this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2... huge queues for shops reopening today — 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 supermarkets i've been to, so looking forward to it. love it, love it. i haven't been in lockdown because i work for the nhs but it's so nice for the shop 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. 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. you have to acknowledge that when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you cannot ignore that. i, as a leader, someone in government, i cannot ignore the strength of 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. 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 non—essential 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, non—essential shops reopened on friday, but there is still no date for wales and scotland. our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from county durham. 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? i have got my mask, 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 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 doors open again? it is 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 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 in, one out policy. there is hand sanitiser at the door, one—way systems, and customers are asked to browse with their eyes only.

keep touching to a minimum and 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 open in bradford, birmingham, liverpool, and this is bristol. chain trade online and there is pent—up demand. on 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. and brands are extending their returns policy. but some retailers warn itjust won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this

is a phased path to recovery. it is coming back to the shop a second and third time that will allow the economy to open. the two—metre rule is there today, there is a comprehensive review, but it is always going to be based on the best health 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 corker, bbc news in county durham. our business correspondent ben thompson is at ashford designer outlet in kent. where have they all gone?” where have they all gone? i have skilled them off, simon. welcome to as hford skilled them off, simon. welcome to ashford in kent, we are at the mcarthur glen outlet and it has been pretty steady all day. it might look

a lot busier in some of these places but that is because they are giving customers outside to maintain social distancing inside. let's take this shot, for example. good afternoon, monica. she is on charge on the front door are limiting how many people are in and out and let me show you over here, were all the usual things you might expect, all the social distancing measures, that sort of thing. after you. please, go on through. a reminder to let you stay away from people, use a card where necessary, things that you will get increasingly used to. we put ina will get increasingly used to. we put in a lot of work to getjust to this point. you opened at 10am, how are you getting on? it has been very good. the customers have been very understanding with all the new procedures in place. everything is going really well at the moment. as isaid going really well at the moment. as i said there come a lot of work you had to dojust i said there come a lot of work you had to do just to get to this point we can reopen. put me through the

changes. siam i obviously have this perspex mask, the markings on the floor, the work we've done in the back of house for our team as well to make sure they feel safe and secure, and masks for them as well. in some of the stores, clothing stores are in some of the stores, clothing stores a re not in some of the stores, clothing stores are not opening the changing rooms that you'll just stores are not opening the changing rooms that you'lljust have to buy and hope it fits bring it back at another date. can people touch off, fix the hot contrite year? of course. how does that work? -- can they try things on? we have a very tactile product in store so they are more than welcome to pick it up and we will just more than welcome to pick it up and we willjust make sure it is cleaned afterwards. you've been talking to customers over the course of the morning. what are they telling you? i know we are only at half capacity, they shut half of the car park and are limiting how many people come in. do they feel comfortable enough to shop again? i think so. the feedback has been very positive. they can tell people like ourselves and the rest of the centre have

worked very hard to make sure they are safe and secure. and they have cash in your pocket that they are willing to spend because they have beenin willing to spend because they have been in lockdown. yes. might bring good news for you. yes, and we have procedures in place to take cash as well. well, enjoy. a good day ahead for you, hopefully. the british retail consortium suggested giving nonessential shops closed as costing £1.8 billion per week so clearly todayis £1.8 billion per week so clearly today is an important day as far as the economy is concerned to get shops open. provided this safe to do so. shops open. provided this safe to do so. as you're touching on, still no date for opening them in wales or scotland, northern ireland, though stores opening on friday. really pa rt stores opening on friday. really part of a very gradual reopening of the economy and one they certainly hope well pass off safely with those measures in place, and as i hope that people will respect those rules and play fair when it comes to shopping, but certainly it will look and feel very different from —— for

quite a while. i do not know if you've seen the pictures from nike this morning but people ignoring any sense of social distancing, crowding the entrance which is absolutely what they need to avoid, isn't it? yes, i mean... look, those scenes kind of reminiscent of black friday when people are piling on for a bargain, and has been a lot of hype and speculation about whether stores will be full of old stock that they will be full of old stock that they will need to sell off cheaply. lots of retailers i've been speaking to say, yes, if you're a clothing retailer, that might be the case for the bear in mind, we went into lockdown at the end of march when we would have spring and summer things in stock and now we're looking at end of summer, autumn and winter, believe or not. and what is happening there as we are having to make sure they try and manage low stock levels. we know retailers like primer cancelling whole orders before they have even made to the store. lots of details will have a lot of stock, some might be trying to sell cheaply but the message is

the same, keep it all quite calm, the same, keep it all quite calm, the systems are in place and come in somewhere like this, a managed environment, it is much easier because they can police the queues outside of it is a shopping mall or a centre like this, make sure there are not too many people coming onto site in the first place but a very different argument on the high street because who is going to police it? if you have a big queue for one store going in front of another and trying to join for one store going in front of another and trying tojoin up, that is when it becomes a bit of a problem but what if senior today is quite a managed reopening but nonetheless, i imagine those scenes we saw this morning probably repeated up and down the country as people start getting used to these new rules because they feel pretty weird. it has to be said. coming in, not being able to try things on or touch something. any, giving all clea n. touch something. any, giving all clean. employing more staff to do so. clean. employing more staff to do so. nonetheless, feeling strange until they get used to what will be a new normal. for many shops, this is make a break. they need people to come out and spend money. yes, they

