The First Minister has announced rules on outdoor meeting in Scotland will ease from Friday.
It means that Falkirk residents will be able to meet up to four adults from two households outside.
Currently, coronavirus regulations restrict meetings to two adults from two households for essential exercise.
Nicola Sturgeon also announced a relaxation in rules for those aged 12 to 17 meeting outside, who can meet in groups of up to four from up to four households from Friday.
Outdoor meetings will be allowed for social and recreational purposes, as well as essential exercise.
Outdoor, non-contact sports for adults in groups of up to 15 can restart from the same date.
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Ms Sturgeon said while travel restrictions cannot be lifted for adults, they will be eased slightly for children taking part in sport where their club may be "a bit outside" their council area.
She also announced communal worship will be able to restart from Friday March 26 and the previously proposed limit of 20 will be increased to 50, where two-metre physical distancing can be accommodated.
Ms Sturgeon said "strong grounds for hope" are provided by a "significant" fall in new cases in recent weeks, along with falling numbers of deaths and hospital admissions.
She said the vaccination programme is "progressing beyond our initial expectations" as almost 40% of the Scottish population had a first dose but warned of the need for caution in easing to avoid a more infectious variant of the virus, which accounts for almost 90% of cases, running out of control.
