A father-of-seven "died a hero" after rescuing his children off a Welsh beach, his family said.
Jonathan Stevens, 36, from Telford in Shropshire, died after getting caught in a rip current off Barmouth, Gwynedd, at about 13:30 BST on Sunday.
His sister, Kim Stevens, said he had been on a day trip with his children and would "always be remembered".
North Wales Police said he had been taken by helicopter to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, but died in hospital.
He was one of four people rescued by Holyhead Coastguard.
Ms Stevens said her brother was "a dad to seven, an amazing son, and brother to his five sisters".
"He has died a hero for saving his kids' lives and risking his own," she said.
"He will always be remembered as an amazing man, brother, son and dad.
"We are all in bits."
Councillor Owain Pritchard, of Barmouth Town Council, said: "There was a tragic incident here [on Sunday] where a father sadly drowned after trying to go in to rescue his children.
"It's a very sad incident that has happened and we're still trying to come to terms with it as a community. "
A Go Fund Me page, set up to help Mr Stevens' family with any costs, has raised more than £2,200.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she "won't hesitate" to reintroduce lockdown restrictions if Covid-19 starts to get "out of control".
She said efforts to deal with the virus created a "delicate balance" which could easily be thrown off kilter.
If that happened, Ms Sturgeon said the government would have to "consider" restrictions "up to and including" shutting pubs and restaurants.
But the first minister said that was "the last thing I want to do".
Ms Sturgeon said the "big danger" was if the clusters which have been seen in areas like Aberdeen and Inverclyde spread further and led to community transmission.
At her briefing on Monday, Ms Sturgeon explained: "I don't want to have to impose any further restrictions on how people live their lives.
"But equally, I won't hesitate because we have seen over the past four months the damage this illness does to people and we can't allow that to happen."
Ms Sturgeon said the return of schools next week and the wellbeing of young people was the government's priority.
"We will not allow that to be compromised if taking action elsewhere can protect that objective," she added.
The first minister said images on social media over the weekend of young people gathering in pubs with little or no social distancing made her "want to cry".
She urged people to "do the right thing" and abide by distancing rules.
Ms Sturgeon said 13 confirmed coronavirus cases had been linked to a pub in Aberdeen.
The owners of the Hawthorn Bar said the cases could be traced back to customers who visited on 26 July.
On Monday, local SNP MP Stephen Flynn tweeted two photos showing dozens of people queuing outside pubs in Aberdeen city centre at the weekend.
'Made me want to cry'
Ms Sturgeon said the Aberdeen cluster was "exactly what we feared when we reopened hospitality".
She added: "Of course it's not just this incident in Aberdeen. Across the county and across social media we are seeing evidence of people - and it is largely younger people - gathering together with little or no physical distancing in place.
"I've seen pictures on social media over this weekend that, not to put too fine a point on it, made me want to cry looking at them."
She acknowledged that the last few months had been a "hard slog" for many people, but stressed: "Every time one person throws caution to the wind and flouts the rules, the reality is that they put us all at risk."
Ms Sturgeon said everyone had a part to play in minimising outbreaks like the one in Aberdeen.
"If it starts to run out of control, if one of these clusters can't be contained, we will be back in a very very dangerous position and the government will have to act," she said.
Ms Sturgeon said "we're not there yet" - but that she was not prepared to put lives at risk.
The Scottish government does not expect to move to the next stage of its route map for easing lockdown when the restrictions are reviewed on 20 August.
During her briefing, the first minister said there had been no new deaths from the disease for the 18th day in a row.
She said 11 of the 18 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were in the Grampian area - although she could not yet say if these cases are linked to the outbreak.
Nicola Sturgeon has not ruled out closing down Scotland's hospitality sector just weeks after it reopened if she thought it would save lives.
The First Minister stressed reimposing restrictions was "the last thing" she wanted to do as she made a fresh plea for Scots to follow social distancing rules when out visiting bars or restaurants.
It followed more images shared on social media over the weekend showing busy bars with little distancing seemingly taking place.
