With "stay local" travel restrictions now lifted in Wales, you may be wondering what it means for you.

For the first time since March you can travel to see friends and family.

You can also visit beauty spots and outdoor tourist attractions.

But normal service has not quite resumed, with other restrictions remaining in place.

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It is not just restrictions on roads and rail that have been lifted in Wales - Cardiff Airport has officially reopened to passengers, with flights to Spain and Portugal on Monday.

Operator Ryanair has been the first airline to restart services, with Vueling and Eastern Airlines also resuming in July.

"Having passengers back has been great," said director of operations Ceri Mashlan.

"A lot of work has been put in place to ensure we follow all the guidance."

Ryanair had gone ahead with flights into Cardiff on Friday, despite an appeal from the Welsh Government to wait until Monday.

"Stay local" guidance might have been lifted - but coronavirus still remains in Wales.

Traffic Wales has been pushing home the point on social media, after First Minister Mark Drakeford also urged the public to avoid unnecessary travel.

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Wardens across the Snowdonia National Park have been "working night and day" to get it ready to fully reopen.

Access to summits such as Snowdon, Tryfan and Cadair Idris has been barred since lockdown restrictions were introduced

But as the "stay local" guidance is lifted, the park is now open again.

Helen Pye, from the park authority, said she wanted to remind the public they were returning to a "very fragile protected" area, and needed to treat the landscape with respect.

She said the authority had been running a social media campaign to get visitors ready, as well practical tasks, such as reopening public toilets and car parks.

"We are expecting it to be busy. People are coming to very fragile protected areas," she added.

"We do have concerns - we do think that it may well be busy but we do feel prepared for this."

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With 3.7 million people, the former Soviet republic of Georgia has coped far better with the impact of coronavirus than Wales, with its smaller population of 3.2 million.

While Wales has reported nearly 16,000 cases and more than 1,500 deaths, in Georgia it's a fraction of those figures - fewer than 1,000 infections and only 15 deaths.

A group of public scientists, dubbed the three musketeers, are being praised for steering the Caucasus state's successful response to the pandemic.

A swift response to the first suspected case in Georgia saw schools, colleges and non-essential businesses close and public transport suspended.

A state of emergency on 21 March saw large gatherings and intra-city travel banned.

"We took note of the pandemic's threat a month before the first confirmed case," Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia told the BBC via email.

"Given our country's specifics, such as our location and small size, we could not use the examples of other countries."

Arts organisations in Wales are waiting to find out how much extra cash they will get after the UK government announced a £1.57bn coronavirus support package.

A total of £59m will come to Wales, with the Welsh Government deciding how the money will be spent.

Nick Capaldi, chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales, said he was "absolutely delighted" by the announcement.

He has previously warned arts and cultural organisations in Wales were losing £1.4m a week as a result of Covid closures.

Mr Capaldi said extra money would be an "absolute lifeline".

"We were facing the imminent collapse of a whole sector of our cultural and creative economy," he told BBC Radio Wales' Breakfast programme.

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Lucy Hooker
Business reporter

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"What is it you do again?"

Before the coronavirus lockdown a lot of us didn't really know what our partner did at work. Our eyes have been opened.

"I was just 'mum'," says Samar Small, looking back to life before lockdown. Her family didn't give a second thought to what she did day to day.

Samar is a manager at Royal Mail in Cardiff, responsible for a range of things, including communicating with bulk buyers of stamps (like supermarkets), mail redirection services, and overseeing Santa Mail, planning for which commences in May.

Since March she has swapped the Cardiff Mail Centre for the kitchen table in her three-bedroom semi, with her husband and two teenagers milling around, picking up snippets of conversations involving big projects and huge sums of money.

"They hear the figures being bandied round: 'What about that £2m?' It's not what they expected," she says.

Her husband Stephen goes into work at weekends, in a role at Royal Mail that she used to do herself, so she has a good grasp of what he's doing.

But it's the first time Stephen's had much insight into what Samar does all day.

"I'm probably a bit brainier than he thought I was - dare I say it!" she says.

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With the five-mile travel advice now lifted in Wales, outdoor destinations and attractions are hoping they will see tourists return.

Bosses at the Zip World adventure attractions in north Wales said they were thrilled to be opening sites in Bethesda, Gwynedd, and Betws-y-Coed in Conwy.

"Our vast outdoor spaces and the self-contained nature of our sites lend themselves naturally to socially responsible measures, meaning we can create a safe environment for locals and visitors to the area," they said.

Welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Wales.

• From today, travel restrictions in Wales have been lifted
• Two households will also be able to stay together indoors and overnight
• Outdoor attractions have also been allowed to open

But First Minister Mark Drakeford has called for people to follow the "golden rules" if further restrictions are to be lifted:

• Work from home whenever possible
• Avoid unnecessary travel
• Keep apart from other people - the two-metre rule still applies in Wales
• Wash your hands often
• Meet people from one other household at a time outdoors