tonight at ten — more misery for the high street, as two of the uk's biggest names announce big job losses. boots is cutting 4000 posts. john lewis is closing eight stores, putting 1300 jobs at risk. both blame the pandemic. it comes a day after the chancellor unveiled his new economic support plan. he admits it won't be enough for many. i can't protect every single job, the answer is no. is unemployment going to rise? are people going to lose theirjobs? yes. the scale of this is significant. we are entering one of the most severe recession is this country has ever seen. also tonight — lockdown restrictions ease again in england as beauty

salons and sport centres are told they can open again. 0utdoor pools can reopen from this weekend, indoor pools and gyms in two weeks‘ time, beauticians, tattoo pa rlours from monday, and even outdoor theatre is coming back. the bbc presses ahead with plans to scrap free tv licences for most over—75s from next month. the actorjohnny depp tells the high court he did not assault his ex—wife in a drink and drug fuelled rage during a trip to australia. and cricket's back — england struggle in the first test against the west indies. and coming up in sport on bbc news, champions league chasing manchester united look to move closer to the top four places in the premier league. good evening. two of the uk's biggest high street retailers, john lewis and boots, have announced more than 5000 job cuts.

4000 jobs will be cut at boots — that's 7% of the workforce. 48 boots opticians stores will be closed. and 1,300 jobs are at risk atjohn lewis. it's shutting down eight of its stores, including one of its flagships in birmingham. the moves come amid warnings that the chancellor's massive economic support package unveiled yesterday won't be enough to stop millions of workers losing theirjobs. here's our business editor, simonjack. less then 2k hours after the government's attempt to stem the tide ofjob losses, boots said it intended to cut 4,000 posts, hundreds of managers in its high—street stores, the closure of 48 0ptician outlets, but the majority of them at its nottingham headquarters. it is to be expected, i suppose, because the income that they have lost, they have got to recoup it somehow, haven't they? it is a sad, sorry state of affairs. it is the worry to the economy that redundancies in the short—term help the corporation but then

it is the strain on public services and things to try and look after those people which of course is what we should do. it is a worry all round. meanwhile, john lewis, the great survivor of the last crisis, is not immune. it is closing eight stores including its landmark in birmingham, as the virus has accelerated the move to shopping online, wherejohn lewis expects to generate 70% of its sales this year and next. how are you? all this the day after rishi sunak announced plans to reward businesses with a bonus of £1000 for every worker on furlough still in a job in six months‘ time. yesterday, we announced our plan forjobs. this is about creating, protecting and supporting jobs across the country. not everyone is going to be able to go back to the job they had. we hope as many can be and that is why we've got our furlough bonus. the chancellor's offer simply does not make economic sense for wedding events supplier, mark, who is very grateful for government support so far but has nine staff on furlough with no income in sight.

the sums don't add up. i would technically have to bring my staff back in october but the business is simply not financially viable to pay all of the wages in november and december and january, to wait for £1000 per member of staff at the end ofjanuary or february, it is just not sustainable. today's announcement means that boots will miss out on £4 million ofjob retention bonus money, proof perhaps that for sectors like retail, undergoing structural change, these government measures cannot stop the tide ofjob losses. meanwhile, smaller businesses can't afford to hold onto staff for six months to collect £1000, while those who were going to bring back workers anyway may see this as a windfall. for opposition politicians, the chancellor's approach is too blunt. 0ur concern is that the action they have taken is not focused on the right places, so thejobs retention bonus is a bonus for alljobs

and many of those jobs, many of the people would have been brought back in any event. some are really at risk of losing theirjobs. we say it should be targeted in the areas that most need it. even the taxman expressed concerns. the chief executive of hmrc said, while he was prepared to be overruled, he was unable to reach a view that this represents value for money. meanwhile, newly self—employed mark whittaker is one of hundreds of thousands who full outside most of the government's support programmes. i can't get my head around how the chancellor expects any person, any citizen of this country, to survive on zero income. how is that possible? the worst economic crisis in living memory is hitting hard and fast. little wonder, perhaps, the chancellor feels that speed is more important than precision and he has left the door open for further measures that it seems inevitably will be needed. simon jack, bbc news.

