as "racist thuggery". more than 100 people have been arrested after groups, including far—right activists, clashed with police in the capital earlier as they gathered near parliament and the statue of sir winston churchill. meanwhile in trafalgar square, protesters threw objects at police as they tried to contain the crowds. another 181 people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total death toll to 41,662. the bbc has obtained a copy of a leaked draft report into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. it includes as yet unpublished recommendations on how to protect them. support bubbles come into effect across england and northern ireland.

people who live alone will be able to form a support bubble with another household in a further easing of coronavirus lockdown rules. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor for the sunday people and sunday mirror. pictures from the protests in central london lead a number of the papers. the sunday mirror leads with clashes between police and far—right demonstrators, with officers holding back

protestors in whitehall. the sunday telegraph reports that ministers are discussing proposals to make it easier to prosecute people who damage war memorials, with prison sentences of up to ten years. the prime minister is set to scrap the two—metre social distancing rule, according to the mail on sunday, who say the intervention comes after leading restauranteurs warned keeping it would cost millions ofjobs. a warning from the children's commissioner for england is on the front of the observer. anne longfield accuses borisjohnson of putting children's basic right to education at risk over what the paper calls the "chaotic" return to schools. the sunday express leads with the chancellor encouraging people to return to the high street when nonessential shops reopen on monday. the sunday times reports that the prime minister is abandoning plans, inherited from theresa may's government, to make gender change easier, meaning people won't be able to legally change their gender by "self—identifying" as a different sex and will still require medical approval. so, let's begin.

with the front of the observer and we will start with that photograph. it isa we will start with that photograph. it is a very striking image they have chosen for the fact that it is not the biggest photograph necessarily on the front of the paper but in some ways it is the most meaningful image. paper but in some ways it is the most meaningful imageli paper but in some ways it is the most meaningful image. i think so. ina sense, most meaningful image. i think so. in a sense, it illustrates boris johnson's twee earlier where he says they racist thuggery has no place on oui’ they racist thuggery has no place on our streets. i don't often agree with him but i agree with him totally on that one. what you see on the front there is actually that kind of racist thuggery. so all one can do is regret that we have come to this. i don't know if people are just going mad legibly because they been under lock down for 12 weeks or what is going on but this kind of thing cannot keep happening. and the police are unable to intervene without causing more violence, which

is the other sad part of this whole thing. and in terms of how the police have handled it, what do you make of it was meant there has been some debate on the politicians about whether the protest should even be taking place at all when we are trying to mitigate the effects of this health pandemic which of course is very easily transmitted by groups of people standing a lot closer together than two metres. absolutely. and of course the protests on those grounds should not be taking place at all but the police —— be taking place at all but the police — — police be taking place at all but the police —— police from the home secretary in the perimeter and various other people to stay at home have fallen on deaf ears. —— deaf ears. it is quite clear that many who are causing the trouble in central london and other cities around the country today were hell— bent on violence and around the country today were hell—bent on violence and a around the country today were hell— bent on violence and a pawnshop and it was seeming rather reminiscent of the football filigree that used to be the hallmark of england's so—called football friends

abroad a few years ago which virtually we don't see very often these days. the police are in an impossible position. they can try around people up and take them where? into even smaller confined spaces and then process them through the courts, taking up time and effort on people when everybody is working remotely. to find them or to punish them for breaking the covid—19 rules ongoing. but there are plenty of public order acts and laws in place but wherever the police do they are stuck in the middle because if they intervene it is causing more violence. the best thing to do is the best they did which is goodness knows how they manage to keep their cool and you can see on some of manage to keep their cool and you can see on some of the footage that has been shown tonight the people kicking them and threatening them and checking things at them and then they are there putting their lives

at risk notjust they are there putting their lives at risk not just from the violence but also from coronavirus. and what is going to happen to these people probably nothing because the sheer logistics of rounding people up and charging them with a or affray is just almost too much. i think the police are an impossible situation. it is very striking with mls and of sunday having this with the pulley what has become of the tolerant britain we love? i suppose one thing you can say with about britain without being too smug about this but also just without being too smug about this but alsojust in without being too smug about this but also just in terms of kind of the reality which we tend to see in terms of police and demonstrations is one thing we don't have is a militarized policing that seems to be causing such trauma and agony in the us. it is still very much about policing by consent and allow people to express themselves as far as essentially possible without other people being put in danger. exactly. we saw what happened in paris this

evening. where they were much more brutal in repelling demonstrators. so, yes, we have a lot to be grateful for, for all the falls and there are many, nothing is perfect but we are a lot better off here than in many countries. but it is about policing by consent. we will look ahead to what is coming up certainly in the next week. one of the things that will definitely open on monday is book shops like the one that nigel is preparing behind him. so if you give up your career in journalism. it is a fantastic, i'm very envious. one thing that will not be opening up and i will give you a chance to defend yourself in a moment but one thing that will not be opening his restaurants and that explains the second, bottom half of the daily mail's front page, while abortions may be about to abandon two metre rule. yes, the two metre rule is a real problem. where we are