do. let's knit outside again to show you the state of the car park because, as i touched on, thanks to the guys in here but if you can see out there, my camera or let you see that, it looks pretty busy but that is half capacity. the car park only half full. they limited many people they can get in there and quite clearly that can a problem because shops need to customers in them and it's the same argument for the hospitality sector, bars and restau ra nts hospitality sector, bars and restaurants do not have a clear date for when they can open. many saying it is just not financially viable for them to open. of this they have to employ the kitchen staff, waiting staff, bar staff but can only have a few people in them. places like this are glad to be reopening but i think there is a big question about how much money they can take to how much money it is costing them to open and when places like this would be much busier, there is clearly a commercial question of, is it worth doing so? the ones that are open today, we will say not all of them

are open, there were just about 100 stores, 70 open and it's because the others side are restaurants or bars and they just others side are restaurants or bars and theyjust decide quite clearly it's not worth an opening and employing the static and if there is not as many customers as there are usually. good to see you enjoying the sunshine. let's speak now to charlotte gatwa rd director of gatward, the uk's oldest family jewellers. lovely to see you. what changes have you had to make? how has a post—pandemic rolled affected the jewellery business? yes, we had to make quite a few changes. this is the first time we've ever closed in 216 year history so we have brought in all the things you would expect. we had to bring in perspex nice screen so we can keep we had to bring in perspex nice screen so we can keep social distance and have also invested in uv jewellery cleaners so distance and have also invested in uvjewellery cleaners so people can try it on but we will be cleaning it before and after handling it. it is a very fine balance. we have to be

careful about the amount of people in the store at any one time so only three people or two couples if they are from the same household. it's a fine balance between still making buying jewellery a special, memorable and personal experience but also trying to keep everybody safe at the same time, so we've been putting all the preparations in place to get that balance right. putting all the preparations in place to get that balance rightlj think i'm writing saying your the eighth generation. to be going through a period where your a ncestors through a period where your ancestors would wonder how you're going to do this, even though they will have gone through wars and everything else in themselves, there is nothing quite like this, is there? now. we've never had anything quite like it. —— no. we survive both world wars on the spanish flu pandemic and never closed so i think my ancestors would be upset with the amount of perspex plastic i put

around our shop but that is what we are and who will do what we can to keep everybody safe. is not any anecdotal evidence yet that lots of people have decided to get engaged over this period? love is not quarantined and we have had customers contact us directly during the lockdown to help us with engagement —— to have help with engagement —— to have help with engagement rings and also special birthdays, so people will still have birthdays, so people will still have birthdays, they will still get engaged, they will still get married and, lockdown or no lockdown, they still want to mark those occasions with nice pieces ofjewellery, which is great. they will want to come in and try it on, so that how does that work? absolutely. we cannot prevent that. we are investing a sum of money in a piece ofjewellery, it has to be right and we will be cleaning the jewellery, using has to be right and we will be cleaning thejewellery, using uv cleaners. we will also have an

ultrasonic cleaner to clean it before and after they try it on so there is not any risk of contamination. —— we also have. explain what the last three months have gone to an independent retailer like yours. how have you got through? how have you managed to keep staff going? has the furlough scheme work for you? we furloughed everybody except myself and one other team member, so i've been coming in with the member of my team every few days to fulfil online orders and just check on the building. we've also been doing as much as we can on social media to remind people that you're still here. we also ran a nominate and nhs yourcampaign but we here. we also ran a nominate and nhs your campaign but we ask people to nominate somebody that is working in the nhs and we've been awarding those people with a £200 voucher to spendin those people with a £200 voucher to spend in the store just to keep the community spirit going really remind people we are still here and very much part of the hitching community.

some of our loyal customers have beenin some of our loyal customers have been in touch to buy things, so that's all we can do. we are very excited about reopening again and we are here to serve. £200 vouchers? what can you offer for that and what sort of people do you expect to come in with his vouchers on hand? nhs staff? yeah, we ran a campaign where we asked people to nominate somebody they know in the nhs so we had one person each month has been awarded a voucher for each person each month has been awarded a voucherfor each month we have closed and when they come in, they can use the voucher to purchase a piece of jewellery. can use the voucher to purchase a piece ofjewellery. we've got lots of things up to the value of £200 and it's our gift to them to thank them for keeping us safe during the pandemic. what a great offer. thank you very much. good to talk to you. i wish you well. ‘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. nojustice. no peace. whose lives matter? black lives matter! 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 march 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 criminaljustice system. we have to look at all ways in which it affects black

and minority ethnic 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. borisjohnson said the growing campaign to edit or photoshop the entire cultural landscape was 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, and a government report about it, that, they say, lacked crucial detail. two weeks ago they published that 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.

