a call for clarity on the wearing of face coverings — as the government says it will come to a decision on the situation in england in the next few days. to a decision on the situation the prime minister says there will be a decision in a few days, but he knows what he thinks if asked to wear one. yes, face coverings, i think people should be wearing in shops. and in terms of how we do that, whether we make it mandatory or not, we'll be looking at the guidance and we'll be saying a little bit more in the next few days. we'll be getting the latest from westminster — and from wales where, in the last few minutes, it's been announced that mask—wearing will be compulsory on public transport. also this lunchtime... a huge win for manchester city, as the club successfully overturns a two—year ban from european club competitions. tributes to kelly preston — the hollywood actress and wife ofjohn travolta —

who's died after a two—year battle with breast cancer. come on in — the national trust opens a small number of its houses to visitors for the first time since they all closed due to lockdown. and coming up in sport on bbc news, sale sharks confirm the signing of manu tuilagi, the england centre, after he refused a deal at leicester tigers. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. it is the strongest hint yet that face coverings could be made compulsory in england soon. borisjohnson says it's better to wear one,

but there's still no official guidance, meaning it's down to you and the shops to work it out for now. but the prime minister said the government would be looking at what tools would be necessary. labour says the message is confused, and needs to be cleared up. chris mason reports. it is the political call cover up lots of people have actually wanted to see. the prime minister was out and about in a face covering again today, visiting the london ambulance service. yesterday, michael gove said it should not be mandatory to wear one said it should not be mandatory to wearone ina said it should not be mandatory to wear one in a shop in england. this morning, mrjohnson said...” wear one in a shop in england. this morning, mrjohnson said... i do think that in shops it is very important to wear a face covering, if you're going to be in a confined space and you want to protect other people and to receive protection in turn, yes, face coverings, i think people should be wearing in shops. and in terms of how we do that,

whether we make it mandatory or not, we'll be looking at the guidance and sing a little bit more in the next few days. here are the rules, for now at least, around the uk. in england and northern ireland, you have to wear a face covering on public transport but not in shops. in scotland, they are mandatory on public transport and in shops. and it's been announced today that you'll have to wear one on public transport in wales but not in shops from two weeks today. it will become mandatory in wales for people to wear a three layer face covering while travelling on public transport and that includes taxis. the requirement to wear a face covering on public transport will come into effect in wales from the 27th of july. effect in wales from the 27th of july. i encourage people to wear a face covering for the foreseeable

future. it should be as automatic as winning a seat belt in a car. if you wear a face covering on public transport or in a shop, it reduces the chances of passing the virus on to someone else the chances of passing the virus on to someone else or someone passing it on to you. the rules are baffling. they vary around the uk and ministers in england appear to have contradicted themselves. at the direction of travel is clear. wherever you are, it's going to be important to have a face covering with you. for now, in england, it's up with you. for now, in england, it's up to us to decide what we do when we go shopping. labour say they back wearing a covering becoming mandatory. the issue here has been the lack of clarity. you have had one set of messages around this going back a few weeks, the prime minister then said on friday he was in favour of it and then yesterday ministers were put out on the sunday

shows to see the opposite. and if you think you've seen and heard quite a bit already about up, there is more covering up to come. chris mason, bbc news. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. there have been days of confusion over all this. what's going on? there's been confusion because i think ministers frankly have been a little bit wobbly about how this will pan out. the hope is that if we have to wear face coverings in england in shops, people will think it is safe to go back into shops and their work, it will revitalise town centres again. the counter view is the opposite. people will see people in face coverings and they will not go into the city centre and will think winning a mask in a shop, what a palaver, i'm not going to do that andi a palaver, i'm not going to do that

and i will shop online. the scientific advice has become ever clearer in favour of the benefits of face masks. pretty much every other country has gone down this road. and there is the crying need for clarity and a simple clear message. to be fairto and a simple clear message. to be fair to the government, it's not just they who have been confused, we are quitea just they who have been confused, we are quite a confused bunch as well. if you look at polling in countries like spain and italy, about 85% of people were face masks. your comment is way down at 21%. but we are amongst the most risk averse when it comes to coronavirus. so we have this funny situation where we are risk averse to the virus but we are also socially averse to wearing a mask which might help protect us from the virus. confused dot—com. norman, thank you very much. with me now is our health correspondent lauren moss. there has been confusion in the scientific community as well? that's

