yet as clothing shops and department stores reopen. despite the long queues outside many shops, customers were glad to be back. really excited. a bit of normality. like, a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant and your anti—sort of thing, and you keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. but social distancing was forgotten as people tried to cram into one store in central london. in northern ireland non—essential shops opened on friday, but there's no date set for wales and scotland. also tonight... marcus rashford talks

of his own poverty as a child as he asks the government to provide free school meal vouchers through the summer in england. if there's food on the table, there's food on the table. if there's not, i had friends that understood my same situation, and maybe it was possible for me to go to their house. together with her children, the widow of the african american man shot dead by the police in atlanta says their family will never heal. and school's back in england for some gcse and a—level students, but will usual teaching resume at any point this year? and coming up on bbc news: hearts broken as clubs reject restructuring the league — hearts say they'll see the spfl in court after being relegated from the scottish premiership. good evening. there was the unfamiliar sight of shoppers on the high street today in england as clothes shops

and department stores opened their doors for the first time since lockdown. at one store in central london scuffles broke out as customers tried to cram in. but despite long, socially—distant queues outside some stores, the number of people taking the opportunity for some retail therapy was just a third of what it would usually be. in northern ireland, non—essential shops reopened on friday, and in scotland and wales no date has yet been set. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson. the doors are finally open — a big moment for retailers who have lost billions of pounds in sales, and we are ready for some retail therapy too. birmingham, 7.30am. this is what happens when our high streets come out of hibernation after three long months. queues, and in lots of other places too, with primark drawing the biggest crowds. i got the day off workjust to come.

really excited — a bit of normality. like, a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your anti—sort of thing, and keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. i think this is going to be the way of life for a long time. hopefully not like this, though. the reopening at nike town on oxford street was far from orderly. small shops are back in business, too. in bishop auckland, wendy's relieved to be open. it's absolutely amazing. it's been a long time coming. i think we just need to keep encouraging customers, let them know it's safe to come into shops again, making sure we all have our safety measures in place. safe, but different. just look at the beauty counters here. so we've got shields here in front of the till points, we have our visors. we have also removed all our testers, and along our beauty halls, all of our chairs have now gone to avoid touch. touch is unavoidable if you're trying on trainers. atjd sports they'll be sanitised

straight after, if you don't buy. extraordinary measures, but the boss of this business told me that two—metre rule has to be relaxed. i think it's economically unviable with that distancing in place. you just cannot allow a sufficient number of potential customers inside a store to give it an economic chance. it's all very well queueing on a day like this, but how many of us will be prepared to do this all the time, for stuff that maybe isn't essential? some are still too nervous to come out. there is clearly some pent—up demand today, but the big question for retailers and the economy is will it last? rushden lakes retail park springing back into life today, but some think shopping isn't going back to what it used to be. oh, i think there will be less retail for sure. physical retail will lessen. but, interestingly, we'll probably

get better physical retail. local is going to be more important. i think what's going to suffer are the big town centres, when you have to have a real reason to go there. they won't be going to this debenham's store in gateshead. it's one of 20 shut for good. some big household names have disappeared from the high street altogether during lockdown, with more casualties to come. the great retail reopening is under way, but it's far from business as usual. emma simpson, bbc news. wearing a face covering on public transport became compulsory for the vast majority of travellers in england today. only children under the age of ii and those with a legitimate health reason are exempt. the rules don't apply in wales, scotland and northern ireland where officials are only recommending that people wear them. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been finding out how people have responded to the new regulations. on the tram in nottingham...

..and the train to peterborough. you now have to cover your face on public transport in england. even though stations like york are still pretty quiet. i've been on my own on the train, so it's not felt particularly necessary to wear a mask, although i do understand why we need to wear them. the protection it actually offers is very little. and wearing the same face mask throughout the day offers even less protection, but i think it gives reassurance to a lot of people. but one passenger said not everyone was 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 is funny. "you need to be wearing your mask." officers were ramming the message home in east london. but it was hard to spot anyone without a face covering at paddington. the new rules apply only in england.

and this service was heading to swansea. have to cover their faces, but once they go over the border into wales, it's just a recommendation, so passengers could take their masks off. it's also just a recommendation to cover your face on public transport in northern ireland, and in scotland. you can get a free mask at some stations. you can also put a filter into it... or follow a tutorial online and make your own. with the new rules come new ways of cleaning trains. the spray is a long lasting sanitiser, which kills viruses. passenger numbers now are still relatively low, but that will change.

