You CAN meet with other households - at 2M distance - England only ***title edited for clarity by MNHQ***

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Dominic Raab just said on BBC breakfast you can meet up, socially distanced, with other people not from your household

He was specifically asked "Can I meet my Mum in the morning and my Dad in the afternoon?" and said yes, as long as you stay 2m apart

So confirms what was told to the journalists, but contradicts what Boris said

Alex Wickham @alexwickham
Clarification from team Raab: people can sit in parks 2m away from one parent, not both at the same time — so No10 policy from last night stands

Dominic Raab got it wrong.

Thanks OP!

boris going on about we're together n this and mentioned wales and scotland like he was having a dig about them doing their own thing

he should have made it clear the new rules were for england only

It is clear now to me.

I can meet one person from a different household, outside only if I stand 2m apart. This is my understanding of the new guidelines. This does not apply to Scotland or Wales.

We are also allowed to sit and sunbathe outside in parks and on beaches but not in groups, and not mixing more than one household.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52612449

Righto.
I think.
Possibly

Your teens if they are responsible can meet a friend in the park, and keep 2m apart. The chances of them doing so, and with only one friend are nil.

Your teens if they are responsible can meet a friend in the park, and keep 2m apart. The chances of them doing so, and with only one friend are nil.

That's going to be where the higher fines go I bet

Is there no clear government document setting out the regulations?

In Ireland as soon as the Prime Minister/ Taoiseach finished speaking the government published a clear 22 page booklet on their website setting out what is allowed in each phase with a one page summary chart.
Is there nothing similar for England

@inniu Not yet. It will be out at some point today apparently.

There is a 50 page document to come out.

... or you could just go and “work” at somebody else’s house. You’re allowed to do that now. Fix z as broken tap there, or something.

The document is due to be published at 2pm.

It should have been published a 7.15pm yesterday, but obviously thats too difficult and not a completely sensible idea.

Is it about the previous regulations that there could be groups of no more than two meeting unless they were of the same household. People were querying this as you couldn't mix households anyway. But now they are saying that there can be two people from different households as long as it's outside and 2 metres apart.

So I can meet my friend in our local park , we could take a folding chair and sit and have a chat as long as we are 2 m apart

@Biscuit0110

Yes. That is my understanding which is not unlike the previous advice.

26th March - stay at home, exercise once a day with household members who do not have to retain 2m apart.

New guidance. Unlimited exercise is allowed with household members - a new measure. Unlimited being the operative instrument here.

Meeting another household - 'away from home' with 2m. But only one person from another household.

Which negates the original version that households can exercise once a day but they must retain 2m apart from any other household or persons.

The bottom line is, that the people now have permission to meet another person from a different household, whereas before, there was no permission to do so, but could randomly see another household when having their once a day exercise.

Imagine being up in front of the courts with that one?

@shinynewapple2020 I'm sure when lockdown was first introduced there was a rumour you were going to be able to socially distance from one person, but it never, ever came out.

Now you can indeed take your chair to the park and meet your friend.

The parks are going to get very busy if they are saying can meet there but not at home. Or are gardens ok as well

So you can go as a household to the park - and stay 2m apart from other people who are also going as a household?

But you can't meet the other household who are 2m apart from you in a park if they are family members and there is more than 1 of them?

One of my teens has just said "We're going to be able to tell which tv channel the police watch by who they tell off"

Which I have re-assured her is not how police officers are updated on the guidance, but I can see where she was coming from.

Going to an outdoors space and staying 2m apart is not mixing households. I don't really understand why people are so stupid. I despair.

Well can you imagine being the one in court having to try and make sense of that guideline, and find an appropriate sentence Baked?

I do not envy the police officers this weekend put it that way...

@Orangeblossom78 Gardens are a no-no

@chomalungma That about sums it up

Going to an outdoors space and staying 2m apart is not mixing households. I don't really understand why people are so stupid. I despair.

Give yourself peace. I've already explained that I used the word mix in the title because the BBC used it and have messaged MNHQ to change it when I realised I meant meet.

@chomalungma

Bingo.

You cant arrange to meet more than one person from another household.

But, you can randomly bump into another household while having your unlimited exercise.

Outside I assume means gardens orange

Gardens are obviously safer too.