our political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. critics like david lambie saying, look, we've had reviews before we need action. you can hear his frustration. —— david lammy. we don't need another commission, what we need is to influence of the findings of previous reports and i think that is the main the government is facing is this was a quick reaction to what has been going on over the last couple of weeks, announcing a review, governments do this kind of thing all the time. the problem they've got is if this is seen to be kicking the problem into the long grass, another report by the end of the year rather than implementing what has already been done, then they will come in for more criticism and talking about the use of language,

borisjohnson talking about talking about the use of language, boris johnson talking about the sense of victimisation and dissemination. you want to stop, he says, the sense of victimisation, which has been condemned by some labour mps saying it's insulting but borisjohnson was my point in his article today, he says there have been some successes and he acknowledges there are still problems but he wants to look at the success and progress that there has been. talking interestingly about celebrating successes, notjust focusing on the problem is i need to be sorted out but may be a look at the progress that has been made in terms of some improvements in education, for example, for black children. you want to do that as well so he is looking at it into different ways, i guess. what -- he wa nts to different ways, i guess. what -- he wants to do that as well. what are we looking at in terms of results? they've have said the end of the year, so it is some way off. of course, we do not know any details, who is going to lead it, the remit,

the panel. all of those things are still to be decided and i think that's why the criticism that's coming is that it hasn't necessarily been thought through in all of its detail. the government would say, look, hang on a minute, we've decided to do this and we need a bit of time to come up with those details but this is very reminiscent of what theresa may said when she became prime minister, she spoke about this on the steps of downing street, how she wanted to make real changes, she wrote in the race disparity audit that looks at differences across the public sector —— and she brought in the race disparity audit. the question is, is anybody come up with the policies that can make a difference to change it? boris johnson still talking about statues and winston churchill in particular. yes, he is trying to make that differentiation. he is saying he does understand that people feel so strongly and want to come out in protest, but if it then moves come out in protest, but if it then m oves over come out in protest, but if it then moves over into being something that is potentially a criminal action

then that is not accessible a cce pta ble then that is not accessible acceptable so he has made his views on that very clear. you will hear from the home secretary pretty pastel later as she will do a statement about some of the things that have gone on. —— priti patel. let's speak now to writer and broadcaster bonnie greer. when you look at boris saying, i wa nt when you look at boris saying, i want a commission, i want the facts, how does that... is that the way forward ? how does that... is that the way forward? well, listening to your previous guest, i have an anecdote that might actually answer that question. i was thinking as i was listening to talk about her jewellery business and i'm not saying anything about her business in particular but i know that me, at this age in my life, at this stage in my life, if i go into a porsche shop, let me tell you what i do, and this is a reflex, i walk through the door and i look first of all for the

security guard so that he can see me. we make eye contact, usually they are black or another person of colour, we look at each other and smile. —— mike i walk into a posh shop. the next thing i do as i walk into a jewellery counter, like trysta n into a jewellery counter, like trystan terrell little bit back so the person can see my hands. she sees my hands, i am ok. —— i stand back a little bit. i will not touch anything, i will not put my hand on anything, i will not put my hand on anything, i will ask if i can hold it. i never try anything on, never put anything on. there is, and i have that in me after dozens of yea rs. have that in me after dozens of years. i was taught that since a girl, it is still in me. there are lots of people of colour in american and european countries walking around with trauma and the other thing, about winston churchill, i'm not a believer in pulling down

statues of the facing statues, i don't think that gets anywhere but if you've got to take on down, put it in if you've got to take on down, put itina if you've got to take on down, put it in a museum so we can keep telling the story because if we don't do it, we will forget it. can you imagine being a person of asian descent seeing this statue? winston churchill was an imperialist and he was an unabashed one. he never apologised for being an imperialist and he always... he detested gandhi, he was against indian independence. if you're a person of asian descent, indian descent, how do you feel? i'm not saying that... i'm just living in now because i know people react to that specific point and i don't wa nt to to that specific point and i don't want to get sidetracked too much on churchill but we are talking about a world leader who saved the world from fascism and we have to put some perspective on why people have a statue to them, and whilst we should know all about them and, if you show

mea know all about them and, if you show me a flawless character... i'm not against winston churchill, i don't wa nt to against winston churchill, i don't want to statue to go down but the story i told you previously is about trauma. if you want to know why people in the streets, it's because they are traumatised, they had enough. enough of it. can ijust ask you, how should i come as a white man, respond to that story you're telling me? what would you expect me, my reaction to be? doing what you're doing right now, and doing well, you listen. you listen to me. you listen to me. and the next thing you do as you say, what do you do together? can we have a conversation? what do we do? i'm not for taking winston churchill down from where he is, not for putting anything on dragging him down. i wa nt anything on dragging him down. i want you to understand the trauma and to have another report, we've

