What the lockdown changes in northern England could mean for north Wales
The Prime Minister has tightened lockdown restrictions in parts of northern England after a rise in coronavirus cases.
Meanwhile, the First Minister of Wales has announced further easing of restrictions.
Boris Johnson banned people from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire from meeting each other indoors on Friday.
In a press conference shortly after, Mark Drakeford said the Welsh Government is exploring ways in which it can allow more people to meet inside.
But with the border in close proximity to some of those English regions, concerns have been raised about what this could mean for neighbouring parts of Wales.
What's the situation in England?
Restrictions have been reintroduced in Greater Manchester, Pendle, Hyndburn, Burnley, Rossendale, Blackburn with Darwen, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Leicester City.
People living in those areas can no longer meet other households at home or in a garden, apart from those in their support bubble.
They are also banned from meeting other households in pubs, bars and restaurants.
People are still allowed to travel to other parts of the UK, providing they are not breaking other lockdown rules.
Could tourists be banned from travelling across the border?
Many of north Wales' beauty spots are a popular holiday destination for English tourists, with parts of Greater Manchester around an hour's drive from the border.
Plaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to limit non-essential travel between English Covid-19 hotspots and Wales.
Leader Adam Price said: "Restrictions have been imposed in the northwest of England to try to slow down transmission there, but with many of the 4 million affected people regularly travelling to the north of Wales for work or for holidays, this has a direct impact here, too."
But the First Minister told ITV News that despite the links between north west England and north Wales, the Welsh Government is not yet considering reintroducing travel restrictions.
The Welsh Government is instead prepared to implement local lockdowns where there are spikes in community transmission, Mark Drakeford said.
He added: "If we were to require local lockdowns in Wales, then 'stay local' might become part of the message that we would require.
"So travel restrictions in that sense are still part of the repertoire that we could draw on, but they would be targeted to where we think they would be necessary as part of a wider package of measures."
Will there now be different lockdown rules for north Wales to the south?
The First Minister said he does not anticipate having to introduce two different regimes for the north and south of Wales.
He said local outbreaks would result in the mobilisation of public health efforts and use of the Test, Trace, Protect system within those areas.
But Mark Drakeford reminded people how quickly the coronavirus situation can change.
"Every one of us would be concerned at what we have seen, not simply in the north of England, but in Spain, Luxembourg, and in other parts of the world," he said.
"Nobody should think that we are immune from some of the difficulties that others are experiencing."
Could the ongoing outbreak in Wrexham lead to a local lockdown?
Wales has seen a number of localised outbreaks of coronavirus, including a spike in cases in Wrexham, which lies near the Wales-England border.
Two mobile Covid-19 testing centres have been set up, with more than 400 people tested on their first day of opening.
But Mark Drakeford said he would take "further action" if necessary.
"We're testing hundreds of people in the community, and that is to let us know whether or not there has been spread beyond those two specific sites more widely," he said.
"At the moment the evidence is suggesting to us that the numbers there are stable, and if that's the case we'll be able to proceed as planned.
"If the numbers showed us something different, then of course we will follow the evidence and if further action was needed then we wouldn't hesitate to take it."