A minority of Britons are continuing to ignore the lockdown rules and break the social distancing measures put in place to fight the spread of Covid-19.
People of all ages have rushed outside today to enjoy the sunshine by strolling through parks and sunbathing on the fourth weekend of lockdown.
Alongside runners and cyclists enjoying their daily form of exercise, some people have been spotted sunbathing on the grass or by the sea.
Some groups of people were seen lying down in Kensington Palace Gardens in London today, despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying that sunbathing is "against the rules".
Other people were seen sitting down on the pebble beach at Hove while enjoying the nice weather as UK temperatures hit 18C.
It comes after the Government has repeatedly asked people to stay home even when the weather is nice - going out only when necessary, such as for grocery shopping, any medical need, one form of exercise a day or go to work if it cannot be done from home.
The National Police Chiefs' Council and the College of Policing has recently issued a new guidance meant to clarify the rules around the lockdown.
Officers are advised not to intervene if people stop to rest or eat lunch while on a long walk, but short walks to sit on a park bench are not allowed.
The guidance says: "A very short period of 'exercise' to excuse a long period of inactivity may mean that the person is not engaged in 'exercise' but in fact something else."
The document also clarifies that anyone can travel to work if it is not "reasonably possible" to work from home.
However, it says it is not allowed for home-workers to "choose" to work in a park.
The lockdown in the UK - has to be reviewed by law every three weeks - is currently in place until May 7.
Government sources admit that ministers are debating how to balance tackling the coronavirus against the economic effect of the lockdown.
One government source told the Mirror : “We’re clearly concerned about the economic impact of all of this but public health is the absolute priority right now.
“It would be wrong to look like bean counters at the expense of saving lives.”
But another Cabinet source stressed that the health of the economy and the public’s health were intricately linked.
They claimed to the Mirror: “It’s not a binary choice between protecting lives and protecting the economy, we want to protect both.”