got two of them already. if you heard the exasperation and the trauma in david lammy‘s voice, that is what it was. he had written one, why don't we have the result of it? we don't need another report, let sentimental treat got. why don't we do it, and why doesn't the prime minister begin any statement by saying, i apologise to you, i've said things in the past that were careless, i didn't mean to say them, but i said them and i apologise, can we go forward? we don't get that from people, and people are in pain, simon, and they've had enough. so, clear the slate is one thing but people need to change how they think, their attitudes, don't they? they do need to change and that is one thing. i a museum they do need to change and that is one thing. ia museum person they do need to change and that is one thing. i a museum person say one thing museums can do is teach people the history, 180 degrees. a person

can do bad things and a person can do good things, that is complexity of life. we need to teach that two people but we do need to listen to people's trauma and listen to their pain. that is why when we saw mr floyd being murdered in the street, people said, i can't take this any more. i can't take the humiliations, i can't take the being ignored, i can't take being prejudged, which is what prejudices, i can't take it any more. i can't take it any more and i'm not in any situation, as a person who might not be where i am... listen, i'm telling you, thinking about listening to that lady before you, i thought about going into a jewellery shop and i know what i've got to do. imagine what a 25—year—old black woman has to do. if i've got to do it, and i ama to do. if i've got to do it, and i am a long way from that, then this is horrible and we need to address

the trauma that is within the above colour, that has been passed down from generation to generation. sometimes it drives people into mental states but most of us, most of us, we realise that that is very daring and we don't want to bear it any more, simon, wejust don't want to. is there a at which we obsess the past at the expense of the future? —— is there a point at which? you said clearly slate...|j which? you said clearly slate...” didn't. that is not my words. i read history at university, we cannot clear a ny states. history at university, we cannot clear any states. history is written by the victors, not anyone else. i put out a podcast and black history and what we want is for what it tells the whole story. yes, winston churchill saved this country, he was a great wartime prime minister was probably the greatest prime minister this country had but, as a human

being, he was also an imperialist that he was unabashed. max hastings has even said, be historian, that his attitude towards people of colour, and this is max hastings' words, was primeval. and we feel it. we feel it. let's tell the whole story. i don't say take a statue down, it's not necessary but let's teach history to everybody so that we can go through this and become a united kingdom, united country for real. really get you give us your time. thank you. thank you your time. thank you. thank you your time. you're watching bbc news... a search is being carried out for the pilot of a us air force fighterjet which has has crashed in the north sea. the f—15c eagle aircraft was from the 48th fighter wing at raf lakenheath. it was on a routine training mission with one pilot on board and crashed shortly after 9.110 this morning while on a training session. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is here. tells what's happening at the

moment, they've not found the pilot, have they? as far as we are aware, they have not yet found the pilot. this crash, it was 75 miles from the east yorkshire coast in the north sea. a pilot would have an immersion suit at this time of year because the water was cold, he would also have come attached to the ejector seat, if you manage to get out, aiding you to get into, so we know that, early this morning, the weather was not great, it has improved understand, we know that the search and rescue helicopter is now looking at the scene along with two lifeboats. we understand the us has also since a military transport planes to help and that such but as yet, we do not have a word as to whether that pilot, it was a single—seat twin—engine plane, they are old planes, built in the 1980s, and they have, in the past, been structural issues with the aircraft.

they have been flying longer than was originally planned, the as aircraft, air to was originally planned, the as aircraft, airto our was originally planned, the as aircraft, air to our fighters, was originally planned, the as aircraft, air to ourfighters, so the pilots do pull a lot of g, in other words, a lot of pressure on the structure of the aircraft. we have no idea yet as to what caused the crash that could be visibility structural, bird strikes, we have no idea about that and that is the focus on the moment is to find that pilot from that aircraft was flying in information of four f—15s from raf lakenheath in suffolk but no news on whether they have found him. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. low pressure is with us for much of this week and that will bring us a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. today we have already seen some storms break out across parts of wales and through this evening it is wales, the north west midlands, england and northern ireland that will likely see the heavy storms, with the rain heavy enough

to cause some localised surface water flooding. many of those showers will fade away overnight to leave dry conditions, but at the same time, we will see low cloud reforming in parts of eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. it will be quite a mild night. tomorrow, for most of us it is a dry morning. that cloud taking a time to thin and break up with sunshine coming up later. again it is through the afternoon and evening time we will start to see thunderstorms break out. the heaviest of these, south—west england, wales, north—west england and western scotland. the showers again could bring something like 15—25 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour, which is enough to cause some further localised surface water flooding. that's your weather. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: huge queues for shops reopening today, 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. can't wait. first time in ages, apart from supermarkets i've been into, so looking forward to it. love it. i haven't been in lockdown because i work for the nhs, but so nice for the shops to finally be open. 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. 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. sport now and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's chetum.

