Covid: At least 79 bars or restaurants closed over breaches

At least 79 pubs, bars or restaurants have been closed for breaking coronavirus rules in Wales.

Information provided by 21 of Wales' 22 councils also revealed at least 194 have been issued with improvement notices.

It is a legal requirement for premises to take reasonable measures to minimise the risk of exposure to Covid-19.

Since August, Carmarthenshire council has issued 24 closure notices, the most of any local authority.

It also served the most improvement notices, at 27.

Improvement notices require the business to take action within 48 hours where a closure notice requires the establishment to close for up to 14 days.

Swansea council shut 14 premises, while Rhondda Cynon Taf council closed 12 and issued 23 premises improvement notices.

(Managed by Shared Regulatory Services, which provided combined numbers for the three counties but Bridgend council said it served three closures and issued nine improvement notices.)

Merthyr Tydfil council is yet to respond.