do not represent the "true burden of infection in the prison system".

They show Wales has seen 398 probable cases in prisons, with 77 confirmed cases.

Wales' education minister says schools will reopen in a "phased" return with five principles used to determine the approach to allowing more pupils to go back to the classroom:

1. The safety and mental, emotional and physical well-being of students and staff
2. Continuing contribution to the national effort and strategy to fight the spread of Covid-19
3. Having the confidence of parents, staff and students - based on evidence and information - so that they can plan ahead
4. Ability to prioritise learners at key points, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds
5. Having guidance in place to support measures such as distancing, managing attendance and wider protective actions.

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Education Minister Kirsty Williams will appear before a Welsh Assembly committee setting out plans on how schools might reopen once restrictions are eased later today.

But she is not expected to set a timetable for when pupils will be able to head back to the classroom.

Ahead of the meeting, she said there would be "a phased approach in allowing more pupils to return to school".

And there would be five principles to determine the approach to allowing more pupils to go back to the classroom which include ensuring safety and mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff.

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Demand for casual clothing is soaring during the lockdown, but is the UK at risk of dressing down too much?

Since the lockdown a month ago, online demand for loungewear - defined as a hybrid between pyjamas and tracksuits - has soared 322% in the UK, according to LoveTheSales.com, a shopping website that aggregates sale items from 850 retailers.

A few weeks ago, London-based lawyer Samantha Hewitt decided to refresh her office wardrobe, going online to buy new suits and dresses.

Then the coronavirus lockdown hit and suddenly much of Britain was forced to become a nation of home workers.

Ms Hewitt immediately sent her sober corporate gear back, and spent £100 on comfy loungewear instead.

"I've found myself saying to my housemates if I'm going for a walk, 'oh it doesn't matter, does it? It's lockdown'," she said.

People have reverted back to shopping the way they did a decade ago by making one big weekly trip to the supermarket, according to the boss of Tesco.

Chief executive Dave Lewis said Covid-19 social distancing measures mean consumers are shopping less frequently.

He said that the number of transactions in April nearly halved, but the size of the average basket had doubled.

Mr Lewis added Tesco has now broken through the one million online delivery slots a week for the first time.

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When Faris Hussain returned to Wales from Egypt, he had no idea that within a few weeks he would be on the front line of the fight against a pandemic.

The 24-year-old had just finished a placement abroad when the coronavirus lockdown began in March.

Now the final-year medical student is working on wards treating people with Covid-19 at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

"I was always very keen to do my part," he said.

In March, the Welsh Government announced that final-year medical students, nurses and midwives would be given paid roles in the Welsh NHS during the outbreak.

Faris, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, is one of 240 Cardiff University students who have opted to do placements in Welsh hospitals.

He would have been using the time before graduation to shadow a junior doctor, but instead he was asked if he could start work at Wales' largest hospital for a five week placement.

A minute's silence will be held across the UK later to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who returned to work on Monday, will join the tribute, which starts at 11:00 BST.

More than 100 NHS and care staff have died with the virus, as have many transport and other key workers.

Bethan Lewis
BBC Wales family and education correspondent

Not all pupils will return to school at once when coronavirus restrictions are eased, Education Minister Kirsty Williams has said.

Schools have been closed for five weeks, apart from for key workers' children and vulnerable pupils.

On Tuesday, Ms Williams will appear before an assembly committee setting out plans on how schools might reopen once restrictions are eased.

But she said she did not expect schools to "suddenly open" for all pupils.

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