Public health officials are investigating the new cases, which are associated with The Hawthorn Bar in the city centre.
On Friday, at an unannounced daily briefing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned Scots to avoid hitting the pub too often after alarm at a rise in coronavirus cases.
Around half of the latest positive cases of Covid-19 were among people in their 20s and 30s.
Today launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme as thousands of restaurants in Scotland have signed up to provide a 50% discount on food and non-alcoholic drinks.
The initiative will provide up to £10 off meals to diners eating out every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during August at participating businesses.
At least 3,766 outlets in Scotland have signed up, though this figure does not include chains which have more than 26 premises.
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A man police feared may have been murdered has been found hiding in a wood, five years after he disappeared.
Ricardas Puisys, then 35, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was last seen at his workplace in September 2015.
No trace of him was found, but in November last year a Facebook account was set up in his name.
Last month he was found in a Wisbech wood. Police believe he was in hiding to escape the clutches of people who had been exploiting him.
He is now being safeguarded and a police investigation is under way.
The last confirmed sighting of the Lithuanian national was at his workplace, Nightlayer Leek Company in Chatteris, on 26 September 2015.
Mr Puisys had been with a small group of Lithuanian men at the time.
"There were genuine concerns Ricardas came to harm that evening," said Det Ch Insp Rob Hall, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.
A man was arrested and released during the murder investigation, during which no trace of Mr Puisys was found.
'Very well concealed'
Last year a social media account was set up in his name, displaying photographs of him, but officers were unable to verify Mr Puisys was still alive.
"For almost five years Ricardas' disappearance has been a complete mystery," Det Ch Insp Hall said.
"That was until we received information at the end of June which led us to finding him.
"Following a search of a wooded area in Harecroft Road, Ricardas was eventually found living in undergrowth, very well concealed after having deliberately hidden and having not spoken with anyone for some time."
He said officers believe Mr Puisys "made the decision to run away as he had been a victim of crime, having previously been subject to exploitation".
Mr Puisys is now being given "the support he needs after having lived through extremely difficult circumstances during the last five or more years", Det Ch Insp Hall added.
Nicola Sturgeon has blasted an Aberdeen bar for 'dangerous' queues- following a coronavirus outbreak in the Granite City.
Aberdeen South MP tweeted pictures from Saturday night of Soul Bar in the city centre saying he was 'scunnered' at the flocks of punters packed together on the pavement.
The scenes came days after 13 cases of covid-19 were linked to the city's Hawthorn bar less than one mile away.
The First Minister urged drinkers to 'keep the heid' branding the queues as 'dangerous scenes'.
She tweeted: "Spot on from @StephenFlynnSNP - COVID remains a real and present threat to our health and wellbeing. Scenes like these are dangerous, and could easily result in pubs being closed again - which no one wants. We all have a responsibility here. Please, please everybody #keeptheheid"
Queues snake down the street (Image: Twitter)
The Aberdeen South MP had tweeted: "A bit scunnered by some of the photos appearing online from the city centre over the weekend. Covid-19 has not gone away - as is evident from the cluster linked to The Hawthorn Bar. Should act as the wake-up call some folk clearly need."
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Bar owner Paul Clarkson has robustly defended the establishment saying more staff had been hired and that the police had found no issues on their visit on Saturday.
Paul Clarkson outside Soul Bar in Union Street, Aberdeen (Image: Newsline)
He said: "We have told customers to follow social distancing guidelines until we are blue in the face- we can't go out and physically break up queues so what are we supposed to do?
"The police visited the venue on Saturday night and said nothing at all about the queues.
"The whole reason there are queues is because of the social distancing measures we have put in place.
"We have hired extra staff, the place is being constantly cleaned and we have more door staff on to deal with queues.
"It was a very busy weekend for us and I think the criticism is unjust and unfair on our staff.
"At the end of the day we are trying to get our business going again and it is frustrating for people to walk past and take pictures of the queues without really knowing what is going on."
Health officials have allowed the Hawthorn bar to continue trading despite the finding that customers who visited on July 26 had tested positive for coronavirus.
