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have been urged to obey lockdown and stay home this weekend, as temperatures are expected to remain high.

Forecasters have predicted warm conditions for most of the country over the weekend , prompting concerns about the “danger” that people may defy the lockdown which began on March

It comes as Priti Patel is expected to hint restrictions could be tightened if Brits continue to breach lockdown.

The Home Secretary is set to hold a press conference later today where she will produce data showing there is a rising number of people flouting the rules.

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Parts of the UK will enjoy C heat over the coming days

A source told the Sun: “We are seeing a worrying increase in people moving around.

” We know it has been hard but everyone needs to stick with it.

“The more people comply with the rules, and we slow the spread of this virus, the sooner we can think about easing rules. ”

The warning comes amid an increased appetite for the government to explain how the UK might eventually make its way out of lockdown. It is understood that the UK government is considering letting people socialize with nominated “bubbles” of people outside of their households as it plans an exit strategy.

During Friday’s Downing Street press conference, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urged people to stay at home despite apparent improvements in the crisis.

Priti Patel is expected to hold a press conference later today (Image: Downing Street / Crown Copyright / PA)

Mr Shapps said: “The country has done incredibly well in adhering to social distancing.” and there is a danger as we go into yet another warm sunny weekend that people think that perhaps these graphs are showing that the peak is over.

“It isn ‘ t over, we’re riding perhaps, we hope, a downward trend but it is by no means, no means established yet. “

According to the Met Office

, most of the UK will have a sunny weekend, with some cloud and a risk of showers on Sunday.

Temperatures are expected to remain significantly higher than average over both days, before moving closer to average figures next week.

Brits are being urged to follow the lockdown rules this weekend

Meteorologist Marco Petagna said that while eastern parts of the UK may see low cloud in the morning, Saturday will be bright and sunny for most people.

He told the PA news agency: “There’s a lot of sunshine around, a bit of a chilly start to the day with a potential touch of frost in one or two spots but then plenty of sunshine.

“It won’t be as warm as it has been recently, temperatures have been in the 409, range in recent days but we’re still looking at highs of 409 and towards the South East on Saturday, and highs of on Su nday. “

Friday’s highest recorded temperature was . 2C, in Porthmadog, Wales, compared to an average of between and 24 degrees.

Mr Petagna said Saturday may bring one or two light showers in Wales and the South West, before an increased risk of showers for the whole country on Sunday.

People make the most of the sunshine as they carry out their daily exercise on Brighton beach

He added: “We start then to see a change towards more unsettled (weather

as we go through Sunday and into next week, becoming a little bit cooler.

“On Sunday there’s a greater risk of showers breaking out almost anywhere really. It might be welcome rain for some, after it’s been so dry.

“There’ll still be some sunshine, even when things are unsettled.”

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Questions have repeatedly been raised about when the country will move out of lockdown, as well as raising concerns about the method when the time comes.

Mr Shapps said: “When people ask me when will the measures, the social distancing, the stay at home measures, be altered, my answer in some ways is that some of this lies in your own hands.

“The more we adhere to it and are strict about the social distancing that is required, the faster that decision will be able to be made. “

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