huge queues — as some shops re—open for the first time in nearly three months. as the government encourages people to go out and spend sensibly — non—essential stores and shoppers in england prepare for a new way of doing business. i can't wait, first time in ages, apart from the supermarket i've been into. so, i'm looking forward to it. love it, love it. i haven't been on lockdown because i work for the nhs but it's so nice for the shops to finally be open. but there's chaos in some places as social distancing rules are ignored in the rush for a post—lockdown bargain. we'll be getting the latest from the high street. also this lunchtime... whose lives matter? black lives matter. the prime minister says he's setting up a commission to look into racial inequality — saying he'd been influenced by images of the black

lives matter protests. we have to acknowledge that when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you know, you can't ignore that. i, as a leader, as someone in government, i can't ignore the strength their feeling. wearing a face covering is now compulsory for anyone travelling on public transport in england — with a £100 fine if you don't we relied on them and so do others... marcus rashford calls for a government u—turn on its decision not to provide free school meal vouchers during the summer holidays. you know, what families are going through now i once had to go through that same system and it's very difficult to find a way out. and coming up on bbc news... aston villa boss, dean smith, says the premier league will unite in support of the black lives matter movement — as clubs prepare for matches to restart on wednesday.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. well if the queues are anything to go by there's a lot of pent up demand for high street shopping out there, as thousands of nonessential shops across england reopened their doors to customers for the first time in almost three months. not all shops appear to have sorted out their queuing systems — there was chaos at one this morning, but customers are being encouraged to go out and spend as the government begins to reopen the economy. in northern ireland, nonessential shops reopened on friday, but there is still no date for wales and scotland. our business correspondent sarah corker reports. the sarah corker reports. shoppers are back. the queu sports the shoppers are back. the queue for sports direct in bishop auckland stretched all the way across the market square. how do you feel about being able to shop again?”

market square. how do you feel about being able to shop again? i have got my mass, so i cannot wait. first time in ages apart from the supermarket i have been into. looking forward to it. have you missed coming down to the high street? not really, no. it has saved mea street? not really, no. it has saved me a lot of money. love it, love it. i haven't been on lockdown because i work for the nhs but it's so nice for the shops to be finally open. after 12 long weeks in enforced hibernation, thousands of high streets across england are coming back to life. how does it feel having the open again? it is amazing. it absolutely amazing. todayis amazing. it absolutely amazing. today is a bit of a trial run, we don't know what is going to happen. really excited, but nervous at the same time. small, independent retailers believe lockdown has encouraged more people to shop locally, a trend they hope continues. i think wejust locally, a trend they hope continues. i think we just need to

keep encouraging our customers, let them know it is safe to come into shops again, making sure we have our safety measures in place so customers and the staff are confident when they come into the shop. the shopping experience may feel a bit strange. some stores will have a one income of one out policy. there is hand sanitiser at the door, one—way systems and customers are else to browse with their eyes only. keep touching to a minimum and expect to see lots of plastic screens, expect to see lots of plastic screens, people are asked to shop alone and pay by contactless. and the restrictions have not put people off. thousands waited for primark to openin off. thousands waited for primark to open in bradford, birmingham, liverpool and this is bristol. it doesn't trade online and there is pent—up demand. in london's oxford street there was a scrum to get into nike town, the crowd ignoring social distancing rules. in ashford in

kent, a steady stream of customers but clothes shopping will be different. some of the clothes you try on, they are then quarantined and some of the fitting rooms are closed. but some retailers worn it just won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this is a phased path to recovery. it will allow the economy to open. the two metre rule is there today, there is a comprehensive review but it is a lwa ys a comprehensive review but it is always going to be based on advice. elsewhere in the uk, nonessential shops opened in northern ireland last week. there is still no date for wales and scotland. the high street was already struggling before the virus struck and the big unknown is after this initial rush, will customers return in the numbers needed to help the high street bounce back? sarah caulker, bbc news in county