we start in scotland where new plans for league reconstruction have failed, meaning hearts, partick thistle and stranraer have been relegated. in the last hour, hearts have confirmed they're launched a legal challenge after a proposal to increase the size of the premiership from 12 to 1a clubs was rejected. it would have seen all three avoid the drop. butjust 16 out of 42 backed the idea meaning hearts go into the championship, partick thistle into league one and stranraer will play in league two. the championship will also be shortened by nine games to 27 next season. meanwhile kilmarnock have named alex dyer as their permenant manager — after he agreed a two year deal. dyer‘s been in interim charge since december and led the club to 8th in the premiership last season. 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 striker 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 lockdown. well, you know, my mum was a single parent. she's got five kids are living in the same house. the programme i started in at 11 years old, you are supposed to start 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. i needed to be eating the right foods while i was growing and needed to be close to my new team—mates, school friends, things like that, so she made the decision when i was 11 years old and united allowed it. that was the reason i ended up going at a younger age compared to the others, it was to help my mum just to add the department for education says "the national voucher scheme will not run during the summer holidays but thousands of children will receive additional support through their holiday activities

and food programme, which offers free meals throughout the summer holidays. " following continued protests around the world, aston villa boss dean smith says football will unite in support of black lives matter when the premier league returns this week. his side play sheffield united on wednesday evening. players names will be replaced with black lives matters on the back of shirts, whilst all tops will also feature badges supporting the movement and the nhs. all of our players feels very strongly about it as they do in the whole of the premier league and the fa. it is great to see that football gets a chance to come together at times like this and show the solidarity is a group. our players will have a chat with it and i will speak to the sheffield united counterpart and decide what we are going to do. well, smith's counterpart at sheffield united — chris wilder — says football should use its power in supporting black lives matter — plus the work of the nhs.

wednesday will see the start of football matches without crowds in england and the financial impact is being felt by all clubs. premier league teams face a £1 billion reduction in revenue due to the pandemic — 500 million of that relating to a loss of matchday revenue and broadcaster rebates. and despite the championship returning on saturday, the football league faces a £200 million blackhole. so does wilder think clubs and the league need to rethink how things are run? it possibly should and we could. i don't think it will happen though. i was asked the question yesterday about spending. i don't think spending will dip about spending. i don't think spending willdip in about spending. i don't think spending will dip in the premier league and i think premier league clu bs first league and i think premier league clubs first and foremost will look after their own football club. the great north run was meant to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year — but the event's been cancelled because of the pandemic. more than 55,000 runners were set to take part in september's race from newcastle to south shields

which raises around £25 million for charities but organisers that's all the sport for now. borisjohnson will hold talks with eu leaders by video conference today with both sides wanting to inject more dynamism in to stalled trade talks. the deadline for the uk to request an extension to the talks expires at the end of this month. a lot of talk that they are dead in the water. one of the issues is the level playing field which is what? the context for this is once this transition period comes to an end, the uk will be a competitor, one of the uk will be a competitor, one of the biggest economies in the world, a competitor for the eu

the biggest economies in the world, a competitorfor the eu single market. level playing field is a term which refers to a set of common rules and regulations which the two sides might agree to ensure fair and open competition. in other words to ensure businesses in one country cannot somehow gain an advantage over businesses in another and they are fairly routine in free trade deals because no one will agree to a free trade deal in which their own businesses are going to be disadvantages. the problem is the eu's ask in this negotiation is extremely high because of the proximity of this new competitor right on its doorstep. the eu is basically saying, level playing field conditions are one of the prices for us give you access to our single market. the uk is saying, thatis single market. the uk is saying, that is fine but we are now a sovereign independent state and you can't just dictate the sovereign independent state and you can'tjust dictate the rules to us. there has to be compromise on both sides. where is there room for that?

the provisions come in all shapes and sizes. one of the things you can agree is something called non—regression clauses, that is a baseline of things which you will agree to and decide that you won't go below a certain standard. you might for example go below a certain standard. you mightfor example in go below a certain standard. you might for example in this case agree if you are the uk and the eu to continue to follow a broad range of things which they both fell at the moment on things like worker ‘s rights, environmental regulations, taxation. that is what the eu is asking for, you follow what you follow right now. what the uk has said is we are not adverse to those standards, in fact on some things they say they want to go above and beyond what the eu standards and regulations said. but the point is we don't want to simply sign up to your way of doing things in your structure and your framework, so i think there could be some compromise on some of these issues if a new structure perhaps, a new form of

words can be found to phrase it in. some big disagreements still presumably. there is a stricter form of the level playing field and that is something called dynamic alignment. what that means is you don't only agree to follow the rules you have at the moment but do automatically adopt any new rules in the future, so if i change my rules, you change them at the same time. in particular the eu is insisting they should be the case on what is called state aid, subsidies for businesses. there i think the eu is going to have to give a bit because the uk are saying, hang on, we don't simply wa nt to are saying, hang on, we don't simply want to sign up in the future to whatever you may decide to change your rules. we are willing to have a structure where there is an element of fairness in there, but we can't agree to a system which will go far beyond anything in any other free trade agreement whereby we agreed without seeing them to just sign up to your rules in the future. that is