with the pandemic at the moment is it isa with the pandemic at the moment is it is a very delicate balancing act for borisjohnson between the economy and public health. now, quite clearly, staying away from somebody for two metres, as sir patrick has said, you have a risk ten times greater at one metre. so if you are with somebody for a minute at two metres, that is for the same risk as six seconds at one metre. i was just the same risk as six seconds at one metre. i wasjust chuckling at that, the science involved in working all of that out. i'm just talking with the scientists on this of the moment you start relaxing here there is a huge danger that we will head a second wave of the pandemic. but equally we cannot let the economy

collapsed completely. so that is what i meant about the delicate balancing act. now what the daily mail on sunday is saying is that this decision will be taken out of the hands of the scientists and will become a political decision for borisjohnson. again become a political decision for boris johnson. again i become a political decision for borisjohnson. again i understand that. but from a scientific point of view, they are still saying and the members of sage are saying that two metres is still the safest distance. notan metres is still the safest distance. not an absolute kimmich and 1.5 metres but broadly if we stick to that two metre guideline that will keep you safe. the hospitality industry cannot work under that. keep you safe. the hospitality industry cannot work under thatm isa industry cannot work under thatm is a tough one. page two of the mail which we have not seen on screen but page two has a headline cafe society returns to europe where two metres is not the rule. that is right. it is not the rule. that is right. it is all a question of when you are outside, whether you in the open air, how long you are exposed to

somebody, face—to—face or side by side or behind each other. but the figures are startling. the british retail consortium reckons that lockdown had a cost to retailers of {1.8 billion a week. which is staggering. to think we spend that much in normal times. but of course it is much more difficult for restaurants and pubs and especially if they are smaller on premises to have two metre distance between customer and be able to get the numberof customer and be able to get the number of customers and to be economically viable. and i sure many people watching will think around their own high street and wonder how many of the currently closed shots will then reopen it. one of the their book shops, restaurants, pubs or whatever they are. if people will flop back to the shops, who knows? but i mean it is interesting as

nigel says in the prime minister says he will take control of this and there is a review group headed up and there is a review group headed up by and there is a review group headed up by the new secretary. they are moving away very rapidly from being guided by the science because actually what they are being guided by is political pressure from their owfi by is political pressure from their own back bench. and i think therein lies the terrible danger that they are not listening to the warnings which are go slowly, go carefully because once you let this genie out of the bottle, he will be awful hard to bring lockdown back in especially if the government has lost the trust of most of the people in this country. let's look at the daily telegraph which says another continuation of the theme that is getting england schools reopened. the prime minister is told them they can open but with a 15 people cap in each classroom so that is down to try to preserve the social distancing. yes, it is. this is

something that the education secretary gavin williamson mentioned ina secretary gavin williamson mentioned in a statement on monday. and the idea now is that schools that can manage it can actually start taking in other classes not just manage it can actually start taking in other classes notjust here and in yearone in in other classes notjust here and in year one in your six. this is all very well but i was the depends on the school and this is why i think the school and this is why i think the whole planning for the opening of school was such a chaotic mess. that the schools and many of the schools i know who have the pupils backin schools i know who have the pupils back in on section one, and six are now at 50% capacity because if you divide them up into bubbles of 15 pupils. now surely they will have known that right from the beginning and so it is actually always going to be impossible to open schools fully to everyone. now they are trying to get a few other kids back but i was in the more children who are back in school the better it is

for them. but really this is the kind of planning that should have gone and before we started this process. not while they are try to sorted now. another bit of unfinished business although it dates back a bit earlier is the front of the sunday times and this is on the question as the intervention ofjk rowling this week illustrated of gender identity. something that has convulsed the labour party and other government is having to deal with some very sensitive questions here. so theresa may you may recall promised that people could basically self identify whatever gender they chose to choose. this now is overturning that. so what will happen is the equalities minister will publish before parliament breaks for the summer recess and

before parliament breaks for the summer recess and it is in effect a response to the public consultation which has been sitting in the long grass is october 2018. so it will actually mean that if you decide you wa nt actually mean that if you decide you want to identify as a different sex you will still have to have a medical, to medical signatory to that. you will have to have lived in that. you will have to have lived in that new gender as opposed to your birth gender for two years in the government is saying that it will ensure that there are safe spaces for women like refugees and public lose in prisons and things like that so as you lose in prisons and things like that so as you say it has been a very divisive issue. it has set a lot of the trans community against the other communities and the labour leader said he did not sign a pledge that branded feminist trans phobic from one of the labour campaign groups during leadership election.

so it will be very interesting to see how the labour party which is very divided takes it. and in the how the public takes it because as you say and if he saw for the jk rowling intervention people are very, very quick to jump to the defence of trans people even if you could argue that it is a perfectly legitimate thing to say actually women posit refugees and women's business and women's toilets and women's hospital wards should be for women's hospital wards should be for women only. let's end this review on saturday night with the headline of the sunday express, stay safe says the sunday express, stay safe says the chancellor but hit the high street. which is what i'm about to do on monday morning when i go to my local centre and it was too crowded i shall turn around and go straight home. again we are back to that balancing act i