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  • people in Scotland have been allowed to meet friends and family in small groups outdoors for the first time since locked down measures were introduced in late March.

  • It comes as well as his first minister announced plans for relaxing restrictions there, with Boris Johnson saying yesterday that some measures in England would be eased from Monday.

  • In a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in Cardiff, Howell Griffith and Duncan Kennedy is in the new forest.

  • But first Sarah Smith reports from Scott that you the first eager step side of hard lock down as six week old Penny meets her wider family for the first time in real life.

  • It's unnatural, carefully keeping two meters apart.

  • You just reach a grocery in Scotland, two different households could meet with a limit of eight people at a time.

  • They're not to share food, cutlery or crockery, and not to go indoors, especially multi people.

  • Family has been.

  • I don't want to get too personal, but did you go to the loo before you came?

  • The last thing I said before, which only if people stick to the rules will this new freedom persist.

  • People don't everybody.

  • We're gonna go backwards, which would be heartening for US regional, so thier right to sunbathe, barbecue and picnic has been delivered on the hottest day of the year.

  • The police don't have new legal powers to enforce the new rules.

  • It all relies on public cooperation.

  • It seems like this that led Nicolas Surgeon to say she is a bit nervous about relaxing the rules in Scotland.

  • Things shouldn't feel as though we are completely back to normal, she says, because we are not back to normal.

  • If you add in dote about whether your plans are within the rules or not air for no on the side of caution because however harsh these rules may feel right now, and I know that they do.

  • A bathing by them will never, ever be as harsh as giving the loss of a loved one.

  • People in Scotland can finally play some sports as long as they're outdoors, whilst we wait three weeks before the government reviews whether they can relax the rules even further.

  • Sarah Smith, BBC News Glasgow Too fast or too slow, the journey out of lock down conf feel exhausting.

  • From Monday, Louise and her family will be able to meet relatives here in Palm to breathe with no limit on the headcount.

  • But they can't travel more than five miles, so family in the Midlands will have to wait.

  • I think they're making changes according to people's behavior, as we can see people getting locked down fatigue.

  • Andi I think people are breaking the rules and being may be responsible, so I think he kind of makes sense and wait to be pragmatic.

  • The changes in whales are meant to depend on data rather than a set of dates.

  • The number of new Corona virus cases has gone down, but the rate at which the virus is spreading hasn't staying local and not sharing facilities with other people we think remain sensible precautionary steps when the R rating whales is no better today than it was three weeks ago.

  • Shops have been told they may be able to reopen in three weeks, but some feel left in the dark.

  • Sean has several businesses here.

  • She's anxious for Ponta Priest to recover after flooding earlier this year, but she's frustrated.

  • I think the longer we are dragging their feet were not given any kind of clarity.

  • I think it is it's gonna home.

  • It's gonna harm businesses.

  • It's gonna harm people's mental health.

  • We are behind and it is called in the shoes.

  • The Welsh approaches unapologetically cautious.

  • No plans have been announced for schools.

  • As change comes one step at a time.

  • Hawa Griffith, BBC News pumped a brief across England from the beaches of Brighton to the scenery of Sorry, it's already starting to look crowded in some places ahead of Monday's changes.

  • Forrest most but not all families welcome the adjustment that allows groups but up to six people to meet you any harm as long as they want.

  • Sensible S O, I think, yes, may I'll be sensible biking distance.

  • Andi can't see it being a problem.

  • It's dangerous.

  • We gotta keep on how we're doing now.

  • Social distancing and keep everything close.

  • New police figures in England show fines for breaching locked down laws fell below 900 in the past two weeks.

  • But guardians of popular places like this still have concerns about what's coming right across England.

  • The rules do change from Monday about social distancing.

  • What's your message to the public?

  • There was maintained on Monday, but a message remains the same that you need to plan your visit and you need to maintain that social distancing mentioned in the regulations.

  • You can't suddenly turn up with 20 members of your family to have a party from Monday.

  • Any meetings may only be outside on must keep to the two meter rule.

  • This is evolution, not liberation from locked down.

  • Duncan Kennedy, BBC News.

  • So what do the changes to lock down measures mean?

  • How could they affect all of our lives?

  • Our health correspondent, Catherine Burns, has been looking at some of the key issues.

  • How many people can I meet up with?

  • All this depends on where you live.

  • Northern Ireland is already letting groups of up to six me outdoors.

  • From today it will be up to eight in parks and gardens in Scotland.

  • The changes kick in elsewhere on Monday.

  • So in England it'll be up to six people outside Wales doesn't have a number limit but says only two households come meet at the same time.

  • All four nations, though, make the same very important point.

  • Social distancing is still vital.

  • All this contact must be two meters away.

  • Can they use my Lou in England advice is, if you've got to go, then you can go, but that it's absolutely critical that you clean and wipe everything down after you.

  • Elsewhere.

  • The advice is to avoid the lose and other people's homes.

  • The same goes for food and drink.

  • In England, you can have a barbecue as long as everyone washes their hands, but it's strictly bring your own in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  • Can I travel to visit friends or family?

  • This is another mixed picture in England and Northern Ireland.

  • You can travel as far as you'd like to see family and friends.

  • The Scottish and Welsh governments, though, would prefer that you stay local.

  • They suggest about five miles as a rule of thumb.

  • Has anything changed?

  • If I'm shielding, this is the same answered no matter where you live.

  • If you've been told that you need to shield, so stay at home because you are at more risk of getting very sick with Corona virus, nothing has changed.

  • You still need to stay there until you're told otherwise.

  • This story is changing quickly and new questions air coming in all of the time.

people in Scotland have been allowed to meet friends and family in small groups outdoors for the first time since locked down measures were introduced in late March.

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