so, yeah, it's all good. get a bit of a normal life again. just been out and having family time as well. being able to socialise, going into the bars, having a meal, nice drink. as holidays are going to be this year, this will - probably be it, so, yeah. and it was a relief for local business, said one coffee shop worker. things have been quite tough, haven't they, very tough for a lot of people, so, yes, it is a relief, and it's good to, you know, see so many people out enjoying themselves as well. it's wonderful. as the mostly unmasked crowds grew, the locals withdrew. i'm pleased that we have no reason to go into town or use public transport today, because it'sjust incredibly crowded. for the thousands of visitors filling the streets of brighton, it's a glorious bank holiday, almost back to normal. that's not the case for the brighton residents, who are worried that covid could be creeping back this way.

many were busy queueing for vaccines. here, as elsewhere, they're racing to beat a potential new wave of covid. sanchia berg, bbc news, brighton. the question is will it last? let's find out was darren. hello there. today has been the warmest day of the year so far, but temperatures could get even higher in the next day or two. after a lovely evening, for many parts of the country, it's going to be dry and clear overnight. not as much of this low cloud coming back in from off the north sea. after the warmth of earlier on, for many temperatures will remain in double figures tonight. could start a bit cloudy and grey across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and eastern scotland. that low cloud burning back to the coast where it's going to be a bit cooler. more in the way of sunshine coming out across western scotland and northern ireland, and for many it's going to be a sunny day once again. strong sunshine, those temperatures continuing to climb, perhaps getting up to 25 or even 26

celsius. as we head into wednesday, we start to see some changes, especially for wales and the south west. more cloud, some showers that could be heavy and thundery. those could sneak their way into hampshire, up towards merseyside and eventually towards northern ireland. ahead of it, though, it's going to be dry and sunny. temperatures could get 26 degrees or so, but it will be cooler around north sea coasts. hello, this is bbc news with ben bland. the headlines: some scientists are warning that the final stage of unlocking in england, due onjune 21st, should be delayed by a few weeks. the government says its taking things "one step at a time". young people flock to england's largest mass vaccination centre in twickenham after it opened up to over—18s to avoid wasting excess vaccines. tennis player naomi osaka dramatically withdraws from the french open after refusing to take part in news conferences. the ban on landlords being able

to evict tenants ends. the temporary measure was introduced in england at the start of the pandemic. now on bbc news, clive myrie and adina campbell report on the global impact of george floyd's death. a programme warning — there are some images in this programme some viewers may find distressing. what's his name? george floyd! nojustice, no peace! no racist police! - most of us can remember where we were when we first watched that video — the killing of george floyd by derek chauvin, the police officer who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. one year on, we are going to take a look at the impact of what happened worldwide after global protests over the killing. we begin here in america,

in missouri, st louis county, where the main city has the highest level of civilian deaths at the hands of the police. what can be done to improve relations between officers and the public they serve? what happens when communities are under siege? for me to feel that even with my collar on that i have to be armed, is pretty depressing. under siege from violence, the bitter harvest of decades of neglect and poverty. but under siege, too, from those meant to defeat the violence, bad cops poisoning public opinion.

i see comments on facebook and things of that nature, you know, "this is all police want to do is kill us." but can things be turned around and public trust regained in the st louis region, the worst area in america for civilian deaths at the hands of the police? before george floyd, there was michael brown in the st louis suburb of ferguson. in 2014, the 18—year—old was shot six times after an altercation with a police officer. he was unarmed. hurt and angry, a community raged... you must disperse immediately, this is no longer a peaceful protest! ..supercharging a depressingly familiar debate about us policing. meet patrol officer britney richardson.

a 12—year veteran who helped battle the rioters. so, this is the neighbourhood where michael brown died? yeah. he has a memorial right there. pensive in the memory of danger. one habit brings comfort. you pray every day? yeah. every day. i pray over my kids' room before i leave, make sure that they are safe and they know they're loved. you worry that you just won't get home to them? i might not. all right, greater fairfax. elsewhere in st louis county, the reverend darryl gray organises volunteers to distribute masks to protect against coronavirus

in the local neighbourhood. it's a poor community, sometimes dangerous, too. i'll take the bad part on the side. the man of god has a plan. i tell people i wear a collar, but i'm not stupid. the belief that god will do everything for us and we have to do nothing for ourselves, that's not faith, that's superstition, and that can get you killed. and that's why carry the gun? that's why, yeah. it's the violence of parts of this area, born out of years of neglect and deprivation, that, for the police, requires a tough response. police have told us very openly that when they go into the black community, they are going to over—police because there's a fear. they're going to come and heavy, they're going to come in fast