right, there were concerns a few months ago that wearing a face covering could be slightly counter—productive covering could be slightly counter— productive and they covering could be slightly counter—productive and they might lure people into a false sense of security, not to follow hygiene measures and not to socially distance. but since then the evidence has emerged that suggest they could be a barrier against the virus and against passing it on. especially amongst those who don't know they've got it and in confined spaces. but eight months ago we didn't know about coronavirus and the science is emerging on the advice is changing. in the last few minutes, it's no been announced they will be mandatory on public transport in wales from the 27th of july. that is the case and the rest of the uk and they are also compulsory in shops in scotland. of the uk and they are also compulsory in shops in scotlandm the meantime, there is news of a new outbreak in england? the health secretary has written about 100 local actions taking place to hunt down the virus. this is looking at

targeting a specific place, a school, hospital or the farm in herefordshire were 73 workers tested positive and now 200 workers are self isolating. these are not the same as the wider lockdowns we have seen same as the wider lockdowns we have seenin same as the wider lockdowns we have seen in leicester. these are more targeted and are heavily dependent on the test and trace system working. matt hancock is written today to see that this capacity to carry out 300,000 test parody if needed. lauren morse, thank you very much. —— to test per day if needed. manchester city has overturned a two—year ban from european competition. the club won an appeal after uefa imposed the ban for a breach of its rules on financial fair play. the court of arbitration for sport has also reduced a £27 million fine for not co—operating with the investigation to £9 million. andy swiss reports. there are a club that's accustomed to winning, but this is manchester city's biggest victory yet. they had been facing a two year european ban after claims that following their first premier league title in 2012

the club spent more money than they we re the club spent more money than they were allowed to by exaggerating the value of sponsorship deals. but today the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland overturned their ban. manchester city did not disguise equity funding and sponsorship contributions, they said. their exclusion from participation in uefa club competitions is lifted. city always denied the allegations. a ban could have cost them hundreds of millions of pounds and potentially their reputation. the club said they welcomed the ruling today. we always pleaded innocent from day one. it's good to see that it's actually come to some sort of conclusion because to some sort of conclusion because to have that hanging over your head for so long, the fans, the players, the management and staff, it's been difficult. and it's now uefa's turn to come under scrutiny. their financialfair to come under scrutiny. their financial fair play rules are intended to limit club spending, but gary lineker said it was hard to see

how the rules can survive this, adding, can uefa survive the ramifications? there are huge implications for uefa here in terms of how to go forward with this because it's a huge defeat for them. the allegations they made against manchester city were severe and city will feel very vindicated by this. at the weekend, the sealed the runners—up spot and now they know they can use their champions league spot. our sports editor dan roan is at the etihad stadium. a good day for manchester city, but what about for football as a whole? this falls short of total exoneration for manchester city. they were found to have failed to cooperate with the investigation and

obstructed it. and secondly the court of arbitration for sport said some of the findings were breached because the fell outside of a five year limit. nevertheless, they were cleared of many of the allegations. had the two—year ban been upheld, it would have had huge ramifications financially in terms of the futures of some of their biggest stars and the manager pep guardiola. it would have done untold damage reputation only. no city can look forward and perhaps win the champions league. but it raises huge questions for those financial rules and for uefa. one wonders if the governing body can't win a case like this, where a clu b can't win a case like this, where a club has been found to cooperate, a clu b club has been found to cooperate, a club that was found in 2014 to fill meet those rules, and given that

they had all the evidence of leaked e—mails, then when will they actually win a case? it will be no surprise know if these financial fair play rules are scrapped in their current guise. dan, thank you very much. beauty salons, nail bars and tattoo parlours in england are welcoming back customers today, in a further easing of lockdown restrictions. but a long list of treatments — including facials, makeup application and eyebrow and eyelash work — are still banned, leaving many businesses unable to open. katy austin reports. staff at this beauty salon had been preparing for their first client for months. when the clients arrive, they will see us winning our masks. advance bookings only, however you cannot yet book a facial. we can't do facial treatments, eyebrow waxing, lip waxing. it's more than