durham. our business correspondent, ben thompson, is at ashford designer outlet in kent. there is a lot of demand? yes, simon. welcome to ashford in kent and you can see some of the cues that have been forming since it opened at ten o'clock this morning, stretching right the way back down there to get into some of these stores. don't be fooled, it might be busier than it is. take a look, the queue outside and they are limiting how many can get in there. half of the car park is still closed and limiting the amount of people who can shop so they can abide by their social distancing rules as much as possible. an important day in england, the british retail

consortium estimates it has cost £1.8 billion a week for nonessential retailers to stay close. the question is, do people feel confident coming back here? a study suggested 43% of us feel confident to get back out and shop again. but retailers are worried about the impact it could have on them. we have missed you, they say and the doors are open. they want to get the message out that it is safe, with certain rules in place, hand sanitiser and social distancing and you might not be able to try on many of the clothes you want to buy. shopping will look and feel different but an important day to get the economy back up and running. thank you very much. "i can't ignore the strength of people's feeling" — the words of the prime minister after more than two weeks of anti—racism protests. in response he's setting up a commission to be lead by the equalities minister, kemi badenoch, which will examine all aspects of inequality in the uk,

but warned against attempts to "re—write the past". critics say that recent events mean now is time for action, not another review. our political correspondent chris mason reports. trafalgar square in central london this weekend. one of many demonstrations around the country that have now forced a response from the government. when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you know, you cannot ignore that. i, as a leader, as someone in government, i cannot ignore the strength of feeling. we have to look at discrimination in the education system, in health, in the education system, in health, in the criminal justice the education system, in health, in the criminaljustice system. we have to look at all ways in which it affects black and ethnic minority groups. parliament square today and the statue of winston churchill entombed in its protective sheath, as the prime minister put it. something he described as miserable

in an article in the daily telegraph. the statue was protected just after it was defaced over a week ago. boris johnson just after it was defaced over a week ago. borisjohnson said the attempt to photoshop the entire cultural landscape or something he found dubious. beyond the row about statues, there is another row about this government inequalities commission. some say the prime minister's choice of language is unhelpful. others point to lots of studies that have looked at similar issues where the recommendations have not yet been acted upon. and some wonderjust how much thought the prime minister has given this. if he was serious, why are there no details about how it will be staffed, its remit, terms of reference, its timetable. that is the question. it is because it was written on the back of a fag packet yesterday to assuage the black lives matter process. get on with the action, legislate and move, you are in government, do something. others

point to the long—standing concern that black and ethnic minority people are much more vulnerable to the coronavirus of the government report about it, that, they say, lacked crucial detail. two weeks ago publish the review and there wasn't a single recommendation or plan of action. two weeks later, here we have the government saying that they are going to confront racism and address racial inequalities in society, when we don't have any recommendations on how they are even going to save the lives of black and ethnic minority people. society and government continue to grapple with huge questions about the pandemic and about race. chris mason, bbc news. a man has beenjailed for 14 days in prison, for urinating next to the pc keith palmer memorial outside parliament. 28—year—old andrew banks was photographed during saturday's far—right protest in london. he pleaded guilty to outraging public decency during a hearing at westminster magistrates' court.

wearing a face covering is now compulsory for anyone travelling on public transport in england — those failing to wear one could be fined up to £100. the new regulations don't apply in wales, scotland and northern ireland where officials are only recommending people wear them. danny savage is at york station. simon, this is quite strange. i have been reporting on the coronavirus outbreak since we had the first two confirmed cases here in york at the end of january. but confirmed cases here in york at the end ofjanuary. but for the confirmed cases here in york at the end of january. but for the first time in five months this is the only time in five months this is the only timei time in five months this is the only time i have had to publicly wear a face mask. that is because they are asking people to wear them in the station concourse as well as on the trains. when the trains come in, it is obvious that three out of four seats are cordoned off, nobody can sit in them. they are very much restricted incapacity and there aren't many passengers at the moment

but we have been talking to them and the staff about how they are coping with these new regulations. for anybody using public transport in england, this is now the compulsory look. passengers at york station have got the message. here, you are encouraged to wear a mask anywhere inside the station, not just on services. feelings about the rule are mixed. it's very odd. i don't know how busy they are going to be today, but when i've been catching trains before, i've been on my own on the train, so it is not felt particularly necessary to wear a mask. although i do understand why we need to wear them. it's really strange, because i've never done it before, but yeah, actually it's normality with the current situation, so yeah. the protection actually offered is very little. i'm wearing the same facemask throughout the day, obviously there's less protection, but i thinks it gives a reassurance to a lot of people. but one traveller said not

