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Hurrah! Lockdown Freedom Beckons. That was the Daily Mail headline on Thursday, which Downing Street has poured cold water on ever since and may have been among the newspaper articles described as "unhelpful" by Nicola Sturgeon today.

However, Jason Groves, the Mail's political editor, is sticking with his story, telling BBC Scotland he believes the 'stay at home' message is going to be "scrapped" by the UK government and replaced by a "slightly more relaxed" one.

Social distancing VE Day street parties were held in the UK on Friday Image caption: Social distancing VE Day street parties were held in the UK on Friday

He predicts that permitting sunbathing in parks and being allowed out more than once a day to exercise will be among the "minor changes" to lockdown measures announced by Boris Johnson on Sunday.

"Number 10 didn't like the headline," Groves admits. "But the story doesn't say lockdown is over. Messaging is very difficult at the moment. They want to signpost that we are going to gradually come out of this."

Quote Message: It's a question of emphasis. In terms of the substance, I don't think there's a huge amount of difference in what is being said in Scotland and Westminster." from Jason Groves Daily Mail Political Editor It's a question of emphasis. In terms of the substance, I don't think there's a huge amount of difference in what is being said in Scotland and Westminster."