There are calls for camper vans to be banned from a town after reported problems on the Welsh coastline as tourists return after lockdown easing.

Dozens of vans and motor homes are taking up parking spaces for days, an Aberystwyth councillor says, claiming it is damaging the local economy.

Waste disposal in public toilets, drains and on the beach are also causing concern.

Ceredigion council said signs asking people to park considerately were being considered.

Councillor Endaf Edwards said it was ruining the local economy, with four designated caravan parking spaces in the town but 50 spotted parked there at one time.

He called for them to be banned completely, claiming the vans park too close to one another, overhang pavements and take up too many car parking spaces.

The minister responsible for schools in England has said he is "incredibly sorry for the distress" caused to pupils after having to make a U-turn in how A-levels and GCSEs are graded.

Gavin Williamson, the UK government's education secretary, refused to say if he would resign amid a fresh scramble to secure university places.

"My focus is making sure youngsters get the grades that they deserve," he said.

Institutions are dealing with a surge of demand for places from students rejected due to their original results last week.

Bangor University will honour places for students with revised grades, it has said.

Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham Glyndwr University have already announced they will do the same.

This comes after the Welsh Government announced yesterday that students would be awarded the grades estimated for them by their teachers.

Some students had lost out on university places after getting lower than predicted grades under the now-scrapped standardisation system.

There has not been widespread community transmission of Covid-19 in the Wrexham area, according to the health minister.

Vaughan Gething’s comments came as the latest data from the Office of National Statistics showed there have been more registered deaths involving coronavirus in Wrexham compared to any other local authority in England and Wales for two weeks running.

Speaking at the Welsh Government’s weekly coronavirus press conference, Mr Gething said the number of infections in Wrexham was falling and that there was a “continuing and improved picture”.

“The evidence shows there has not been widespread community transmission within Wrexham,” Mr Gething said.

“That's really important - that shows that our system is working as it should do; identifying clusters, taking proactive action.

“And we’ll need to see more of that as we see different cases and clusters around the rest of the country.”

There were more deaths registered involving coronavirus in Wrexham for the second week running than any other area of Wales and England, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.

There have been 24 Covid-19 deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 7 August - nine of them were hospital deaths in Wrexham.

This means a rise in deaths from 10 registered the previous week. Altogether, 16 deaths were in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area of north Wales.

The ONS figures show deaths in hospitals, care homes and people's homes, and where coronavirus is suspected by a doctor or confirmed.

Although there were 16 deaths in north Wales - 15 in hospitals - this is far fewer than at the height of the pandemic in April.

But there are more being registered there than in other health board areas in Wales at the moment.

Wales' health minister has apologised to A-level students for the "stress and anxiety" of the exams situation.

Vaughan Gething, speaking at the Welsh Government's weekly coronavirus news conference, said it was not the fault of any young person that they were unable to take their exams.

There had been outrage after 42% of A-level grades in Wales were downgraded last Thursday because of a standardisation system.

On Monday, the Welsh Government said students would be given the grades their teachers had assessed they would get.

“I don’t think we could have been clearer for apologising for the stress and anxiety caused to learners across Wales,” Mr Gething said.

“No learner created the position that we now find ourselves in.

“It is absolutely not the fault of any young person or learner who's taken their exams or couldn't take their exams either.

“I’m genuinely sorry, as indeed the whole government is about the position that learners find themselves in through no fault of their own.”

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An internal document from Transport for Wales obtained by BBC Wales has highlighted the challenges rail staff have faced in managing crowded trains during the coronavirus pandemic.

Since the introduction of the two-metre social-distancing rule, passenger capacity has been reduced to around 20% of normal levels and, until Monday, only essential travel was permitted.

The leaked document gives details of dozens of incidents of crowded trains from late July and is based on reports from conductors.

Transport for Wales says the safety of staff and customers “continues to be its top priority” and last week more than 500 people were refused travel for either making unnecessary journeys or for failing to wear a face covering.

Incidents described in the report include a 0923 Holyhead to Birmingham train with two carriages which was carrying 67 passengers at Llandudno Junction, which then grew to 89 by the time it left Flint.

Many of the incidents involved trains travelling to and from Barry Island, with one service from Pontypridd to the resort carrying 99 passengers by the time it reached Cogan, in Penarth.

Two Welsh drama series are to return to S4C in September after months off-air.

Pobol y Cwm - the BBC's longest-running soap - and Rownd a Rownd, a drama series for young people, saw filming halted during lockdown.

Coronavirus restrictions mean only five minutes of Pobol y Cwm can currently be produced in a day.

Two additional filming sites have been added to Rownd a Rownd's long-term set in Menai Bridge on Anglesey.

