the headlines... the us supreme court has ruled that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal. the decision is being seen as the most important ruling in favour of lgbt rights, since same sex marriage was legalised five years ago. protesters march over the police killing of another african—american man, this time in atlanta. the family of rayshard brooks say they are "heartbroken" and "tired" of the racial injustice. diners in paris are now allowed inside restaurants and cafes for the first time since lockdown three months ago. france is also among a number of eu countries which have reopened their borders to travellers and tourists. uk prime minister borisjohnson has held a virtual brexit summit with eu leaders in the hopes of reviving a post—brexit trade deal. both sides have agreed that new momentum is needed in negotiations on their future relationship.

we start in scotland where hearts have begun legal proceedings after being told there's no avoiding their relegation from the premiership. partick thistle and stranraer will be going down a tier too, after not enough clubs backed plans to expand the top flight and restructure the league. the spfl says today's vote "draws a line under the matter." but hearts are calling it unjust and unfair, saying a legal challenge is now their only choice. here's our sports correspondent chris maclauchlin. yes, scottish football has really been in turmoil since that decision to end the season early due to coronavirus. partick thistle and stranraer. obviously all three clubs furious because they didn't get to finish their seasons.

in an attempt to redress the balance and address unfairness scottish football has been looking at restructuring. the league set up. this purported to be the best chance to vote in favour of that. in the end, quite surprisingly, only 16 of the 42 clubs have voted in favor. so we now go with the status quo. hearts, clearly furious, have decided that they will take legal action. just exactly where that goes, what they can gain from that remains to be seen. it's understood they will be looking for some kind of compensation. that compensation could well run into the millions. of course like everything else in scottish football lately, we willjust have to wait and see where it all ends up. next to the return of the premier league in england. less than 48 hours away, aston villa face champions league chasing sheffield united in the first match behind closed doors with the financial impact being felt by all clubs. premier league teams face a one billion pound 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. returning on saturday, the football league faces a £200 million black hole. so does the sheffield united manager think there needs to be a rethink around 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 in the premier league and i think premier league clubs first and foremost will look after their own football club. wednesday's other game will see arsenal go to manchester city. you'll remember it was mikel arteta's positive test for coronavirus that was swiftly followed by the league being suspended in march. now looking ahead to a congested few weeks to complete the resumed season, the arsenal boss says more young players will get a chance to play with 5 substitutes now

allowed to be used. we have five games in 15 days. that's the game every three days. we don't know how the players are gonna respond physically. they have a really short preparation. we have to use them and we have some really talented young boys. they're asking for chances and i'm sure at every club the situation will be the same. i think it will as some states for us to use some of them in the amount of games that were going to be playing in that short space of time. 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‘s 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 pounds 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 all 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. 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. " next to cricket and the west indies bowling coach says his team will have to find new ways to shine the ball when their test series against england gets under way

in southampton next month. the icc‘s banned using saliva to make the ball swing as part of new measures brought in to combat coronavirus. we have grown accustomed to using saliva on the ball. but now we have started in the practice session trying to implement the sweat and trying to get to shine the ball that way. but we've got to come up with a system or a way to get us to swing the ball. there is no point throwing your hands up in the air and say look, we can't use saliva so we can't ball. so we can't bowl. that's something that we are not prepared to do. we got to find a way to do it. that's all the sport for now. boris johnson's plan, to set up a commission into racial inequality,

in response to the black lives matter protests, has been criticised by the shadowjustice secretary, david lammy. mr lammy was sharply critical of the prime minister's proposal, saying it had been "drawn up on the back of a fag packet". he said, that instead of yet another review borisjohnson should implement the recommendations that previous inquiries had already come up with. here's our home editor mark easton. "black lives matter," tens of thousands cried. "i cannot ignore your strength of feeling," the prime minister responds. today announcing a commission to investigate racial inequality in britain and report in six months. what has slightly been lost in all of this is the story of success, and what i really want to do as prime minister is change the narrative, so we stop the sense of victimisation, discrimination. it is both condescending and untrue. it is not a "sense of victimisation

or discrimination, " it is the everyday reality. we are here today to remember george floyd... details of how the commission will work, they are sketchy with officials apparently taken by surprise. there have been questions as to whether the policy has been properly thought through. if he was serious, why are there no details about how it would be staffed? it is terms of reference, it is timetable. that's the question. it is because this is written on the back of a fag packet yesterday to assuage the black lives matter protest. britain has had many inquiries and commissions looking at racial inequality and injustice. the report after the brixton riots in the 805, the macpherson report which found the met police was institutionally racist in the 905. in the last three years we have had major reports on race disparity in britain, treatment of minorities by the criminaljustice system and racial discrimination in the workplace. all the reports and inquiries have produced dozens of recommendations and proposals which have been greeted by numerous

promises and apologies. we already have a racial disparities unit here at the cabinet office in whitehall, and the new commission will be in the same room. rather than yet another whitehall committee, wouldn't it be more helpful to allow us to see immediately the official findings on why people from black and other ethnic minorities are more likely to die from covid—i9? i do not accept this is yet another review on top of the ones that have gone before. we have made progress. it's not enough, we are still restless to bring further change, but the prime minister ran his election campaign on a levelling up agenda, he's been talking about this issue, making sure we have more equal opportunity across the country, right across our communities. however, the prime minister's claimed that there is a story of success to be told did not find approval among black lives matter protesters who took to the streets in leeds yesterday. people claiming that we

are playing the victim. that is infuriating because regardless of people's sentiments, the figures speak for themselves. we are unfortunately the victim in these circumstances. after the toppling of his stature, another legacy of edward colston was removed in bristol today. the prime minister admits dealing with these issues will not be easy and history tells us he is probably right. secondary pupils in england facing gcse‘s or a levels next year have returned to school today, meeting their teachers face—to—face for the first time since the lockdown began in march. government guidelines only permit a quarter of the chosen year groups, 10 and 12, to be on site at any one time. pupils from all age groups in wales will return at the end of this month, and scottish and northern irish schools will reopen in august. 0ur education editor branwenjefffreys has more.

for ella, time to see friends again. in year ten, she will now get a day of school each week before summer. how do you feel about me going back to school? i have mixed feelings, really, to be honest. by the time they reached the school gates, they are thinking about how much has been missed. i am feeling nervous, because we have been off for three months, i think, but i am also happy because i get to see my friends and finally return to some sort of normality with learning. next year's gcse exams already on the horizon. i am not sure that that much time they have lost can be gained that easily. in theory it's a great idea, but in reality i am not sure how that would work.