and they're going to get out fast. but you understand that? of course i do. that makes sense? it makes a lot of sense, but police about to take some responsibility for a lack of trust. trust — a precious commodity between the police and policed, slowly being rebuilt in the years after michael brown's death. commanderjason armstrong has led the ferguson police department for the last two years. i cannot guarantee or promise you that there is not going to be a police shooting. what i can promise and guarantee is that we're going to handle that problem, that mistake the right way. we have a duty to report policy. if another department sees an officer committing violations or even breaking the law,

that officer becomes a witness and has a duty to report it. and if they don't report it the penalties, the repercussions for them are almost as significant as the individual that's committing the violence or the infraction. it is, however, a long journey to redemption, easily derailed. and the death of george floyd has damaged attempts for police forces everywhere to repair links with the people they serve. i think it set law enforcement back across this country. sometimes things look bad on video. this one was bad. and for all the progress that we had made sense ferguson, it wiped it out like that. he was the first person i worked with that was shot and killed. he came back to his neighbourhood to make a difference and was murdered. there is a frustration that public confidence in the police can be

smashed in an instant despite some officers making the ultimate sacrifice. and the most recent death? this man. yes, sir. what happened ? he was responding to a call last year and was ambushed and killed. but studies show far more civilians are killed by the police than the other way around. as america marks the one—year anniversary of george floyd's death, can there be reconciliation? for reverend darryl gray, that would mean acknowledging we are all human beings whether or not we wear a badge. when i saw the verdict and i watched it and i saw the look on chauvin�*s face, i saw a human being. if we despise hatred,

let us not become it. if we despise bigotry, let us not become bigots. we cannot become what we despise. american notions of freedom and a state apparatus that's supposed to act in the interest of all citizens comes, of course, from france. liberte, egalite, fraternite are ideas that underpin the us constitution, but the death of george floyd was a teachable moment the other way around — what could france learn from the tragedy? spring sunshine bathes a land ill at ease. beneath the tranquillity swirls a tempest on race. all these people should be wearing

masks due to covid, even outdoors. the fine, 135 euros. but the police turn a blind eye. yet not too far away, different tactics. two men who happen to be black are stopped and questioned for not wearing masks. one bystander reassures and complies. but our presence angers the police. one of our team is told by a female officer to go bleep herself. this officer tells us we are not allowed to film, but that's not true. angry, they disappear. it was hoped winds of change would blow when george floyd died. 12 months ago, so much seemed possible. tens of thousands marched here,

joining millions in global protests over a death that resonated, especially in black and arab communities of france, where other men have died in police custody. yet a year later, more, not fewer, laws are being introduced that could insulate violent officers from prosecution. shahin hazamy chronicles the french police brutality. he's punching him the face. two police officers. yes, yes. his footage of the violence he posts on instagram, but it's a risky business. in this video, his friend has been stopped by police and an officer sees him filming.

a terrible indictment of modern france. there is no video of the last moments, he died in police custody in 2016. in reconstructions, media organisations have tried to piece together what happened when the 24—year—old ran for police in a suburb north of paris after failing to show his identity card. but his sister, assa, says the evidence is clear the police beat and killed him. despite a court ruling that her brother died of natural causes,

she retraces his final steps. that's where he was beaten, just in there? and down the street, the police station where adama was declared dead. if anyone can build a prosecution case against the police for police brutality, it's this arie alimi. a human rights lawyer, he represents several people attacked by officers. should i be worried walking down parisian streets at night because i'm black? i should be worried?

the fact that this man music producer is black say his lawyers wasn't lost on the officers who beat him in his own recording studio. a security camera captured every punch and kick after he was stopped by police for not wearing a mask outside his front door. the video stunned france with president macron tweeting his disgust. and yet, say critics, faith placed in him on his election as president to tackle racism in france is ebbing away as he attempts to curry favour with voters on the right before elections next year.

