NICOLA Sturgeon told Scots to stay at home as she set out details of how the UK's lockdown will affect Scotland.

The First Minister said that she "wasn't going to sugarcoat" the issue.

She said it was for "the protection of every one of us", adding: "Stay at home, that is the clear me as shessage I gave yesterday and I'm reinforcing it now."

The only permissible reasons for people to leave their house are for:

Essential shopping, limited to once per day.

Exercise alone or with someone in your immediate household.

To travel to provide care to someone vulnerable.

To travel to essential work that cannot be undertaken at home.

The SNP leader explained that police will be able to enforce these new rules measures thanks to emergency legislation.

She said: "I fully expect that the vast majority of people will do the right thing however later this week emergency legislation will give powers of enforcement and we will use that enforcement if necessary."

She said until the legislation passes, "if the police find people or premises flouting these rules they will give strong advice", and added: "I really hope and expect that the issue of enforcement will never be more than an academic one."

She also explained that: "All non-essential shops are being required to close, libraries and places of worship with the exception of funerals".

Funerals will face restrictions where only immediate family may be present.

Earlier Johnson who told people that they should not be meeting friends, and family members who do not live with them.

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He said: “If you don’t follow the rule the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings.

“To ensure compliance with the government's instruction to stay at home we will immediately close all shops selling non-essential goods, including clothing and electronic stores and other premises, including libraries, playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship.

“We will stop all gatherings of more than two people in public, excluding people you live with and will stop all social events, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies, but excluding funerals.

"Parks will remain open for exercise, but gatherings will be dispersed."