a place where i think that you will have to give some ground. it has sta ked have to give some ground. it has staked out a fairly maximalist position. one of the difficulties in all of this, as it often has been in these talks, the position of northern ireland because in a sense, the uk has already agreed to follow many eu rules when it comes to northern ireland, so if it doesn't follow the same rules for the rest of the uk, for great britain, it raises the prospect that by not agreeing to follow the eu rules, it raises more potential barriers for trade between great britain and northern ireland. there are a lot of things and extend but these technical negotiations about how you trade and the guarantees you give each other are some of the things which need to be sorted out. 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 12 — 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. but 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. let's speak to headteacher for hampton high — rebecca poole. on this day, how different is cool looking? it is looking very different. but i must say it was absolutely different. but i must say it was a bsolutely lovely to different. but i must say it was absolutely lovely to see the stu d e nts absolutely lovely to see the students back and i know the staff we re students back and i know the staff were delighted to see them as well. obviously our classrooms have a very small capacity now. we have between

eight and ten, but we saw our stu d e nts eight and ten, but we saw our students in the auditorium and obviously we are getting used to the fa ct we obviously we are getting used to the fact we are having to do temperature checks and just checking on students as they come in through the door. it does look very different but it was absolutely brilliant to see all the children this morning.” absolutely brilliant to see all the children this morning. i suspect that having not seen one another for three months and indeed they will have miss their teachers to some degree, so how do they get round the first few minutes and social distancing? they were actually very good. i explain to the parents, i send out newsletters and we sent out surveys a couple of weeks ago, just to outline all of the things we were needing to do and we made it really clear that they would have two social distance outside of the school waiting to come in and they we re school waiting to come in and they were absolutely fantastic. going up into the hall, they had a really good time and as they left this

afternoon, we socially distance again all the way through and they said how much they had enjoyed being in school and they felt it was much easierfor them to learn in in school and they felt it was much easier for them to learn in a school environment. it was good and the staff are very cheerful as well. there are two things that schools we re there are two things that schools were told would need more of, one is space and the other is staff, but if you've got staff on site, presumably you've got staff on site, presumably you have stuff who are doing online teaching. how does that balance work out? we do and what we do is we run a weekly rota now. we have been open actually all the way through lockdown, so we have built a system of rotas of stuff to come on site and they have been fabulous about doing that, and what we do is we look at timetables and we look at the impact that it might have on online learning. not all of our learning is live, in fact only a small proportion of it is life, so we get round it by looking very

carefully a nd we get round it by looking very carefully and making sure that the staff coming on site, it will not have an impact on other areas of the curriculum for the other year groups and as you said earlier in the report, we have only been able to have a quarter of the year groups m, have a quarter of the year groups in, so that doesn't mean three quarters of the student still had to be at home learning as well as all the other year groups. do you feel we will ever get back to normal?” really hope so. i have to say it has been really difficult for me, i have been really difficult for me, i have beenin been really difficult for me, i have been in every week since we have been in every week since we have beenin been in every week since we have been in lockdown and i really miss the students and i know the students miss us as well, as do the staff. i think it might be a bit of a long haul. i think we might need to be quite creative but i do see a way forward with this and i really do feel like we took the first step this morning when we opened our school more widely to more students. it was just fabulous. it's good

school more widely to more students. it wasjust fabulous. it's good to have some positive news. thank you for your time. sweden's decision to leave schools open for under—16s during the pandemic didn't lead to any major outbreaks of covid—19, according to the country's minister for education anna ekstrom. shejoins me now. does that mean, do you think other countries like this are just getting our policy wrong? absolutely not. it is up to every country to make their own decisions. from a swedish point of view, our advice from our public health agency was it is not very efficient to keep schools closed and i'm notan efficient to keep schools closed and i'm not an epidemiologist but i am an expert when it comes to schools andi an expert when it comes to schools and i know that there is heavy risks connected to keeping schools close, especially for students who really need school in order to learn but also needed in order to meet adults and meet friends and be safe. risks

are one thing but the counter argument to that is you are risking lives if you don't stick to the regulations, that is the message in this country but your experience has been different. we all have our difference rules and i would like to ta ke difference rules and i would like to take away some of the mystique care. we have kept our schools open but we have had a high level of absenteeism, especially in deprived areas. you have kept your closed but i know that some children have been going to schools in different european countries, for instance children with parents who work in professions where had to go to work in the health care professions etc, so the differences are bigger on paper than so the differences are bigger on paperthan in so the differences are bigger on paper than in reality. in the swedish case, 80% of mothers and fathers work and we had an estimation made that if we had closed down schools and preschools, it would have meant 39% of the

pa rents it would have meant 39% of the parents working, people working in the health care professions would have had to either stay at home with their children all make sure that their children all make sure that the children went to grandfathers and grandmothers and that is something we don't want. we want to keep our elders away from children. there is levels of absenteeism, is that down to parents afraid to send their children to school? it is very much connected to deprived areas and i think it is part of a fact, the background is we have had problems when it comes to communication and information to parents in deprived areas. but also it is a fact that for instance preschools, we are very keen on making sure that young people, young children go to preschool. it is a great way of learning the swedish language, it is the first step in lifelong learning

