PEOPLE in Wales will be able to return to pubs and restaurants - outdoors - from April 26.

They will be able to visit shops from April 12 - the same day students in Wales will return to face-to-face learning.

In is part of a raft of lockdown easing measures to be announced tomorrow - with all being dependent on coronavirus rates continuing to be favourable.

And if the public situation continues to improve the country should enter Alert Level 3 in May.

First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford will tomorrow set out "a series of measures" that will take Wales fully into Alert Level 3 by May 17, "subject to public health conditions remaining favourable".

Students in Wales will return to face-to-face education on Monday, April 12.

All remaining non-essential retail and close contact services will be allowed to reopen from Monday, April 12, while the rules will also be changed to allow travel into and out of Wales from the rest of the United Kingdom and Common Travel Area. Changes remain subject to public health conditions continuing to remain favourable.

The Welsh Government will also signal further changes it aims to confirm at the April 22 review, subject to public health conditions, which would see outdoor attractions and outdoor hospitality reopen, including at cafes, pubs and restaurants on Monday, April 26.

By early May, plans include allowing organised outdoor activities for up to 30 people to take place, and for gyms, leisure centres and fitness facilities to reopen for individual or one-to-one training but not exercise classes.