all her fellow passengers were abiding by the new rule. and i said to him, excuse me, but you should have a mask on, and he just laughed. i said, i don't think it's funny. you need to be wearing your mask. so i told one of the police officers. i said, that guy has come further than me. i came on at leeds, and he's had no mask on. this issue once again highlights the disparities in rules across the uk. this train is heading up to edinburgh. anybody on it at the moment has to wear a face covering. it's mandatory. but as soon as it gets north of the border, above berwick, its only advisory, so you could take your mask off. at manchester piccadilly station this morning, the hush of the rush—hour was still noticeable. but the feeling was that people are going along with it. the safety of our staff is absolutely paramount, so we'd never want our staff to be in any situation where they are putting themselves at risk. really, we are trying to work with passengers to encourage and explain the reasons for wearing the masks, and so far, we've seen a really good response, really good uptake. in london, transport police

were handing out some masks to people who didn't have them. much more cleaning is also taking place in between trips. and it's notjust trains and tubes — bus passengers in england must wear face coverings, also might. we've got to get used to this. these regulations will be reviewed periodically, but for the time being, this is something we will just have to get used to. simon. danny, thank you very much. some secondary pupils in england facing exams next year have returned to school today forface—to—face time with their teachers. government guidelines only permit a quarter of the chosen year groups — 10 and i2 — to be on site at a time. danjohnson has been to a school in south east london to see how they are learning to cope. taking the register means taking temperatures, too. but this is only a quarter of two year groups, the pupils who face exams next year. i haven't been here for about three months.

it's just weird to be back. i'm glad to be back because i get to see my mates now, so it's cool, i don't mind it. it has been hard trying to learn at home. it is better being back, so you can see everyone again. all the teachers. it feels very different. and the screening at the school gates is something that is new for lots of us but hopefully this will reassure everyone that we can come back safely. welcome to a first ever when it comes to assemblies... a virtual assembly is a natural extension of online learning. we are also joining hundreds of students at home, who will be watching this via our daily stream. and we are going to start by looking at some of our... here the timetable is unchanged butjust a handful of each class will be in each day, with the restjoining from home. there are calls for more laptops and better broadband connections to make sure everyone benefits. my only concern is that there will be uniform provision across the country in terms of safety, the schools that are difficult,

the ones in the category, they may be in special measures or require improvement, that they are operating at the same level in terms of safety and quality of provision. here they worry about the small percentage haven't been logging in, getting left behind. there has been some engagement from those harder to reach students but the next steps in terms of students returning to school, for me, as the principle of this academy, that 8% are the priority students that ought to be returning to school next. so these classrooms could be busy over summer, help catch up. more space and older children makes bringing in a more secondary year groups easier than filling primary schools again. where to put everyone in who will teach them are still big questions. then there are exams, next moves, futures, that's up in the air. i would rather, i want to be here for longer, i want to do more

days here but it is only once a week. we have been set work online so we shouldn't be behind, if you do the work online. have you been doing it? most of it, yeah! danjohnson, bbc news, bexleyheath. micheal martin is set to become ireland's next prime minister as a deal was struck to form a new coalition government. under the deal the role of prime minister will be rotated between mr martin and the current taoiseach leo varadkar — who will take over in 2022. sinn fein will lead the opposition in dublin for the first time. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast this follows elections in february, but then of course we had the pandemic. yes, that's right, a significant moment, this, for the republic of ireland. lee over radtke has been leading the country through the covid—i9 pandemic. in that

election in february, his party came in in third place. him and the leader of two parties have been involved in negotiations for the last number of weeks to put together a coalition government. in the last hour or a coalition government. in the last hourorso, a coalition government. in the last hour or so, those negotiations have concluded with a draft programme for government. under the terms of that deal, as you say, micheal will be —— micheal martin will become taoiseach. it is not all signed and sealed yet and it will have to go to the parties' wider memberships. if it goes through, sinn fein will lead the government in dublin for the first time. the time isi:20. our top story this lunchtime... long queues as non—essential shops re—open in england as the government encourages people to go out and spend.

