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Lottie Gibbons

Wales travel restrictions relaxed as First Minister gives England holiday update

Self-contained accommodation will reopen in Wales for Easter, however, people from England will not be permitted to stay.

The Welsh Government is beginning to reopen people's personal lives and the economy with the partial easing of lockdown restrictions.

According to First Minister Mark Drakeford, coronavirus numbers in Wales "continue to go in the right direction".

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People from two households will be able to meet in gardens from Saturday, while hairdressers and barbers will be able to operate from Monday. Non-essential retail will begin to reopen from March 22.

Mr Drakeford told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Provided things continue to go in the right direction, we hope to be able to reopen self-contained accommodation for the Easter period.

Mr Drakeford added: "By the summer, always with the big if those things have got to improve, that is where we would hope to be and Easter time, Welsh people will be able to travel for holidays over Easter within Wales."

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However, anyone in England hoping for a trip away will be disappointed.

Asked if people from England could go to Wales to enjoy an Easter break, Mr Drakeford said: "The rules in England will not permit that.

"The Prime Minister's roadmap said that for the weeks after the March 29 people should minimise travel, there are to be no holidays and people won't be allowed to stay away from home overnight."

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