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Here are the main points from the day:

• Plans are being considered which would allow people to meet loved ones - who they don't live with - outdoors
• 17 more people with coronavirus have died in Wales, bringing the total to 1,224
• Tributes have been paid to nurse Liz Spooner, 62, who has died with the virus
• Hub schools have been attended by fewer than 10% of those children deemed to be at risk

• The UK government is considering introducing an extra bank holiday, perhaps in October

Cardiff council is removing the requirement to hold shorter funeral services - which was adopted to allow more to take place during the pandemic.

Services of 45 minutes, external will resume from next week.

"Our bereavement services team, and the many additional staff redeployed into the service, have done a fantastic job during what has been an incredibly challenging time," said councillor Michael Michael.

Cardiff has had the largest number of Covid-19 deaths in Wales so far - 303, according to figures published on Tuesday.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said "it will take time" for people to resume their economic habits "even once we have reopened" and so there will not be an "immediate bounce back" for the economy after the pandemic.

He told a House of Lords committee: "We're likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we have not seen, and of course that will have an impact on unemployment."

He also warned that there could be permanent scarring to the economy, with output down on pre-lockdown levels for a prolonged period.

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Tributes have been paid to a nurse who has died with coronavirus.

Liz Spooner, 62, was a "dedicated" nurse with 41 years' experience at Singleton Hospital in Swansea.

Hospital director Jan Worthing said she was a "fantastic, caring colleague".

"Her death leaves a massive hole in the Singleton Hospital family," she added.

One of Wrexham’s tips is to reopen for a second time since the pandemic with a booking system put in place after it closed temporarily on Friday "due to traffic".

Users will have to phone ahead to book a slot before using Brymbo Household Waste Recycling Centre.

A maximum of five vehicles will be allowed on site at any one time and no trailers will be permitted.

“We expect the pre-booking system to work well and manage the expected demand,” said a Wrexham council spokesman.

On Tuesday, Conwy council confirmed its household recycling centres will be reopening next week.

Other local authorities have also announced plans to reopen facilities.

Many veterinary practices in Wales may not survive the coronavirus crisis without business rate relief and financial support, a group has warned.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) said urgent action was needed to avert practice closures.

A survey by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons found half of practices had seen turnover drop by 50% or more, with a quarter losing 75% of business, although these figures did improve in the most recent figures from mid-May.

Meleri Wyn Tweed, a vet who cares for small animals in Swansea, has been on the furlough scheme since the lockdown: "Out of six vets, there are only two working in the practice at the moment, and the turnover has dropped dramatically."

The Welsh Government said it recognised the difficulties and was working with vets to outline support available.

Fewer than 10% of children at risk of abuse and neglect have been attending hub schools during lockdown, according to NSPCC Cymru.

The Welsh Parliament's Children, Young People and Education Committee was told just 1,000 out of 16,000 vulnerable children have attended school, half of whom are at risk of abuse or neglect.

NSPCC Cymru's Vivienne Laing told the committee it was "very important for vulnerable children to attend these hubs".

"What we do know is that home is not a safe place for too many children," she said.

The Welsh Government accepted "there is still more to do to encourage take-up", but a spokesman said attendance had improved in recent weeks.

All schools in Wales were closed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with hub schools open only for vulnerable children and the children of keyworkers.

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Connah’s Quay Nomads have been crowned champions of the Cymru Premier League for the first time after the season was brought to an early close because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) confirmed the end of its domestic leagues this afternoon.

Leaders Connah’s Quay ended a run of eight consecutive titles for The New Saints, who finish second and go into the Europa League with third placed Bala Town.

Promotion and relegation issues have still to be decided, while the Welsh Cup is also called off.

The Europa League spot that should have gone to the cup winners now sees Barry Town nominated for the competition, having finished fourth in the Cymru Premier.

Swansea City Ladies will represent Wales in the Uefa Women’s Champions League.

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"It felt like the videos you see of what happens just before a tsunami hits - when the tide goes out, the sea disappears and everything goes eerily quiet."

Dr Ami Jones has described the calm before the storm of coronavirus at the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

As Covid-19 hit, her fellow NHS worker Glenn Dene was there to capture it all on camera.

His images reveal moments of tenderness and challenge as the team battled the pandemic.

Image source, Glenn Dene

Gwynedd council and social housing provider Adra are buying essential supplies to support food banks in the county.

The authority said it had seen “an increase of people who have to turn to food banks for help” so it was buying products directly from two local companies to help.

A network of food banks in the county, external offer food boxes in “emergencies” with enough food for three days.

It said as the “need for food increases, the need to fill these boxes also increases each week”.

People can request a bus to pick them up as part of a pilot project running in Newport.

The flexible or Fflecsi service, external replaces some scheduled local services in Rogerstone and St Julian’s.

