South Wales Police issued fines to 90 people this weekend for breaching Coronavirus restrictions.

Despite the whole of Wales remaining under Alert Level 4 restrictions, the force received more than 442 reports of possible Covid breaches.

While many were well-intentioned but did not amount to breaches, officers were left with little option but to issue fines to a number of people.

Among them were:

• A man who failed to self-isolate with his Covid-positive wife in Barry;
• Four men who travelled to Penarth Pier and were drinking alcohol in the street;
• Four men who travelled in the same vehicle from various areas of Cardiff and the Vale to visit Cosmeston Country Park;
• Three people from different households found mixing at an address in Penarth;
• Eleven people who attended a garden party in Cardiff;

South Wales Police is continuing to engage with our communities to encourage compliance Welsh Government coronavirus legislation, and our teams are carrying out regular proactive patrols to enforce the rules where needed. Joint Enforcement Teams (JETs), made up of police officers and council staff, have also been established in each of the seven local authority areas and continue to target areas of high concern. Chief Superintendent Andy Valentine said: "Alert Level 4 restrictions have been in place since before Christmas and the legislation is clear. Multiple households should not be mixing, be that indoors or outdoors, and people should only be leaving home for a limited number of reasons, such as shopping for essentials. "While exercise is permitted and encouraged, Welsh Government has been clear that travelling to do so is not deemed reasonable, so to see dozens of cars at our beauty spot car parks again this weekend is frustrating and disappointing. "Our officers were met with some serious breaches of the rules this weekend leading to fixed penalties being issued. "I know that the restrictions are tough but we remain in the midst of an extremely serious health emergency and we all have a part to play in helping to slow the spread of coronavirus and help ease the pressure on our NHS. "Those unwilling to act responsibility by flagrantly breaching the rules should expect to subject to enforcement action." Fines for breaching Covid restrictions start at £60 in Wales and double for every offence.