Costa has opened its Swindon drive thru for the first time since the country went into lockdown. 

The coffee shop at Great Western Way opened today but is only serving people at its drive thru. 

Staff is taking precautions to prevent transmission of the virus by wearing masks, gloves and washing their hands every 30 minutes.

They are also following the two metre distance and cleaning the surfaces regularly. 

The manager of the store, Emma Lee, said: "It's our first day back in almost two months and it's good so far. This morning was a bit slow but we expected that as many people probably didn't know we would be open. 

"All of the team are adhering to the strict social distancing rules and we are only taking contactless payments. We've seen a lot of regulars so far already and that's been nice. 

"Everyone is excited to get back to some sort of normalcy, although it will be a different world to what we had before. I'm just excited to see other faces again."

It will be open from Monday to Sunday from 8am to 4pm.