just the facial is that we cannot do. so we'rejust just the facial is that we cannot do. so we're just doing manicures, pedicures and massage. hairdressers in england could reopen on the 4th ofjuly but in england could reopen on the 4th of july but beauty in england could reopen on the 4th ofjuly but beauty salons could not. now they can resume some treatments but the government says those were the therapist has to spend a lot of time near yourface are the therapist has to spend a lot of time near your face are too high risk. not all therapists can start earning from home again. they specialise in treatments involving the face. we have no open date for this. that means 250 professionals, freelancers, are not allowed to work and they haven't worked since march. i found it very difficult to

understand how an eyelash treatment where you could be wearing a mask is different to a bureau treatment. fiona feels it's unfair, but the government says only very basic beer trimming is allowed, if done away from the front of the fees. the industry membership body says it's talking to the government about the desperate situation for beauticians who still work. we need to give them as much support as we can. we need an answerof when as much support as we can. we need an answer of when we can potentially reopen and it's the financial support we are really working on just now as well. salons in northern ireland reopened earlier this month. in scotland, they can reopen from the 22nd ofjuly and in wales from the 22nd ofjuly and in wales from the 27th. many beauticians in wales will be celebrating a return to work today. for others, the financially painful wait goes on. katie austen, bbc news. people in wales can now go to the hairdressers and pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes can now serve customers outdoors.

tomos morgan is in tintern, in monmouthshire. as you can see, the rain hasjust started. this has been a concern for many pubs and restaurants that have an outdoor space. you cannot rely on the famous welsh weather. and that's led many to predict that almost half of restau ra nts a nd led many to predict that almost half of restaurants and pubs that do have outdoor spaces may not be able to open. in some of course don't have any space at all as well. but this place has reopened and is doing well at the moment. mark drakeford in his press co nfe re nce at the moment. mark drakeford in his press conference today has said this is the start of a phased reopening of establishments and industries like the horse —— hospitality sector. we have different easing of restrictions every monday, trying to reinvigorate the economy as the holiday season starts in wales. next week, playgrounds. the following week, playgrounds. the following

week, camp sites and museums. 3rd of august, places like this one can open up indoors guests once again. tomos, thank you very much. the home secretary, priti patel, has set out more details about the uk's post—brexit immigration system today. the points—based scheme is due to come into force on january the first — when freedom of movement for eu citizens will end. let's get more from our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. these details coming out. what do we so far? journalists are being briefed now. you must add up the points to meet the criteria that the government wants you to me, for example, a skilled worker, you must have a job paying £25,000 or more, you have to be able to speak english, ideally, a level or equivalent is the minimum educational requirement. there are going to be other routes, highly skilled roots, roots for health and

ca re skilled roots, roots for health and care workers as we heard. students, graduates, up to two years, they will be able to stay after they finish their degree and elite athletes and other area. but the big change is eu citizens will have no advantage any more in the system compared to people from the rest of the world. that's what the government wants to achieve, it wa nts to government wants to achieve, it wants to open up the immigration market, if you like, to people with skills from all over the world, not just the eu as they currently are. thank you. at least 180 migrants crossed the english channel to the uk yesterday — that's a new single—day record. they were among more than 380 migrants who attempted the crossing on sunday. around 200 were intercepted by french authorities. it'sjust around 200 were intercepted by french authorities. it's just after a quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime. the government says it will come to a decision on face coverings in the

next few days. the national trust opens a number of historic houses to the public after they were closed due to lock down. on the bbc news channel, we have all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. this past weekend brought a record daily increase in the number of global coronavirus infections — with more than 230,000 new cases confirmed. the state of florida registered a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases in a single day — that's around a quarter of all daily infections in the us — our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. another surge in coronavirus cases and a new epicentre for the disease. florida is now seeing more new infections than most countries. across the us, more than 60,000 new cases are being reported every day and about a quarter of them