let's speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. despite these huge sums announced by the chancellor yesterday, these latest job losses are a clear the chancellor yesterday, these latestjob losses are a clear sign of what's to come? the numbers are really cranking up, aren't they question our awful news today from the big high street names, proof of why the government felt it had to act and act in a big way, with the chancellor promising these enormous sums to pump into the economy yesterday, but a reminder that for many firms and more importantly many people losing theirjobs as individuals, that kind of help will come too late. we've all seen today, the day after the big commons performance yesterday from the chancellor, really clear evidence of how uncertain the outcomes of the treasury schemes will be. that's not just because the top official at hmrc felt he had to put his concerns about value for money on the record, which is not unprecedented but certainly unusual, notjust because

labour has been expressing concerns about how targeted this scheme will really be, but also there is something to take into account when the treasury has told me tonight that they haven't done modelling of these big schemes, thatjob bonus scheme that's meant to help people stay on employment because frankly the situation is just too and predictable. it's not that they wouldn't like to know what the take—up would be, it's simply that they are putting help and they hope hope out there too, but it will be down to business and down to consumers to respond, but it's not possible for the government to know exactly what's going to happen in the next few months. a reminder therefore of all the uncertainty that abounds when it comes to the economy after the worst of the health emergency of coronavirus, and a reminder really that the government can pull big leavers that they hope will have a big impact but they hope will have a big impact but they really can't be sure what will happen at the other end and i'm afraid when it comes to unemployment

at least for the time being that means the number going in one direction and i'm afraid that direction and i'm afraid that direction is up was like laura kuenssberg, thank you. lockdown restrictions are being eased again in england. the government says leisure facilities and beauty salons can reopen gradually over the coming weeks, starting with outdoor swimming pools on saturday. some grassroots sport will be able to return, like cricket. from monday beauticians and tattooists can go back to work, spas and tanning salons can open their doors again, but there'll be restrictions for high risk treatments — mainly facial treatments. and on the 25th ofjuly, indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will reopen. sarah corker reports from a sports centre in 0ldham. lifeguards practising their rescue skills. can you open your eyes? fitness instructors learning first aid. face coverings are not essential in the gym. and gym staff making a welcome back video for customers. hello! this community leisure centre in 0ldham is ready to open its doors

after 111 days in hibernation. i'm over the moon. for those living nearby, it can't come soon enough. we always used to come to the parent and baby classes with my little girl as well. we were hoping to be able to start heron properswimming lessons soon as well. it is accessible for all of the community. like i said, my friends can afford it, it does not matter what kind ofjob you do, you can afford it because they have got different schemes. this is one of six centres run by a charitable trust for 0ldham council. every week they are closed, the trust loses £100,000, and the recovery will be slow. there's a long way to go, it's the start of a journey and it will be difficult. we will be losing money hand over fist in the first few months as we build back up to normal levels. a lot of the activities we had done before lockdown, like spectator events in the hall, or team sports, for example, they will be coming on stream further down the line.

those working in gyms, pools and beauty salons have been frustrated they have had to wait longer to reopen. lifeguard jordanne is keeping her skills up—to—date but her main job is running a nail salon. ijust feel like it has been looked at as if it is not really that important but realistically, it is people's livelihoods and we all can't wait to get back and just be able to... to make other people happy as well as earning money and making ourselves happy. gyms and leisure centres have been planning and rehearsing how to reopen for weeks now. here, they have moved exercise bikes into a bigger space so people can socially distance, and they also come with hand sanitiser. but the big unknown is whether customers will want to return to gyms after they have got used to exercising at home or outdoors. if we can convince people when we reopen to come and see that we can operate very safely, and we do believe we have got very stringent cleaning regimes in place,

and if people can see that and they understand that, i am not worried about renewals. so the 25th ofjuly is the date many gym goers have been waiting for. the industry now has just over two weeks to prepare, and bring tens of thousands of staff back from furlough. sarah corker, bbc news, 0ldham. and restrictions are being eased too for the performing arts in england. some changes are coming in from this saturday. 0ur correspondent colleen harrisjoins me. live theatre, live music slowly making a return? that's right. theatres, operas, dance and music events, all outdoor for now but of course there's going to have to be some special measures in place, so fewer people allowed to watch, track and trace and a deep clea n after watch, track and trace and a deep clean after every performance for those venues. they are working hard to get indoor performances back up

