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A leaked letter from the director of the Confederation of Passenger Transport to its members in Wales sets out plans for a national lockdown from 23 October to 9 November. [195] With the possibility of a second national lockdown for Wales, Hugh Evans, the leader of Denbighshire County Council, calls for clarity on the issue from the Welsh ...
12 March – Eluned Morgan, who was Wales's health minister during the latter part of the pandemic, tells the COVID-19 Inquiry that people in Wales felt like they were being treated like "second-class citizens" by the UK government, citing the Treasury's decision not to fund furlough payments during Wales's "firebreak lockdown" in Autumn 2020 ...
By 27 March, North Wales Police were patrolling the border between Wales and England because visitors were ignoring the stay-at-home instructions and travelling into Wales. In many cases the police were stopping cars entering from England; such border control had not happened between Wales and England since the 16th century. [9] [10] [11]
28 May – People in areas of North Wales are urged to be cautious following the discovery of a cluster of cases of Indian variant COVID. [237] 29 May – A University College London study finds that the number of people in Wales sticking rigidly to COVID rules has dropped by a third, a trend attributed to mixed messages causing confusion. [238]
9 January – BBC News reports on the plight of Chester F.C., whose ground straddles the England–Wales border and which has been issued warnings by North Wales Police and Flintshire Council for playing two games over Christmas at which 2,000 spectators were in attendance. Such gatherings are prohibited in Wales, but allowed in England.
By 27 March, North Wales Police were patrolling the border between Wales and England because visitors were ignoring the stay-at-home instructions and travelling into Wales. In many cases the police were stopping cars entering from England; such border control had not happened between Wales and England since the 16th century. [25] [26] [27]
The Swedish border town of Stromstad is paying a heavy price for Sweden's decision not to lock down its economy like neighbouring Norway and other Nordic nations to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Broughton Shopping Park (Welsh: Parc Siopa Brychdyn), also known as Broughton Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Brychdyn), [b] is a retail park in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. [c] It is the busiest retail park in North Wales, recording an average annual footfall of 10 million. [3] [4] Branches of many popular high street stores have an outlet in the park.