Covid: Cardiff shops manage Black Friday shoppers

Queues formed outside Cardiff shops as people sought Black Friday deals

An influx of Black Friday shoppers to Cardiff prompted a shopping centre to ask visitors to wait outside as it managed social-distancing.

St David's Cardiff tweeted it was busy and shoppers may have to wait to be let in as staff managed capacity.

Meanwhile, Transport for Wales said it would use extra staff this weekend after a rise in anti-social behaviour.

It said passenger numbers had been increasing since the end of the firebreak lockdown on 9 November.

The centre of Cardiff filled with shoppers on the day famous for bargains

Last weekend almost 200 people were refused travel by its staff for not wearing a face covering, anti-social behaviour or for being unfit to travel, it said.

It said more than 2,000 people across the network had to be asked to put on a face covering - a legal requirement on all public transport in Wales.

It urged people to plan ahead, check travel advice and make use of its recently-launched capacity checker to avoid busy periods.

It comes as police have been granted extra powers, including carrying out random vehicle checks, to ensure people are not breaking Covid-19 rules in Cardiff.

The powers will be in place from 09:00 GMT on Friday until 17:00 on Sunday and people breaching regulations could be fined and told to leave the city, the force said.