are in the sunshine state, where the hospital system is under growing strain and some intensive care facilities are at full capacity. when the pandemic started, florida was slow to respond. the beaches and bars stayed open. they were eventually forced to close, but reopened early, only to be shut down again. this is a state dogged by the disease and confusion over how to deal with it. even as the numbers rose over the weekend, disney world opened again to the public — mickey mouse at a distance and mandatory face masks for visitors. but the republican governor, ron desantis, has refused to issue a state—wide order for people to cover their faces. there are some anti—mask activists who believe it's not necessary at all. the risks are very, very low. this is a virus that has a 99.6% recovery rate. this is a virus that is very well contained. with other states like arizona, texas and california all facing worrying increases in the number of new cases, the trump administration is focusing

on reopening schools in the autumn, despite opposition. i think everybody would like to get our kids back to school as quickly as we can, but we also want to do it and make sure that our kids are going to be as safe as possible. so, we're not going to be rushed into this. with a growing health crisis, a divided nation and a presidential election looming, the politics of dealing with covid—19 has never been more intense. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. a doctor in texas says a man in his 30s — who thought coronavirus was a hoax — has died after attending a "covid—19" party. where people meet to allegedly see who gets infected first and who can survive the virus. we cared for at 30—year—old patient, at methodist hospital who told their nurse they had attended a covid party. this is a party held by somebody diagnosed with the covid virus and the thought is people get to see if the virus is real and if

anyone gets infected. just before the patient died they looked at the nurse and they said, i think i made a mistake. i thought this was a hoax but it's not. this is just one example of a potentially avoidable death in a young member of our community and i can't imagine the loss of the family. the security firm g4s is to cut around 1,000 jobs in its cash handling business. the job losses have come as the demand for cash has falled during the coronavirus pandemic, and people switch to using contactless payments. managers are in discussions with unions to redeploy as many staff as possible. with fears that one of the repercussions of the covid outbreak could be a rise in violent crime, experts are pointing to what's been achieved in glasgow — where the homicide rate fell by two—thirds in a 14—year period — as a way of avoiding that. they've been using specialist violence reduction units — and panorama has been given unique access to see how they work, as kate silverton reports.

this is polmont young offenders institute on the outskirts of edinburgh. the teenagers here are being supported by scotland's violence reduction unit. reece is nine months into a two—year sentence for knife crime. i stabbed somebody. so i was one of the lucky ones. in what sense? i didn't kill the person i stabbed. i could have put that knife a millimetre higher or lower or however, and it could have been the end of him and i could be looking instead of two years, at 20. what were your circumstances at the time? i grew up in secure units, in care, and things like that. i'm familiar with this sort of environment. so my mum has been in prison all her life. i've seen my mum once since i came in here and it was an inter prison visit, it was a visit with another prisoner. what has polmont given you and all the help you've had? it change my mindset on violence, drugs, even alcohol. alcohol was my best friend, you know what i mean, just to get rid of what's

going on in there. just everything has changed. karen mccluskey was one of the founders of the vru. there wasn't a police officer i met who actually said, we can fix this. they said, look we can keep a lid on the pot, we can absolutely arrest people but that's not fixing it. we really started to look at it like a public health issue, like a disease. really, violence was a disease? we started to look at how it was transmitted. you're brought up in an angry, aggressive home. so, you almost become infected. so we started to look at it, what would prevention look like? over the next 14 years, homicide rates in glasgow fell by more than two thirds, from 39 in a year to 11. lindsay has been a police officerfor 28 years. she works with kevin, a former armed robber and heroin addict. they are part of the violent offender watch project or vow, a police team trying to cut reoffending rates.

what's unusual about the vow project is that it teams up police officers with ex prisoners. initially, i was like, it's the police, they want information, they are up to something, the trust wasnae there. they said, kevin, you know, if you could possibly break down these barriers and we want to help. police scotland were taking a risk taking on a former armed robber, drug addict, to come and work alongside them. i was also taking a reputational risk. because i've got to go back to the community and tell everybody i work with police officers. an independent study found involving ex—cons doubled the numbers who engaged leading to an 80% reduction in reoffending. the vow project estimates that's meant savings for police, courts and the prison service of around £8 million. scotland hasn't cracked violent crime, there are still relatively high assault and homicide rates in glasgow and in the past few years, there's been a small increase in violence after a decade of steep falls. but there has been a change in attitudes to youth crime in scotland and a belief

