FROM WEDNESDAY, we will be allowed to go for unlimited exercise outside as many times as they want.

People can even drive to other locations to play sport, sunbathe, or take a walk.

But it can only be carried out alone or with members of the same household.

The measure was announced as part of Boris Johnson’s speech this evening in which he stated the ways the UK would be easing out of lockdown.

He also said people who cannot work from home can now return to work if they must – people like builders and those who work in manufacturing.

However, he said they should avoid taking public transport and should commute by car, bike or by walking.

People should still be adhering to social distancing guidelines, staying 2m away from people where possible.

Those who break the rules will still be fined and, though details were left vague, the level of fine will be increased. 

If all goes to plan, then on June 1 – afterwhat would have been the half-term break – a new phase will be introduced and shops will begin reopening and primary schools will return to school in stages – starting with reception, Year 1, and Year 6.

He also said that secondary school pupils who will be doing exams next year will get some time with their teachers before the holidays – though there is no set detail of this yet.

By July, at the earliest, the hospitality industry - pubs and restaurants -  and other businesses will reopen – but only if they can still enforce safe social distancing measures.

Mr Johnson said: “It is now almost two months since the people of this country began to put up with restrictions on their freedom - your freedom - of a kind that we have never seen before in peace or war.

“And you have shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly.

“You have put up with all the hardships of that programme of social distancing.

“Because you understand that as things stand, and as the experience of every other country has shown, it's the only way to defeat the coronavirus - the most vicious threat this country has faced in my lifetime.

“And though the death toll has been tragic, and the suffering immense.

“And though we grieve for all those we have lost.

“It is a fact that by adopting those measures we prevented this country from being engulfed by what could have been a catastrophe in which the reasonable worst case scenario was half a million fatalities.”

He finished the speech thanking the key workers.

He said: “We have been through the initial peak - but it is coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous.

“We have a route, and we have a plan, and everyone in government has the all-consuming pressure and challenge to save lives, restore livelihoods and gradually restore the freedoms that we need.

“But in the end this is a plan that everyone must make work.

“And when I look at what you have done already.

“The patience and common sense you have shown.

“The fortitude of the elderly whose isolation we all want to end as fast as we can.

“The incredible bravery and hard work of our NHS staff, our care workers.

“The devotion and self-sacrifice of all those in every walk of life who are helping us to beat this disease.

“Police, bus drivers, train drivers, pharmacists, supermarket workers, road hauliers, bin collectors, cleaners, security guards, postal workers, our teachers and a thousand more.

“The scientists who are working round the clock to find a vaccine.

“When I think of the millions of everyday acts of kindness and thoughtfulness that are being performed across this country.

“And that have helped to get us through this first phase.

"I know that we can use this plan to get us through the next.

“And if we can't do it by those dates, and if the alert level won't allow it, we will simply wait and go on until we have got it right.

“We will come back from this devilish illness.

“We will come back to health, and robust health.

“And though the UK will be changed by this experience, I believe we can be stronger and better than ever before.”