and still to come: the heroic story of dunkirk is well known — we look at another group of little ships which sailed to rescue allied troops in normandy two weeks later. coming up on bbc news: lucky to be alive — britain's top female skateboarder, ii—year—old sky brown, tells us how she survived a is—foot fall. officials in china are placing restrictions on people's movements inside beijing after a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to a large wholesale food market. it's sparked fears of a second wave, with the city reporting 36 new cases, bringing the total of new infections there to 79 over four days. stephen mcdonnell reports from beijing. residents in large parts of south—western beijing are again behind fences, with fears that a second wave of the coronavirus could take hold. housing estates have been sealed off to all but those who live there. deliveries must be made

to the perimeter fence only. shops, schools and some public transport have been closed. translation: i'd be lying if i said i wasn't worried. i came to beijing on the 13th. if this was one day later, then i definitely wouldn't be able to come. right now, there aren't many people on the subway. there aren't as many as before. in beijing today, dozens of new confirmed coronavirus infections have been added to the tally, which has been growing since the end of last week. it may not sounds like many, but it has caused quite some concern, especially when you consider from where the cluster has emanated. the massive wholesale market, responsible for 80% of the city's vegetables and meat, has been shut for cleaning and testing. all the infections in this cluster have been traced back to the market in some way. chinese officials say they are hoping to test up to 200,000 people who visited xin fa di in the last two weeks. as well as 90,000 residents.

in the response to beijing's cluster, we are seeing the best and the worst of china's communist party. on the one hand, the speed and the scale of the social isolation of the testing has been something to behold. on the other, the party has also been criticised for going after scapegoats and dismissing local officials on whose watch the outbreak occurred. if you wanted to guarantee a culture whereby cover—up was your first choice, rather than open reporting, there is probably not a better way to do it. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. a huge search and rescue mission is under way in the north sea after an american fighter jet crashed while on a training exercise off the north—east coast of england. the aircraft, an f—is, was on a routine training mission after taking off from raf lakenheath in suffolk this morning. the pilot is still missing. the cause of the crash is being investigated. bp has said it may not bring some of its oil fields

into production as planned, because it believes the coronavirus pandemic will speed up the shift to a low—carbon economy. demand for oil has plummeted during the lockdown, and the price has collapsed. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. is this a sign of the big turning point for oil? rigs, equipment, property as well as the oil itself are worth much less if the market changes permanently. bp's new chief executive has been working on a plan for the company to achieve net zero for its own carbon emissions by 2050, that shows the pressure to change. now the coronavirus has prompted a big fall in the current oil price. bp is thinking orforecasting that the price of oil could remain relatively low for the next 20 or 30 years, and interestingly they are also applying it to the value of their assets, the price of brent crude oil

from the north sea is $38 a barrel at the moment — little more than half its level before the crisis. what bp is saying is that even if it recovers it will only be to an average of $55 in the long run, 30% less than it expected before. the result — a likely charge of up to £13.8 billion to its accounts to relect the cost. the low price now is the result of drivers not filling up. longer term, it is the impact of the paris climate agreement signed four years ago to keep down global average temperatures by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, for instance, by burning oil. the reality is if we are going to respond to the climate emergency there is no way the oil all these companies hold, particularly bp, is going to be worth what they thought it was. it is only a week since bp said it would cut 10,000 jobs worldwide because of the current crisis. now it faces a challenging pivot toward renewables, and what may be an end to easy profits from what used to be called black gold.

simon gompertz, bbc news. a report has found there were a "series of problems" with the design and build of a glasgow hospital campus, but no clear evidence to link those failures to any "avoidable deaths". the queen elizabeth university hospital opened in 2015, but fears were raised after deaths were linked to infections. the independent review concluded that some patients had been "exposed to risk that could have been lower" but it found no "sound" evidence that there had been "avoidable" deaths. england forward marcus rashford has called on the government to reverse a decision not to provide free school meal vouchers during the summer holidays. the manchester united star has spoken about how his family relied on breakfast clubs and free school meals when he was a child, and he's now raised around £20 million to supply three million meals to vulnerable people during the coronavirus lockdown. he's been speaking to sally nugent. what families are going through now, i once had to go through that same system and it's very difficult to find a way out.