It has been set up by Transport for Wales (TfW) and the council and it could be widened to other areas if successful.

Users can download an app or call to book a Newport Bus to pick them up and drop them off near home, work or shops, as long as it is classed as "essential travel".

It will allow the bus company to guarantee the passenger a seat and enough space to respect social distancing guidelines.

Transport Minister Ken Skates said it will be trialled over the next three months and “could shape the bus services of the future”.

TfW boss James Price said: “I look forward to finding out what we can learn from the trial in Newport and how we can potentially apply this in other areas in the future."

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The UK government is considering introducing an extra bank holiday, possibly in October around the time of half-term.

The idea was put forward by the UK's tourism agency Visit Britain.

Its acting head, Patricia Yates, told MPs on Tuesday the industry had lost the benefit of two bank holidays in May because of the coronavirus lockdown.

The government did, however, warn that having an extra break could have an economic downside.

Downing Street said the government was supporting the tourism industry through this "challenging period" and would "respond in due course" to the proposal by Visit Britain.

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Organisations supported by the Arts Council of Wales are losing £1.4m a week, its chief executive has said.

Nick Capaldi warned the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff could lose £20m over the current financial year.

He told a meeting of the Senedd's culture committee the industry was "on its knees" and would need "careful support" if it was to survive.

He said cash flow was the biggest issue and groups who are least dependent on public money were worst affected.

A woman who has been painting herself with iconic Glastonbury Festival scenes says she has been "blown away" by the response.

Lisa Davies, from Cardiff, had not tried body painting until the coronavirus lockdown.

The 33-year-old's work has been shared by the festival's Facebook community,, external sparking comments including a simple "wow" and "get that on canvas".

Each picture takes Ms Davies about three hours to complete and is painted from a reverse image.

Image source, Lisa Davies

Image source, Lisa Davies

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Care homes should assume all their residents have Covid-19 if there has been an outbreak, according to government advisors.

A report for ministers says it is not always possible to isolate residents with symptoms “without causing harm or distress”.

“Therefore, if an outbreak already exists in a care home, there is a need to assume that everyone has the virus and act accordingly, regardless of whether mass testing is applied,” it says.

The advice comes from the panel of scientists advising the Welsh Government on how to respond to coronavirus.

In a report on care homes, submitted the day before a blanket testing policy was announced, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) says there is “strong evidence” to support testing all residents and staff in homes with new outbreaks.

But it says “the value of this testing will decrease over time from the point of the outbreak being identified”.

It also says it would be “valuable to test in selected homes” that appear to be free of the virus, to find out if anyone has been infected without displaying symptoms.

Ministers have promised to go further than that, saying on 16 May that swabs will be available for residents and staff at all homes.

The TAG report, dated 15 May, says mobile testing units should visit care homes. It also says: “There is some evidence that staff working in more than one care home at a time will increase the risk of infection.”

All 60 Members of the Senedd (MS) will be able to take part in virtual sittings from June, the Welsh Parliament has said.

Only limited numbers have been able to join the Zoom conference calls that have replaced face-to-face meetings in Cardiff Bay.

It comes as calls grew for the Senedd to move to the “hybrid model” used by the House of Commons, where some MPs go to Parliament and others call-in over the internet.

Mandy Jones, Brexit Party MS, said living in a rural part of north Wales “means that my internet connection isn’t always strong enough to conduct all my work from home".

She said other MSs have also had issues.

Former Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies has also called for hybrid sittings.

A Senedd spokesman said it will contact Ms Jones to offer any support needed, and added that its IT support team “has not received any issues relating to broadband from MSs”.

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A 19-year-old woman was been jailed for six months for breaching coronavirus laws after she coughed at a police officer.

Kelsey Gouldie, of Holyhead, pleaded guilty to breaching Covid-19 regulations and assault of an emergency worker while in custody in Caernarfon.

After Mold magistrates sentenced Gouldie, one union called for tougher sentences on what it describes as a "frankly, filthy and despicable" crime.

"We are continuing to see a growing trend of these types of incidents so clearly the message isn’t getting through," said North Wales Police Federation general secretary Mark Jones

"We implore the government and judiciary to work on introducing sentences that actually act as a deterrent to would be offenders."

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The total number of coronavirus deaths in Wales is now 1,224.

The Aneurin Bevan health board is the Welsh health board with the highest number - 260, while Cwm Taf is second with 256.

Powys remains the lowest with 13.

With 17 new coronavirus deaths, this graphic shows how Public Health Wales' latest figures demonstrate the continuation of a steady decline in the number of Covid-19 deaths.

The Welsh Government is considering whether it should allow people to meet loved ones outdoors who they don't live with.

The next review of the lockdown rules is due towards the end of next week.

It comes as new advice to the Welsh Government says the virus is "very likely to decay very quickly" when exposed to sunlight.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said ministers were having a "very real debate".

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