HALLOWE’EN will look a little different this year as trick or treating has effectively been 'banned' due to increased coronavirus restrictions across most of the region.

The current restrictions across Wales, regardless of whether people live in a local lockdown area or not, is to limit the number of households they can meet up with indoors.

In lockdown areas across North Wales - which at present includes Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Conwy - you are not allowed to meet indoors with anyone who is not part of your household at the moment, unless you have a good reason such as providing care to a vulnerable person.

Whilst you are allowed to meet up to a maximum of 30 people outdoors, they will need to be people who also live in your area and you should continue to socially distance from people outside your household.

These rules also apply to costumed kids knocking on doors and coming into contact with other people to accept treats on Halloween night.

The Welsh Government has said that trick or treating would therefore break the tighter rules imposed earlier this month and that potential fines would apply.

A fixed penalty notice can be issued for most types of breaches of the regulations and carries a fine of £60. This is increased to £120 for a second offence and continues to double for repeated offences with a maximum of £1,920.

A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We all need to work together to stop the spread of coronavirus and we would encourage people to find alternative ways of celebrating events like Hallowe’en in line with current guidance.”