and we have a constant problem in children from deprived areas go to preschool to a lesser degree and thatis preschool to a lesser degree and that is something we are looking into and it is something we are sorting in this pandemic. what the differences we have seen in society in normal days are made even bigger in this pandemic. it is something we see in sweden as well as in the uk. go back to what you are saying about the risks of not going to school at this time, what would be the major risks in your mind? i would say the major risks are losing time. we all have schools because we think it is vital that young people learn things that they need to learn in order to study further, in order to take up jobs, in order to be a responsible citizen, but we also know that school is important as a safe place. we have seen from all over europe, sweden included, that this period of

pan de mi has led to a higher degree of domestic abuse and of children making contact with helplines asking for help. we have seen a rise when it comes to psychic welfare. school is important. for instance, for many children in deprived areas, then will you get at school is may be the only real meal you get during the daytime, so our estimation is that school is important for children's health, it is important for the functioning of society, that is why we have schools after all. but i would like to stress that if we sort of made the estimation, this was a decision made on solid facts we had

on the ground on the swedish situation, if the decision to close down schools in the future, for insta nce down schools in the future, for instance if we have a second wave, if we see this will be something that would help us in order to curb this pandemic, i wouldn't hesitate to close down the schools and during this time of pandemic, i have the tools and regulations in place. so for us we can close down the schools if we need to buy so far, our estimation has been the cost would have been higher and i would also like to add that we had an estimation made by our public health authority saying that so far, during the time that we have had the schools open, we have seen children and young people and look out for a small proportion of covid—19 cases and they have not been the driving force of this pandemic and also,

when it comes to the staff in the schools, we have observed that the staff have not been diagnosed with covid—19 to a greater degree or a greater extent than those in other professions. when i wasjust talking to the head teacher here in the uk, i notice you smile when she was talking about the reaction of the teachers and the children have not seen each other for three months and thatis seen each other for three months and that is an important thing, but do you sense things have changed around the world in terms of a balance between children learning in the classroom and perhaps making use of technology and perhaps spending a little more time learning at home with yellow yes, absolutely. actually in sways and we did have all schools closed from 16 and upwards, so all our students in upper secondary or college have been learning from home and this has been, we have had positive effects out of that but also negative effects. we have had both sides but we have learnt a lot and one of the

things we learned, the reason i was smiling is that suddenly when i was 16 to 18—year—olds have been studying from home, really struggling with connections, with la pto ps, struggling with connections, with laptops, with being alone and not being able to ask the teacher a simple question, without all the human contact, the teacher smiling and explaining something eye to eye, suddenly we realise that we love our teachers. the students they really long for their teachers and the teachers long for their students. there is nothing as sad as a school without pupils. it is fascinating to hear that. the swedish minister for education, very kind of you to give us education, very kind of you to give us your time this afternoon. thank you very much. we just talking about

the video conference call between borisjohnson the video conference call between boris johnson and the the video conference call between borisjohnson and the european commission. we are getting a statement that following that call it was agreed that new momentum in the negotiations on the future relationship. both parties have agreed to intensify talks injuly including finding a possible agreement. it stated both sides underlined their intention to work ha rd to underlined their intention to work hard to deliver a relationship and conclude a deal before the end of 2020. it would appear nothing has changed at this stage. we will bring you more on that later. let's look at the weather. no pressure this will bring us a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. we have seen storms break out across parts of wales and his wealth, the north west midlands, north west england and northern ireland that will see the

heavier storms. many of their showers will fade away overnight to leave dry conditions but at the same time, we will see low cloud reforming across parts of eastern scotla nd reforming across parts of eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. it will be quite a mild night. for most of us it is a dry morning tomorrow. that cloud taking time to and break up with sunshine coming later and in the evening we will start to see thunderstorms break out. the heaviest of the south—west england, wales, north england and western parts of scotland. the showers could bring something like 15—25 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour which is to cause further localised surface water flooding. that is your weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines... huge queues for shops reopening today — 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 supermarkets i've been to, so looking forward to it. love it, love it. i haven't been in lockdown because i work for the nhs but it's so nice for the shop 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. 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. you have to acknowledge that when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you cannot ignore that. i, as a leader, someone in government, i cannot ignore the strength of 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 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 non—essential 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, non—essential shops reopened on friday, but there is still no date for wales and scotland. our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from county durham. 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? i have got my mask, 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 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 doors open again? it is 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 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 in, one out policy. there is hand sanitiser at the door, one—way systems, and customers are asked to browse with their eyes only.