and running again so they are trying some small indoor events with socially distanced audiences to try to work out how to usher people in safely. what have we not been doing 01’ safely. what have we not been doing or seeing during lockdown? that's singing together. we've all seen those zoom acquires. well, some singing and playing of brass and wind instruments will be allowed under a managed and controlled environment, and health experts will be testing some of those to ensure that the virus isn't transmitted. be testing some of those to ensure that the virus isn't transmitted! and all of this follows a sunday's announcement of a £1.5 billion rescue package for the arts. there's still no details yet about how that money will to be distributed or how soon, but finally some progress. coueen soon, but finally some progress. colleen harris, thank you. there's a further easing of lockdown measures as well across scotland. from tomorrow people can meet in extended groups outdoors, and with two other households indoors. there will also be more exemptions from social distancing rules, although the use of face coverings in shops will be mandatory. pupils in wales will also be going back to school in september. the welsh education minister says

schools should be able to operate at full capacity due to the decline of the virus across the country. under the plans schools will only need to operate with limited social distancing within groups of around 30 children. free tv licences for most over 75 year olds will be scrapped from next month. the decision will affect more than 3.5 million households. only those receiving pension credit will still get a free licence. the government introduced the policy 20 years ago, but handed responsibility to the bbc more recently as part of the licence fee settlement. the bbc says it can't afford to pay for it without cutting a number of channels and services. here's our media editor, amol rajan. when the pandemic struck, audiences for bbc shows and digital services soared. that's why it delayed these proposed changes, until now. it's well understood the bbc‘s under severe financial constraints but ourjob is to be fair to all audiences.

those over 75 and under 75 have no wish to see the very significant cut in programmes and services that would have been necessary if we had rolled out the concession to everybody over 75, whether they could afford to pay or not. those applying for a new licence can do so online or through a specialist contact centre, and can choose to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly. from august 1st, only those on pension credit will be eligible, that's around 1.5 million households. but around 3 million households who currently get free tv licences will no longer be eligible. delaying the new measure was costing the bbc £35 million a month. this decision divides opinion, even among committed bbc viewers. 80—year—old sheila is unhappy about the news. i've been indoors now forfour months. i've not been outside my front door. i've been able to watch television

and keep up—to—date with the news as to what's going on in my area — i find that invaluable. if we look at this, it's probably what, £3 per week, and the bbc have already put in the safety net that if you're claiming a benefit such as pension credit guarantee, then you will be eligible for a free licence. therefore, even if you're in lockdown, you can pay for it. the bbc says fairness was its guiding principle here, but this is about finances, too. the pandemic has already cost the bbc £125 million, separate to the cost of this two—month delay. in an era when young people a re co nsta ntly tem pted to much wealthier rivals, the bbc argues it's simply not feasible to spend up to a fifth of your budget on a subsidy which until recently came from government and which two decades ago didn't exist. part of the responsibility definitely lies with the government that made the decision to transfer these free licences

to the bbc some years ago, and now it's their responsibility to sit down with the bbc and sort out a solution, so older people, who have had to put up with so much already this year, don't have to face this, too. however popular the bbc‘s shows are now, their quality and quantity depend upon a licence fee model under unprecedented strain. amol rajan, bbc news. the deaths of 85 more people who've tested positive for coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 44,602. it comes as a pilot scheme is being launched in england to test thousands of people who work in what are deemed to be high risk jobs for coronavirus like taxi drivers, sales assistants, pharmacists and cleaners. they'll be tested even if they don't have symptoms. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. facing up to the realities. bedford is one of the communities with the largest number of cases and the biggest challenges trying to keep the virus in check.

today, news of a pilot scheme to test taxi drivers and some other vulnerable groups of workers was given the thumbs up. whoever you carry, you really don't know, do you? that is the risk that you take, even for myself, i mean, if they do test it, i think i would welcome it. if the government do more testing, then they know who has got the virus and who doesn't, and then we can control the virus. bedford's local council and partners are doing what they can to get social distancing messages across, including prominent signs like this, right in the heart of the town. different languages spoken in the community are used for social media messaging about the virus risk. bedford's mayor told me local councillors played their part. using their links, whether it's their instagram account, facebook pages, twitter accounts, e—mail lists, it's that engagement with people on a street level that is important

