Gyms and leisure centers must be classed as “essential services” to stop them from being repeatedly closed during winter months, campaigners have warned.

Gyms, leisure centers, swimming pools and fitness studios were among the last businesses allowed to reopen in Wales after being forced to close their doors at the end of March as part of the first lockdown.

Last week, after being open for two months, they have closed again, alongside pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops, as a 17-day national “firebreak” lockdown began in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford has promised gyms and leisure centres will be able to reopen on 9 November.

But a group of more than 100 gym owners said they were prepared to break any future Covid lockdown laws… READ MORE @ BBC

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