that they have started to crack that cycle of violence. kate silverton, bbc news. you can watch panorama's how scotland cut violent crime, tonight on bbc one at 7:30pm, or afterwards on bbc iplayer. hollywood actress kelly preston — wife ofjohn travolta — has died of breast cancer at the age of 57. the couple were married for almost 30 years and had three children. their sonjett died in 2009 aged 16 following a seizure. on social media, mr travolta said... "she fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many." daniela relph reports. warning, it contains flash photography. kelly would often bring her girlfriends over to... in the often fickle world of celebrity, theirs was a relationship that endured. kelly preston and john travolta married in 1991. a close, private family, they had chosen not to go public with news of kelly's breast cancer diagnosis two years ago. she died yesterday morning.

announcing the loss of his wife on social media, john travolta said... kelly's love and life will always be remembered. i'll be taking some time to be there for my children, who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don't hear from us for a while, but please know that i will feel your outpouring of love in the weeks and months ahead as we heal. kelly preston was a model and actress, most well—known for her roles in the films jerry maguire and twins, alongside arnold schwarzenegger. ijust came by because she baked him a cake for his birthday. oh, i had a birthday too. oh, that's right. her marriage tojohn travolta made them one of hollywood's most well—known couples. they had three children ella, benjamin, and jett, and had to cope withjett‘s death 11 years ago. he died after suffering a seizure during a family holiday to the bahamas. the couple said their long—held belief in scientology helped them through the dark times.

ella travolta, the couple's 20—year—old daughter, has paid her own tribute to her mum. she said... i have never met anyone as courageous, strong, beautiful and loving as you. daniela relph, bbc news. some of the country's greatest treasures will be once again on public display, as the national trust begins to reopen some of its historic houses. by the end of the week a total of seven properties will be open in england and northern ireland as a test run of new rules that take into account covid—19 restrictions. john maguire has had a preview of the changes. the ornate, unique and valuable doors are opening once again. this is the spanish room at kingston lacy in dorset. it offers visitors the chance to walk in a world surrounded by art, antiquities and architecture, that are breathtaking and beautiful. it has been 16 weeks since

the national trust closed its houses as coronavirus spread. but now, the dust covers are off and the volunteers have returned. special training sessions will help them adapt to the covid restrictions. today's session is all about you feeling as safe and comfortable to return and support welcoming our visitors back. seven houses opened this week as a pilot scheme to test run the new procedures. obviously, we tried to make it as safe as possible for you for having the two metre distance and things like that, so you'll be able to still talk to the visitors. i'm not particularly concerned, no. i think we've all got to take responsibility for our own decisions in this situation and i'm fairly confident that there have been a lot of decisions taken, a lot of discussion, and the fact that we are doing it as a pilot basis and whatever happens will be fed back, i think it's very good. so the lessons learned here in the coming days will help to inform the rest of the national trust's estate.

so we've had to think about how many people we can get in the house at once in a safe way, and how many people per room, so it is even going down to smaller situations like that. locking away its valuables, safe from footfall and sunlight, would be easy, but it is not what the trust is for — its job is to connect those treasures with people. we're looking at £200 million losses this year. that is going to affect the way we're going to operate. we are still committed on our strategy, we are still committed about our core purpose, about providing these great places for the nation. but they are worth nothing if people don't see them, so it is all about providing access, managing that conservation, but also now the safety of both our staff, volunteers and, ultimately, our visitors. so, seven historic houses that will once again play their part in history. and in the near future should hopefully enable the rest of the national trust's 200 houses

to open their doors once again. john maguire, bbc news, dorset. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. another national treasure! simon, thank you. and as old as one as well. the only one indication of what we have across the country, glorious at the moment in kent, but ta ke glorious at the moment in kent, but take a look, i'm afraid, further north and west, some rain today, although it is easing, a lot of cloud, a lot of murk waiting in the wings across morgan in lancashire. the satellite shows three areas of weather, the best of the weather in the south—east, the weather front here producing rain, heavier bursts, behind it is a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. a few breaks, the wind direction changing to more north—westerly, along that