now that i'm in this position that i'm in, it's very important for me to help the people that are struggling. that was the main reason why the letter was written. you know, whether the outcome is that it does change or doesn't change, i know that i have done the right thing in trying to help these people. take me back to that time that you talk about in the letter. how difficult were things for you as a kid when you needed free school meals? yeah. well, you know, my mum was a single parent. she's got five kids that was all living in the same house. the programme i started at 11 years old, you are supposed to started at 12 years old, which basically gives you new accommodation closer to the training facilities and a new school and she worked that hard to push it forward because she knew that for me that was the step i needed to take. you know, she made the decision when i was 11 years old. my mum, she did the best she could.

i remember we used to go to a shop called pound world, and everything was under a pound. we'd schedule out the week, so we'd get seven yoghurts and you can have one yoghurt a day and so on. she did the best she could within the circumstances. when you are thinking about your own childhood, growing up in wythenshawe, actually things could have been really different for you, couldn't they? yeah, definitely. 45% of people like me, black people, people in different ethnic minorities, they are living in poverty. you know, i was very close to being one of that 45%. so i understand it could have gone either way for me. and i'm grateful it went this way for me. but it doesn't make me forget about what happened in the past. i obviously want to help them people as much as i can and just raise awareness, really. people want to help. as a young black man

with a platform that you have already using it for good, what can you do? can you do anything? what message can you send? yeah, i think you have to do something, especially if, like you say, i'm a young black person that was struggling in the system but managed to find a way out and help my family. but now that i've done that, it's about helping the families that need you most, so i think it's important to have a voice. it's one thing thinking about it and writing them down in your house, but if you don't get that message out to the people and to the people higher up that can possibly change the way things are going, then there's no point having those thoughts whilst you are sat in your house. it's important you think about it and then you put those messages out to the public and also to the right people.

marcus rashford talking to sally nugent. the story of dunkirk — and the evacuation of tens of thousands of british and french soldiers from the beaches of france — has been commemorated again this summer. but the story of another group of little ships which sailed to rescue allied troops in normandy two weeks later is less well known. their mission started onjersey, where they have been marking the 80th anniversary, as robert hall reports. st helier‘s little ships, forming up in tribute to another flotilla that sailed eastward from here towards the thunder of guns on a summer day in1940. archive: out from the hell that is dunkirk, back from the steel thrust of the german war machine comes the bef. by then, the world had heard of the miracle of dunkirk, but tens of thousands of allied soldiers were still being evacuated from french ports. onjune the 16th, the admiralty sent an urgent message tojersey, asking for volunteers. they earmarked 20 boats. they got the crews together in the afternoon,

and just before midnight, the first five boats out of 20 left st helier, bound for saint malo. diana, saint clement, teaser, girljoyce — one by one, they hauled up their sails and set course for france. there was a demolition crew working in saint malo, about 50 royal engineers and royal naval personnel. that's when the little ships from jersey really, really came into their own, because they were asked to wait until the demolitions had taken place to bring the crews off and to collect any stragglers. by the next morning, the little yachts with their grateful passengers were back in st helier. the commander of the demolition team told the crews, without you, i wouldn't be alive today. after the war, the volunteers told their stories, and the sailing club was awarded its own ensign

as a battle honour. the thing about the post—dunkirk evacuations, one of the reasons why the story is not told, is because, for a lot of people, they don't think it has the romanticism of the little ships. well, it does, and here is that romantic story. here are those brave civilian seamen taking their small boats into the line of fire. robert hall, bbc news, st helier. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. over the course of the weekend, we had some big thunderstorms developing, mixed with rainbows, would you believe? with the same area of low pressure we had over the weekend with us for much of this week, we are going to see some further big thunderstorms. in the last hour, we have started to see

them break out.