in clearly getting the message out. areas with the highest infection rates in the uk are all in england and wales. the highest is still leicester with 125 cases per 100,000 of population last week. with just over a quarter of that each come rochdale, bradford, kirklees and wrexham. they‘ re followed by blackburn with darwen, rotherham, bedford, 0ld ham and barnsley. kirklees up five per 100,00 and blackburn with darwen up two are the only ones with increases this week. bradford has its own public messaging campaign. it‘s one of the areas where testing of vulnerable workers will be carried out, including shop staff. i think it‘s a really good idea and lots of people should go and get tested. we don't know who's coming and where they're coming from so for our safety, staff safety and public safety, it's a good idea. back in bedford, debbie, who‘s had the virus, is confident enough now to open up a new shop.

i think people need to support local businesses, definitely, because the town that you have got is the town that you make and if you haven‘t got people that are going to support your local business, then they‘re going to be ghost towns. retailers hope that as case numbers fall and fears subside, shoppers will step out with greater confidence. hugh pym, bbc news, bedford. mobile phone companies have warned mps that there could be blackouts lasting several days if the chinese company huawei is forced to withdraw from the uk‘s 56 network. vodafone and bt said they would need at least five years to completely remove the chinese firm. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, joins me. the government seem to have made the decision to allow huawei to build the sg decision to allow huawei to build the 56 network but with a limit to

how much, but that was not the end of it. the decision had to be reopened because of pressure from washington and also conservative mps who have wanted a tougher line on china as well as huawei partly because of hong kong and they want huawei to be excluded entirely from sg huawei to be excluded entirely from 56 and for it to happen quickly. what we had today was the other side of the argument, the telecoms companies are saying if you want that, there will be consequences, and a bt executive told a parliamentary committee it was impossible to get huawei to get zero ina impossible to get huawei to get zero in a three year period and he said there would be blackouts including of 4g coverage as well as the slowdown of 56 rolled out if that happened. another industry person told me trying to replace huawei would be like trying to do heart surgery would be like trying to do heart surgery in the middle of a marathon race. but we should see all of this is part of an intense lobbying campaign ahead of a decision by government, we are expecting perhaps as early as next week, likely to be as early as next week, likely to be a tough line on huawei, saying they

will be excluded at some point, but the devil will be in the detail, and how quickly will they be trying to get rid of huawei and in what way. evenif get rid of huawei and in what way. even if that is the decision, if washington and conservative backbenchers and racing are happy with the details, they might try to raise the stakes again. gordon, thanks forjoining us. the high court has heard how the hollywood starjohnny depp denies assaulting assaulting his ex wife in a drink and drug fuelled rage during a trip to australia. the actor said amber heard had thrown a vodka bottle at him which severed his finger. the court was told that he then completely destroyed the house, covering the walls in blood and paint and causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. johnny depp is suing for libel over a sun article that called him a "wife beater", allegations he denies. david sillito reports. johnny! johnny depp arriving at court for a day of questioning about his struggles with drink and drugs.

his libel trial against the publishers of the sun was provoked by this article that called him a wife—beater, something he strenuously denies. but he doesn‘t deny that the relationship with amber heard was deeply troubled. he also admits he was struggling with addiction. the court was shown this appearance at an awards ceremony in 2014. that‘s the weirdest microphone i‘ve ever seen in my life. laughter i know, right? johnny depp was asked if he was drunk. he said no. this was, he said, a sick man, a drug addict coming off some very unpleasant medication. johnny depp was questioned about their volatile relationship. 0ne incident resulted in him having part of his finger severed. he said it was caused by amber heard hurling a vodka bottle at him, something which she denies. the court was shown images of the wreckage where the incident took place, butjohnny depp said there wasn‘t an assault on amber heard. 0ne witness said he feared for their lives. johnny depp said, "there are several times when i have spoken "to ms heard and said, ‘listen, we are a crime scene

