Drivers have continued to flout lockdown restrictions, with one learning motorcyclist crashing on a Powys road, and one person being ticketed for being out unnecessarily for a third time.

Newtown Police has continued to patrol the county's roads in recent days, and checks at Buttington and Newtown yesterday turned up six more people who were out and about without good cause, contravening the rules of the lockdown imposed by the Government.

One person was given their third fixed penalty since the lockdown began, while others had a variety of excuses for heading out.

One had made a 340-mile round trip to collect a dog, and another was out to collect a silver necklace.

Earlier in the week the Roads Policing Unit had also been at the scene of a crash between a learner biker and a car being driven on an essential journey.

They have also reported people driving too fast on some roads while the lockdown is keeping them quiet.

"Speed checks completed in Middletown this morning after reports of high speeds due to less traffic," the team wrote on Tuesday. "One recorded at 56mph in a 40mph limit."

Further afield, Dyfed-Powys Police also stopped a motorhome, whose driver had got the train to Tenby to collect and bring it home – to Brighton.

On Tuesday, Dyfed-Powys Police said it had received information about people intending to travel to west Wales to spend time in holiday homes, and warned anyone considering doing so that they could be fined.