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Boris Johnson has announced single households can now buddy up with others to form a “support bubble” to ease isolation in the latest lifting of lockdown measures.

Some grandparents will be able to hug their grandchildren from Saturday under plans set out by the Prime Minister, where adults living alone or single parents can form a bubble with one other household.

They would then be allowed to mix as though they were one household, spending time together indoors, not having to follow the two-metre rule and would be allowed to stay overnight.

Ministers believe the latest easing of the lockdown will help those who have been left isolated while still restricting the spread of coronavirus, including couples kept apart by lockdown restrictions.

'Support bubble' plan will allow single households to join with family to ease coronavirus isolation