FOREIGN Secretary Dominic Raab says, under the new lockdown rules, people can meet different family members separately on the same day... as long as they maintain social distancing.

Mr Raab said: "If you're out in the park and you're two metres apart, we're saying now, and use some common sense and you socially distance, you can meet up with other people.

"The key thing is people want to get outdoors, particularly with this weather, particularly I think for mental health and, frankly, the frustration people feel if they're cooped up for too long for protracted periods.

"We want to make sure that that people can enjoy the outdoors more ... but people must stay alert, because the more we do some of the things that we want to do, the more we need to just be careful about this social distancing."

Asked if someone could meet their mother in the morning and their father in the afternoon, he said: "Outside in the outdoors, staying two metres apart, yes."