Here's when you can see family and friends again under the new coronavirus lockdown rules
Brits will be allowed to sunbathe, sit on park benches and exercise as much as they want as long as they continue to stay two metres apart from people outside of their household.told Radio 4 that people can go out and meet up with one other person outside their household - such as a friend or a member of their family - from Wednesday, May 13.The new rules also ban groups of more than two people meeting up at once.But they can't yet go into someone else's garden and spend time there.
He replied: "As from Wednesday, people can go outside to parks and certain sports where you can keep social distancing at two metres, together, with others members from their own home. "If you are going to the park and you can stay two metres apart, you could meet up with other members of your household."To which he added: "You could if they are two metres apart."
Government sources have confirmed Mr Raab had misspoke, and he meant to say only members of the same household can go to the park together. Anyone else has to remain social distant, and gatherings of more than two people from different households are still prohibited.
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