Tourist influx sees locals 'scared to go shopping'
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Image captionResidents described the situation in St Ives as "absolute madness"
Residents in popular resorts have said they are "too scared" to go food shopping because of visitors pouring down narrow streets and ignoring social distancing.
On social media locals have described some Cornish resorts as being "absolute madness," and "Benidorm on steroids".
Street marshals have been patrolling hotspots giving social distancing tips.
Visit Cornwall advised people to plan ahead and change plans if resorts were busy.
Image captionSome people in Perranporth say it is the busiest they have ever known it
St Ives resident Claire Harris, 37, said her family was "too scared to go food shopping".
She told the BBC she had banned her children from the main shopping street and harbour front because of the crowds and said this was "the general consensus among friends".
Jonathan Pitts, who like Ms Harris manages holiday lets, said: "Sadly I think a lot [of tourists] have the same attitude - that they've come to escape it [Covid-19]."
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Image captionClaire Harris said her three children were currently banned from St Ives' main street for their safety
Vicky White, from Newyln, said: "It makes me very uneasy to go out with my two young kids. The pavements have been bustling.
"It is sad for residents to not be able to enjoy where they live."
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Welsh Coronavirus update below.
Up to 30 can meet outdoors and gyms to reopen
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Image captionGroups of up to 30 people will be able to meet while social distancing outdoors in places like Cardiff Castle from Monday
Up to 30 people can meet outdoors and children under 11 will not have to social distance in Wales from Monday.
Swimming pools, gyms, leisure centres and indoor play areas, including soft play, will be allowed to reopen from 10 August.
First Minister Mark Drakeford said the new guidance for children was because of their lower rates of transmission.
Licensed wedding venues will be able to reopen from Monday, but receptions will need to be outdoors.
The changes are part of the latest review to the coronavirus rules in Wales.
Mr Drakeford admitted on Friday that
new lockdown restrictions in the north west of England had given him "pause for thought" before easing the rules further.
But he said the changes bring those areas line with Wales, and declined to call for people not to travel from the places affected.
Plaid Cymru has called for measures to limit non-essential travel from the affected areas.
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