Boris Johnson warns UK's Covid-19 lockdown must be eased with ‘maximum caution’

Nicola Sturgeon says she will not be ‘pressured’ by Westminster into lifting restrictions in Scotland ‘prematurely’.

Boris Johnson has said he will act with “maximum caution” in easing the coronavirus lockdown amid signs of tensions with the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales.

Downing Street insisted the British Prime Minister would be announcing only a “very limited” easing of the social distancing rules when he sets out his “road map” for the way forward in an address to the nation on Sunday.