and masks are no longer legally required in welsh pubs, restaurants and cafes. they hope they ve seen the last of lockdowns. basically, we ve taken no money. we ve managed to survive with the brewery, we ve got an independent brewery. plus we ve been doing home deliveries. but if we hadn t have had that, i don t know if we d have survived and i think that pubs in general are struggling. everyone hopes today is a first taste of real lasting freedom. but for now, few are getting carried away. hywel griffith, bbc news, maesteg. this is bbc news our main headlines: hundreds are evacuated by ferry in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. let s stay with that now. a little earlier, bethany gave my colleague lukwesa burak an update from the island of evia. welcome we are in the hills of the island of evia, and as you can see the fire behind me is still
too dangerous to remain. some people, though, we spoke to one greek orthodox priest, who said, where do we go? where are we supposed to go? has the government organised this properly? and at the moment, we see an aircraft overhead dropping waterfrom the moment, we see an aircraft overhead dropping water from the sky to try and quench the flames, but firefighters thought that they had controlled this particular blaze here a couple of days ago, but then it flared up again, and the air at the moment is quite full of acrid smoke and ash. they have been fired throughout mainland greece and on the island of evia, where several hundred people were evacuated and had to get to the beach after fire rushed through the forest there, and then they were taken to safety by boats, tourist boats and the coast guard. . , . ~ boats, tourist boats and the coast guard. ., , ., , . guard. bethany, thank you very much there, live guard. bethany, thank you very much there. live in guard. bethany, thank
and the fear is that the wind is blowing in the wrong direction and this suburb where we are now could face the flames quite soon. and since we ve been here, we ve seen emergency vehicles out warning people to leave their homes. people have packed up their cars to drive away from this area because the authorities have told them it s too dangerous to remain. some people, though. we spoke to one greek orthodox priest. he said, where do we go? where are we supposed to go? has the government organised this properly? and at the moment, we ve seen aircraft overhead dropping water from the sky to try and quench the flames. but firefighters thought that they had controlled this particular blaze here a couple of days ago, but then it flared up again. and the air at the moment is quite full of acrid smoke and ash. there have been fires throughout mainland greece and on the island of evia,
really considered firefighters. firefighters fighting for two nights to save that site where the olympic flame is lit every two years before the olympics and there is great concern. in and there is great concern. in terms of the effort to evacuate people, how is that going? the prime minister people, how is that going? tue: prime minister went people, how is that going? tte: prime minister went on national tv on thursday to urge people, if they are asked to evacuate, to avoid all travel, he reminded them when there was a cyclone that hit greece into thousand 20, there was compensation if your home or crops were destroyed, 5000 euros per business and house, but people are reluctant to leave evia, in the west they are reluctant to live, because there is a lack of resources stop they want to save their homes. , , ., homes. and the premise that reference homes. and the premise that reference climate homes. and the premise that
loss of life but livelihoods are at stake with hundred and 50 fires at least throughout greece. 6000 hectares of land destroyed in three days. last year 10,000 hectares were destroyed. it really centres on three areas, one around athens, where temperatures at 30 degrees centigrade and the prime minister has said there is a menacing time ahead because fires that were dying out have had a new lease of life breathed into them by westerly winds and they are concerned about that. 100 kilometres east of athens, to the island of evia, the second biggest island next to crete, a monastery was surrounded by fire and because of low visibility it has been difficult to put out fires. an at ancient olympia, that has