PUB gardens and outdoor cafes are set to reopen around April 12 to 19 as the Prime Minister unveils the roadmap to end the Covid lockdown.
The national stay-at-home order is to be scrapped as the Rule of Six returns in late March.
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Restaurants and pubs will be able to serve customers outdoors from mid-April.
The rest of the restrictions will be eased in May and June with inside mixing and drinking – with the hope of normality by July, when every adult will have been offered a Covid jab first dose.
On March 29, the “Rule of Six” will return to parks and private gardens – allowing six people from up to six different households to mix outdoors.
If just two households come together they can meet with no cap on their size.
This means families will be meeting together in parks and gardens by Easter.
Last night the PM said: “Our decisions will be made on the latest data at every step.
“We will be cautious about this approach so that we do not undo the progress we have achieved so far and the sacrifices each and every one of you has made to keep yourself and others safe.
“We have therefore set four key tests which must be met before we can move through each step of the plan. I’ll be setting out a roadmap to bring us out of lockdown cautiously.”
The Prime Minister is said to be optimistic as he gets ready to unveil the “stairway” towards a normal life thanks to the rollout of the Covid jab.
It comes after the Sun revealed Boris – who is expected to ditch the tiers system – had been given the confidence to unlock the UK faster thanks to the success of the jabs programme.
More than 17million people have already received their first dose of the vaccine.
And Boris has vowed to offer every adult in Britain a Covid jab by the end of July.