keep touching to a minimum and 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 open in bradford, birmingham, liverpool, and this is bristol. chain trade online and there is pent—up demand. on 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. and brands are extending their returns policy. but some retailers warn itjust won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this is a phased path to recovery. it is coming back to the shop a second and third time that

will allow the economy to open. the two—metre rule is there today, there is a comprehensive review, but it is always going to be based on the best health 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 corker, bbc news in county durham. our business correspondent, ben thompson is at mcarthurglen retail park in ashford in kent which opened back up to customers this morning. hopefully you're outside a fashion outlet. in the hourjust gone, you'll know i was in a homeware store. facing very different

challenges to a clothing store, so we've nipped across to puma and, as you would expect, all sorts of things you heard any report about how it will look and feel very different, not least first of all hand sanitiser a few come in, something we will need to get increasingly used to but all sorts of measures they had to put in place to make sure it is safe, to encourage more of us to make sure it is safe, to encourage more of us back into the shops. it will introduce you to lewis, a store manager here. talk me through what you had to do here because a lot of work has gone into getting the open and it's been quite a while in the making, hasn't it? explain what you changed. firstly, we have a capacity limit of ten customers in—store at one time, controlled by staff on the door, so we can to many people are in at a time. social business markings are down on the floor, people know how far away they should be standing from people. if they have to queue, a memberof from people. if they have to queue, a member of staff will talk them through some of the guidelines that are on the sign you saw when you walked in and you can see we've got glass screens in front of the till

point with little messages in the corner which say how we prefer card payments and we do have a 60 day return policy to try and deter people from trying things on. the fitting rooms are closed at the moment but we will open them if a memberof the moment but we will open them if a member of the public asks and anything they don't try on... sorry, try on and don't take, we quarantine it in try on and don't take, we quarantine itina try on and don't take, we quarantine it in a safe place for 72 hours. that is interesting because a lot of the things you said is stuff we got used to in supermarkets but that is an interesting one. have someone ta ke an interesting one. have someone take something off the shelf, they've handled it and they do not necessarily want it, it goes straight into quarantine. stuff that would have been for sale, you have to put in a store for 70 to do 72 hours. by controlling the fitting rooms, you lower the risk of people going in and with our return policy, we deter people trying things on but at the end of the day, people do

wa nt to at the end of the day, people do want to try things on and they want to buy it, with her is different, they can try footwear on as long as they can try footwear on as long as they are wearing socks and we do provide pop socks for those that don't have them. might be opened at 10am, how has it been? it has been good, a lot busier than i thought. a lot of people waiting to come shopping. it has been really controlled from the outlet and others. we have the number of sport own in be distancing within the store, the way fixtures are set up and spread out has felt great the whole time and people are out spending, which is wonderful. that's what i wanted to ask, that's the crucial thing, people spending? what are they buying? is the pent demand? yes, the fact that we are wanting to clear for the new season, yes, the fact that we are wanting to clearfor the new season, people yes, the fact that we are wanting to clear for the new season, people are seeing and making the most of it but it is great. at the end of the day, if you're willing to come out on this, you will chew a bit, likely you will spend things and that is great for us. thank you. that is a

sense of how different retailers are doing things differently, even selling face masks if you want a branded facemask, you can get that here as well. all sorts of changes the retailers have had to put in place because i was research over the weekend suggesting 43% of us felt safe getting back out to the shops but there is clearly a financial incentive to do so with the british retail consortium saying it could cost £1.8 billion per week whilst nonessential stores remain closed, so there is a financial incentive to getting them reopen but quite clearly, doing so safely and making sure customers and staff are protecting them. you will not make the sort of money these shops frankly need if they are going to survive this. that is the big question for all of them, is it worth and reopening? if they don't have an as many customers going through the doors. i think many retailers expecting a bit of an uptick in sales because there has been so much pent—up demand and, as

you heard there from that store manager, putting some stuff on sale may be to clear some of the old stock because remember we went into lockdown at the end of march when all the spring and summer stuff was in the stores and now they are looking ahead to summer, also want to enter with fashion moving quickly. i think the real concern is less about retail and more i think the hospitality, so bars, restau ra nts, the hospitality, so bars, restaurants, hotels could suffer because for them, they've said with this to me to a social distancing rule in place, staying for the meal but they still have to spend the money on the chef and only waiting on team and the bar staff. for them, it is not financially viable to open. retailers have proved certainly today they are ready to do it in some form but for other businesses, not so easy. hardly thriving at the moment when we look around you, is it? i didn't catch

that. i was just looking around you, is it? i didn't catch that. i wasjust looking around you, it is hardly that busy, the initial rush has calmed down somewhat. yeah, it's funny. we were up at the nike shop earlier because it was a lot of people queueing in, it would pose busy. it looks busier than it is because we've now got used to queueing outside the shop, so if you go down your local supermarket, there is always a queue because they limit how many people are inside, so the shops themselves are not particularly busy. speaking to the boss, they said they had a good day come expecting half the capacity than they would normally have at this time of year on the sort of day. it is absolutely a managed return. particularly oxford street, the nike store, people queueing like it was black friday trying to get through the doors. people have been quite calm. as he touched on there,

different when it comes to changing rooms and trying things on. that will be different and quite clearly, that will put people off internet shopping, which has gone particularly well, that might be a trend that they have at a heap after lockdown whether we will finally return to stores. we know the high street has been struggling already. that is another factor that could contribute to a slowdown in high street. i will let you go find something fashionable to wear. thank you very much. you're watching bbc news. ‘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. no peace. nojustice. no peace. whose lives matter?