Can we meet our grandchildren?

Nope, not directly, but you can drive to go somewhere to exercise, so if your family also happen to be somewhere exercising then you can wave to each other from 2 metres away.

Awwww my 3 year old grandson won’t understand that. ?. Ah well. More patience.

No, I don't think that it's just your grandson who will be a tad confused

Yep, that way you’ll still be around when he grows up!
More info coming tomorrow apparently.

The more people keep strictly to the rules the less chance there is of passing on the virus and that means the sooner you will be able to hug your AC GC and GGC.
Unfortunately, there are idiots out there who just don't want to know and couldn't care less...unless it happens to them or a close family member or friend.

One of the things I'm hoping will be carried on from the outbreak is no more hugging or kissing. Not talking about family but semi strangers who insist on doing this. A hand shake is good enough for me or even better a 'hello or 'goodbye'

You cannot meet your grandchildren because social distancing was emphasised. There was no mention of families or friends being allowed to meet up or go to one another’s homes.

Social rules havent changed.

Driving and exercise rules relaxed but remain for your household only

Work rules not so much changed but people who can work safely encouraged to do so.

None of the workplaces on the "close" lists are to reopen yet but people who opted to close are to put distancing in place and if its safe, have workers back if they cant effectively work from home (which was actually allowed all along but not its encouraged)

I agree with you overthehill re hugging and kissing semi strangers. As my DH says, nothing wrong with a firm handshake. That is something I intend to carry on with after all this.

There is some easing of restrictions, which means you will be able to drive to a favourite area and arrange to meet up outside with one other person, so you could see an older grandchild, keeping the 2 metre distance. Dominic Raab is quoted on the BBC website:

"If you're out in the park and you're 2m apart... and use some common sense and you socially-distance, you can meet up with other people." Asked if someone could meet more than two people at different times, for example their mother in the morning and father in the afternoon, Mr Raab said: "Outside in the outdoors, staying 2m apart, yes."

All the new guidance will be clarified in a document to be released early this afternoon.

But then again...

And asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether someone could meet two parents at the same time, Mr Raab said: "You could if there's 2m apart".

Well, round us, if you’ve been out for a walk and seen a couple of neighbours also out walking, we’ve stopped for a word from opposite sides of the road. Can’t see anything wrong with that, this has been throughout the lockdown. As long as you have kept well apart, surely that is not an issue? Not a pre-arranged meeting, just how it happened.

Well yes. The difference is that we’ll now be allowed officially to pre-arrange the meetings, and travel to them.