内容摘要：Scotland and Northern Ireland have introduced their own bans, timed to coincide with the one in England and Wales.

Scotland and Northern Ireland have introduced their own bans, timed to coincide with the one in England and Wales.

"Gastro-tourism is booming, also eno-tourism, so wine," he said."People [are] going places purely for the food or the drink.

"What a lovely thing that you can go and support local businesses, hopefully, and eat in the great restaurants and try all of these amazing things."Wales is probably right up there with places that should push this as a big thing."French-born baker Astrid Roussel, who has lived in Newport, south Wales, for 17 years, said the local food scene had "changed massively" with people willing to pay for "craft" and "quality".

"People love to take pictures of pretty flaky pastries," she said."Yes, £4 for a croissant is good money to pay but it's an affordable luxury."

Astrid said when she first moved to Wales, finding good pastry was difficult.

"The quality of pastry I can get here now is better than in France," she said.But she said there should be more support for venues like the Kenton.

She said: "The reality is that, for all these smaller theatres, ticket sales alone are never going to cover running costs."Trying to look after buildings of this age, trying to look after running costs - I don't think people appreciate how much it costs just to open the theatre every day."

At Cornerstone, however, the mood is optimistic.The venue has just been granted £405,000 from Community Infrastructure Levy funding to revamp its building.