The UK's largest auction house network says it has had its busiest month in 52 years selling goods from UK businesses that have gone bankrupt during the Covid-19 lockdown.

John Pye Auctions, which specialises in stock from liquidated firms, says this could just be the tip of an iceberg with many more companies facing collapse when government-backed support schemes come to an end.

The auction firm has seen a surge in products from failed retailers. Since re-opening after lockdown, the Nottingham-based firm, which has 16 sites across the country, says its staff have cleared out more than 240 stores, with the numbers of bidders per auction nearly doubling in that time.

"I'm a little bit conditioned to it, but what I am shocked about is the speed at which it's happened and the scale of it," says the firm's managing director Adam Pye.

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Plans for tackling coronavirus in the coming winter months are being published, Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said.

He told the Welsh Government's weekly news conference the plan sets out how "all partners" – including Public Health Wales, local government, businesses and individuals - must work together to manage the risks of coronavirus.

Mr Gething said "prevention is better than cure" and "everyone has a role to play in preventing the spread of coronavirus".

"At a local level, we have shown that by working with partners we can efficiently and effectively manage small clusters and outbreaks – as we saw in Anglesey and Merthyr Tydfil," he added.

"This has meant we have not had to introduce wider restrictions in those areas."

Mr Gething reiterated the message that science has shown the virus spreads more quickly in the colder months.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething says everyone has a role in preventing coronavirus spread.

He said: "Absolutely no one wants another lockdown. But coronavirus has not gone away. So, if we are to continue to enjoy this greater level of freedom, we must prevent the virus from spreading."

Mr Gething said people should follow "three key rules" - keep two metres away from others, wash their hands regularly, and wear a face covering on public transport.

"Each person, businesses and organisation in Wales has a role in preventing the spread of coronavirus. Let’s continue to play our part to keep Wales safe," he urged people.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething says the £32m extra investment into coronavirus testing will make sure test results "are returned as quickly as possible".

Speaking at the Welsh Government's coronavirus briefing, the minister said the money would pay for new equipment at the main testing laboratories so they can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

He said six new labs, which will operate seven days a week, will process test results in under four hours.

Mr Gething said this would be supported by 160 extra members of staff working across Wales.

"This investment will help us deliver faster results, supporting our local contact tracing teams to break the chains of transmission," he told the briefing.

There are the lowest number of people in hospital in Wales with covid-19 since the pandemic began, Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said at the weekly coronavirus briefing.

Three people are in critical care, and 70 people are in hospital.

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For many young people in Wales, the spring and summer of 2020 will be remembered as a time of missed opportunities - or worse.

Lockdown and its aftermath caused studies to be paused and travel plans to be shelved, while others lost jobs or had to put their careers on hold.

But 130 medical students and about 3,000 healthcare students were fast-tracked to respond to the coronavirus crisis.

Three of them spoke to BBC Wales about what that was like.

The chief of the Welsh exam board has said he is "disappointed" about a U-turn in how grades are awarded to A-level and GCSE students this year.

Results estimated by teachers will now be used rather than those produced by an algorithm.

There had been outrage after 42% of A-level grades in Wales were downgraded because of the system.

Ian Morgan, chief executive of the WJEC exam board, said he accepted there had been "anomalies".

But he said grade averages would have increased by the usual annual amount under the standardisation system - whereas awarding teachers' estimated grades will see a "significantly" bigger increase.

We'll also keep you up to date with the latest on the row over A-level grades, as the Senedd's education committee is recalled to take evidence from officials on what happened.

Students have spoken of their "massive relief" after they were given the A-level results they were fighting for.

The Welsh Government announced a U-turn on Monday and said those and GCSE results estimated by teachers would now be used, rather than those produced by an algorithm.

There had been outrage after 42% of A-level grades in Wales were downgraded because of the standardisation system.

For some students, the change means future plans are no longer in tatters.

The health minister is likely to face questions about the speed of testing in Wales, which shows just over half of results are returned within a day.

Quick turnaround is seen as essential to enable a successful contact tracing system.

However Vaughan Gething could also be fielding questions on education, given the Welsh Government's U-turn on Monday over A-level results.

This saw them reject the algorithm method of awarding grades, which saw 42% of students receive downgraded marks, and instead accept teacher assessed grades.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the coronavirus weekly briefing from the Welsh Government.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething will speak from 12:30 BST and give updates on the pandemic in Wales.

It comes after the government announced six new "hot labs" will be created in hospitals to improve coronavirus testing times.

The labs in Cardiff, Swansea, Llanelli, Cwmbran, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil will be complemented by three other laboratories to become round-the-clock operations.