LIVE: North Wales News Friday, July 31, 2020

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Steve BagnallJournalist

Updated07:04, 31 JUL 2020

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07:04Steve Bagnall

Northern lockdown in Manchester, Yorkshire and Lancashire

You cannot mix with people from other households in your home or garden or in pubs and restaurants

Health secretary Matt Hancock

07:01Steve Bagnall

Signing in

Good morning. I’ll be providing live updates throughout this morning and afternoon. Steve Bagnall.

Welsh Government Welsh pubs, bars, cafes, and restaurants given date for re-opening indoors First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to make an announcement on Friday

The three changes to lockdown rules that will be announced on July 31

Coronavirus First Minister Mark Drakeford will explain how the rules will be eased this afternoon

Local lockdown announced for Greater Manchester and parts of North West - full list of areas affected

Coronavirus The UK Government health secretary Matt Hancock has banned households from meeting indoors

Pervert caught on CCTV sexually assaulting two horses

Courts Peter Bourne, 33 from Ceredigion was caught on camera attacking the animals

We asked readers if a charge should be introduced to climb Snowdon- here's what they said

Snowdon More than 500 readers voted in our poll about whether tourists should be charged to reach the summit

Caernarfon Unmanned search and rescue aircraft to be flown over North Wales for the first time this weekend HM Coastguard will launch the aerial vehicles from Caernarfon to assist with rescues in the sea and mountains

The three changes to lockdown rules that will be announced on July 31

Coronavirus First Minister Mark Drakeford will explain how the rules will be eased this afternoon

Complaints against Welsh health boards decrease - but almost a third were about North Wales

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - the largest board in Wales - has been in special measures for more than five years

Mark Drakeford has been living in 'miniature hut' at the bottom of his garden for months - here's why

Coronavirus He told how he made the decision in a bid to protect his family from the threat of coronavirus

Local lockdown announced for Greater Manchester and parts of North West - full list of areas affected

Coronavirus The UK Government health secretary Matt Hancock has banned households from meeting indoors

Welsh Government Welsh pubs, bars, cafes, and restaurants given date for re-opening indoors First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to make an announcement on Friday

The three changes to lockdown rules that will be announced on July 31

Coronavirus First Minister Mark Drakeford will explain how the rules will be eased this afternoon

Local lockdown announced for Greater Manchester and parts of North West - full list of areas affected

Coronavirus The UK Government health secretary Matt Hancock has banned households from meeting indoors

Pervert caught on CCTV sexually assaulting two horses

Courts Peter Bourne, 33 from Ceredigion was caught on camera attacking the animals

We asked readers if a charge should be introduced to climb Snowdon- here's what they said

Snowdon More than 500 readers voted in our poll about whether tourists should be charged to reach the summit

Daily Post LIVE: North Wales News Friday, July 31, 2020 Keep in touch with all the very latest news, sport, traffic, travel and weather from across the region

Unmanned search and rescue aircraft to be flown over North Wales for the first time this weekend

Caernarfon HM Coastguard will launch the aerial vehicles from Caernarfon to assist with rescues in the sea and mountains

The three changes to lockdown rules that will be announced on July 31

Coronavirus First Minister Mark Drakeford will explain how the rules will be eased this afternoon

Complaints against Welsh health boards decrease - but almost a third were about North Wales

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - the largest board in Wales - has been in special measures for more than five years

Mark Drakeford has been living in 'miniature hut' at the bottom of his garden for months - here's why

Coronavirus He told how he made the decision in a bid to protect his family from the threat of coronavirus

The three changes to lockdown rules that will be announced on July 31

Coronavirus First Minister Mark Drakeford will explain how the rules will be eased this afternoon

Complaints against Welsh health boards decrease - but almost a third were about North Wales

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - the largest board in Wales - has been in special measures for more than five years

Unmanned search and rescue aircraft to be flown over North Wales for the first time this weekend

Caernarfon HM Coastguard will launch the aerial vehicles from Caernarfon to assist with rescues in the sea and mountains

Welsh pubs, bars, cafes, and restaurants given date for re-opening indoors

Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to make an announcement on Friday

Local lockdown announced for Greater Manchester and parts of North West - full list of areas affected

Coronavirus The UK Government health secretary Matt Hancock has banned households from meeting indoors

Hospital door staff to urge people to wear face masks

Coronavirus A 'welcome team' has been installed at Wrexham Maelor Hospital after some people refused to put one on

Mark Drakeford has been living in 'miniature hut' at the bottom of his garden for months - here's why

Coronavirus He told how he made the decision in a bid to protect his family from the threat of coronavirus

We asked readers if a charge should be introduced to climb Snowdon- here's what they said

Snowdon More than 500 readers voted in our poll about whether tourists should be charged to reach the summit

Calls for urgent Welsh Government action to prevent a Wrexham lockdown

Coronavirus Temporary testing centres have been set up in Wrexham following a rise on Covid-19 cases in the area

Pervert caught on CCTV sexually assaulting two horses

Courts Peter Bourne, 33 from Ceredigion was caught on CCTV attacking the animals

Snowdonia chiefs issue statement on mountain climb charge

There have been calls for a fee to climb Wales' highest peak

County Lines drugs boss found guilty of plotting to hire hitman on former gang member

Courts A jury unanimously found Colin Joseph Jones guilty of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to Lee Murray