Boris Johnson is poised to reveal a plan for easing the UK coronavirus lockdown following seven weeks under the current rules.
The Prime Minister is expected to explain his "roadmap" for easing restrictions in an address to the nation on Sunday. But he is not expected to relax the lockdown immediately - as the timing of his speech makes clear.
Under current plans, he'll give his address three days after the lockdown has to be reviewed by law on May 7. That suggests Mr Johnson will extend the lockdown for another three weeks this Thursday, perhaps with some minor changes, until the end of May.
In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon today said that, although "real and significant progress" was being made, the rate of reproduction of the virus was still