"waiting to happen‘." and when part of his finger was severed, he said... and amongst the images that have been released is this, of him lying injured on a hospital bed, but he was also questioned about a text message to ms heard. it was put to him, "you‘re describing yourself as a savage "in that text because you had been violent to a woman, "namely ms heard." "no, ma‘am," he replied, "that is not the case. "i‘ve often described myself in derogatory ways and would be "the first to be unkind to myself." news group newspapers claims there is overwhelming evidence that johnny depp assaulted his wife during their marriage. johnny depp has made no secret of his battles with addiction, but says while he may have taken his anger out on inanimate objects, he did not assault amber heard. david sillito, bbc news. the us supreme court has ruled that new york prosecutors can have access

to donald trump‘s financial records, including his tax returns. mr trump has dismissed the investigation into his affairs as a witch hunt. but every us president since jimmy carter in the 19705 has chosen to make their tax returns public. 0ur north america jon sopel is at the white house. is he going to do so? maybe, but it will take a very long time. let‘s do this in two parts, the legal side of this, donald trump was defeated today, in the supreme court, he had asserted he had absolute immunity and that he could not be investigated all the time he remained in office, but by a majority of 7— to the supreme court rejected that and they said no man is above the law, and the courts in new york and have access to his files. donald trump has reacted furiously saying this is a hoax and a witchhunt and that it is prosecutorial misconduct, but now we can come to the political side of

this. the court also said donald trump could challenge various aspects of what the court in new york was doing, and that kicks it into the long grass, with legal arguments. the thing that donald trump has wanted to do more than anything else is keep his tax records from the american people before the election. i think he will before the election. i think he will be able to do that, so what has happened today is that he has had a legal defeat and possibly a political win. thanks forjoining us. continuing controversy over the future of some public statues, and protests by the black lives matter movement, have shone a light on aspects of britain‘s imperial past. for the second in our series of reports considering the legacies of imperialism, fergal keane has been to the province of munster in the republic of ireland — one of the early testing grounds of british colonialism. these days history is a beautiful tourist trail.

here, where empire took root in the fields of munster. there are traces everywhere of that long ago conquest, when the energy of elizabethan england overpowered its enemies. the irish were not made slaves but there was massacre, dispossession and assault on gaelic culture. catholic ireland with her continental allies was a threat to protestant elizabeth but also an opportunity for english adventurism. this part of ireland saw some of the worst atrocities, carried out by men regarded as heroes in britain, and they would take the tactics and methods of colonial conquest and export them from here across the world. men like sir walter raleigh who took vast land holdings after the destruction of the native lords. the great poet edmund spencer was amongst those who defended starving civilians to deny

food to rebels. thousands died in the famine which swept munster in the 15805. i‘m going back into the landscape of the munster conquest, along the river blackwater, to meet a leading expert on the elizabethan era here. how ruthless was the imposition of colonial rule by these men? whatever it took, i mean, they killed men, women and children. that‘s very much part of how the british empire emerges. it‘s forceful seizure and occupation. but go to the town of youghal at the river mouth and walter raleigh is a tourist attraction. raleigh left ireland for other colonial adventures but others prospered, settled, and rest in ornate tombs.

in a stable modern republic, their legacy can be studied, not fought over. it‘s much better for us to try to understand what happened, why it happened, how perhaps raleigh or these other individuals could treat irish people particularly badly and often they do so because they considered them to be almost a different species of humanity. grim houses beckoned in the swelling gloom of munster fields. where the atlantic night fettered the child within the pit of doom. and everywhere a going down of light. memories of oppression became embedded in our culture. but historic acts of reconciliation are helping to heal old wounds. i feel the hand of history upon our shoulder in respect of this, i really do, and ijust think we need to acknowledge

that and respond to it. with the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all. history throws up complexities. thousands of irish served as imperial soldiers and civil servants. i had relatives who fought the british and others who benefited from and served empire. but i wanted to hear what some younger people in munster felt about the colonial past. we want to see both sides of the coin and put people in the shoes of participants of these events in the past. history is very complex and there‘s a lot of grey areas but we try to give them the facts and let them decide their own opinion after that. i know some people would love an apology, but for the likes of us,

we just want to learn about it and not to make those mistakes again, i think it is better than getting an apology. you look at people of your generation who are black british, black american, looking back at the history of the empire, and they feel real rage and anger over what happened to their ancestors. you don‘t feel that? we don't suffer injustice as much as they do. we live privileged lives. we're not being injusticed every day as much as they are. their roots were taken from them so i can understand why you would be angry. like, i‘m very proud to be irish and i love my heritage and i love my roots so i can‘t imagine having that taken away from me. history is no longer a gaping wound in munster. the colonial past is distant. crow chirps it really is the past. fergal keane, bbc news, munster. some other news now.

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