rail companies expect that in a couple of weeks from now, in earlyjuly, their trains will be about 20% full, so social distancing of two metres might still be possible. but by early september, they think their trains will be half full. by then, social distancing onboard will be much harder. and it's often impossible on a plane. today, easyjet ran its first flights in weeks from london to glasgow and inverness. masks, the norm as you travel, and covering yourface in public indoors is increasingly the socially acceptable thing to do. tom burridge, bbc news. some secondary pupils in england facing gcses or a—levels next year have returned to school — 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 —

ten and i2 — 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. our education editor branwenjefffreys has more. for ella, time to see friends again. in year 10, she will now get a day of school each week before summer. how do you feel about me going back to school? i've got mixed feelings, really, to be honest. by the time they reached the school gates, they're 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'm not sure how that would work. the new routines at school, the gateway back to lessons. each small group on a designated route to their classroom for the day. welcome back, everyone. this school is offering more than some others. all the teenagers had a device for home learning before lockdown. just as well, as their gcse year will start with a lot of home learning. for parents, there is no way of knowing what the minimum is you can expect. even for teenagers who are beginning to return. at some other schools, is—year—olds are only being offered a couple of hours between now and september. and from the government, there is not yet an overall plan of how secondary schools can begin to get back to normal with all the year groups attending. head teachers are having to second guess the next steps, but want advice about september. it can't come soon enough.

we need to know, so that we can plan and do the bestjob we can. i write the school timetable here, and it's a job that takes a number of weeks to do. if you are then producing a timetable that has huge variation in it, to meet social distancing and needs like that, we need the time to do it. we can't wait and make one plan, and find the guidance has changed, and then we have to make another plan. 0k, ok, let's subtract it, so we are going to add them together... from ministers, there will be more details this week on what will be done to help children catch up, with growing concern that not being in school is also damaging. when you add to that massive variation in what schools are doing, you will emerge from that lockdown with our most disadvantaged children almost certainly having fallen further behind. for ella, that's it until next week. tomorrow, lessons are back online. branwenjeffrey, bbc news, worthing.

as we've heard, lockdown restrictions and proposals to relax them differ across the uk. in a moment we'll be speaking to hywel griffith in cardiff and emma vardy in belfast but first let's go to sarah smith in glasgow. sarah? fiona, in scotland's schools won't even partially reopen until the 11th of august. yesterday the education secretary said it was unlikely they would be completely back to normal even by this time next year. today nicola sturgeon has been stressing she wants to get back to full—time teaching as soon as possible. it's actually up to local councils how much time pupils spend in classrooms. some have suggested stu d e nts in classrooms. some have suggested students might come back a third of the time, or maybe four days a week but once every three weeks. that wouldn't be good enough for the first minister who said the scottish government will require councils to look creatively and innovatively at ideas such as may be using other buildings they own as teaching

spaces. the government are very clear that although school exams we re clear that although school exams were cancelled this year they very much want them to go ahead next year. there are clear visible differences in wales as well. the shutters remained down on most shops and nonessential retailers will only find out on friday if they can open next week, then the issue of face masks. they are only recommended in wales, not mandatory, and today around cardiff we saw very few people wearing them. on buses through the city probably fewer than half the passengers or drivers using face coverings. the welsh government said it is confident in the guidance it is giving people here and can point to the fact that the r number, the rate at which the virus is spreading in wales, is lower than over the border in england. it is also reticent to start reviewing that to me to rule on social distancing. first mark drakeford revealed today he is not actually in step with the prime minister, saying it is almost three weeks now since

he has spoken to borisjohnson. there was a boost for the tourism industry here in northern ireland today with a new announcement from the devolved government that self catering holiday accommodation will be able to reopen from june 26, in just under two weeks. so people starting to think about holidays again, and another announcement today that bars serving food, hotels and restaurants would also be able to reopen on july and restaurants would also be able to reopen onjuly the 3rd. that and restaurants would also be able to reopen on july the 3rd. that date was brought forward to bring things more into line with the kind of timetable of reopening happening over the border in the republic of ireland. there is also a debate amongst ministers here to about whether the two metre social distancing rule should be reduced to one metre which would then help some of those smaller bars and restaurants get a few more customers through the doors, and also a question over whether northern ireland could emulate the kind of cafe culture we see in places like spain and allow more restaurants to see people outside on the pavements. 0k.

emma vardy, sarah smith and hywel griffith, thank you. in the last 2a hours, authorities have recorded a further 38 deaths of people with coronavirus across the uk. figures are usually lower just after the weekend. it brings the total number of deaths to 41,736. deaths from coronavirus are decreasing across the uk — with the rolling seven day average now under 200. that's down from an average of around 900 at the height of the pandemic in early april. 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. he said the prime minister's proposal had been "drawn up on the back of a fag packet" and that instead of yet another review, boris johnson should implement the recommendations that previous inquiries had already come up with. here's our home editor mark easton. black lives matter! "black lives matter," tens of thousands cry. "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 and discrimination. it is both condescending and untrue. it's not a "sense" of victimisation or discrimination, it is the everyday reality. we're here today to remember george floyd... details of how the commission will work 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 will be staffed? its remit, its terms of reference, its timetable? that's the question. it is because this was written on the back of a fag packet yesterday to assuage the black lives matter protest. britain's had many inquiries and commissions looking at racial inequality and injustice.