they see new security laws, including the arrest of anyone filming the police and maliciously making the images public, as an attempt to cling onto power. it's often those who are black or arab in france who have no power and are 20 times more likely to be stopped by police than anyone who's white. the ministry of interior didn't want to comment on the issues raised in our report. but the police told us they are not races and point to increases racist and point to increases in violent crime and drugs offences and was proof of the in violent crime and drugs offences as proof of the difficultjob they do. however, there is an acknowledgement about the deficit of trust between young people and the police. the generation for us actually is lost. we think we lost a generation. but we want to fight for the next generation of people. france simply cannot turn its back on any of its citizens

and president macron needs to fulfil his promise before taking office of creating a new compact between the police and the public. failure to do so dooms notjust perhaps this generation, but also the next. what lessons were learned after the death of george floyd? notjust here in france, but perhaps in america's closest ally, britain? the black lives matter movement seemed to find common cause. adina campbell reports from warwickshire in central england. everyone here today can make a difference, whether you have privilege or you don't. leamington spa, worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. i thought about 20 people were going to show up, never 700 so... this community, like many others, took to the street last summer.

united, calling for change. it's ourjob to make sure this doesn't happen again. shianne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington come together for one cause. when you grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you, it can be quite isolating, especially being a young black woman. you don't see a lot of people who look like you. it's a lot of stares, sometimes negative comments. you find yourself feeling like an outsider. i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school, i had an incident where someone threw dirt on me. those things things made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. no peace, nojustice! hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in anti—racism

marches in the aftermath of george floyd murder, of george floyd's murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in the uk are black — a disproportionate representation of britain today. as a young black man, i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that obviously look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what the community are saying, they are the ones that actually be measuring our progress and not they are the ones that should be measuring our progress and not the other way around. the gravity of george floyd's murder has caused some people to take an unexpected, different career path. watched the entire video from start to finish. i wept, i shook and it kind of changed my life.

actor nicholas bailey is now an academic and university lecturer. i began to think, well, "how can i help black people? mixed heritage people? how do i reflect on my own experiences of systemic institutional racism and microaggressions and everything else that i've suffered personally? and how do i make that work and become something positive?" so, i started to segue into equality, diversity and inclusion and i'm now studying that area to see how leadership can be more equitable. in coventry, campaigners have been reflecting on the last 12 months. the only way we can progress is by generating these conversations. yeah, they've been going on for a long time, but the conversations are changing. before it wasjust racism is bad because it's "i hate black people", but now we're beginning to understand that racism is a system and there's levels to it. it begins as small as

a microaggressions, implicit bias, and now white people are becoming more aware of biases. things, "can i shorten your name? it's too hard to pronounce." the reason we're here in the first place is because people are either uneducated or wrongly educated, so we can progress without so we can't progress without education, and that is happening. yeah, i had like to think that when i'm older we won't be having the same conversation. are we in a better place a year on? i'm hoping that people have taken a look at the last year and seen what people can do in terms of coming together. different races showing solidarity around something so horrific. when i try to talk about these - things to other white people my age, they say, "i can't be racist. because i'm a good person," and they fail to see that nuance not being something that made be -

being something that may be what you're doing or. that you choose to do. but there are things that you do i because of the society that we live in that discriminate against black| people because of an assumption and biases that you have. i think people are unwilling | to have those conversations because they don't want to look at themselves as bad people. . the kind of naive and sensitive nature, the way we talk about race, is the reason why every ten to 15 years we get a pushback from the natives, white people getting a bit, feeling like, actually, they don't have the space to be able to speak openly. cancel culture means that people are scared. they're scared to have those conversations in case they say something wrong. i've had white people ask me if it's ok to refer to me as black. that's how scared they are of using the wrong word

because they genuinely want to be part of the conversation. the majority of people believe that we should be equal. that doesn't mean they don't hold problematic biases and beliefs. we all do. but if we haven't got space to be wrong, if we haven't got space to talk openly, then we don't change as a society. we just end up in silos. and that pushes dangerous thoughts and dangerous people further and further underground. say his name! george floyd! the protests have been many, a movement reignited. but what next? this is a marathon, not a sprint. you can't turn cultures around. it's a huge ship, it takes a while to turn. i think we have to commit, i think we have to take individual responsibility. we really need these young people with all these different backgrounds to come in and shape the type of police service our

community deserve and need, and bring their perspective, bring their culture to the organisation. i believe that we are on our way to an equal society. _ it's just going to take a lot . of work and it takes activists like myself to continue leading the way to equality. _ i always say if you're uncomfortable hearing about racism, _ imagine how uncomfortable people are who are experiencing it. - it's an uncomfortable topic, but usually the most - uncomfortable conversations are the ones worth having. l of course it wasn'tjust in britain, america and france where the debate over police brutality raged after the death of george floyd. from canada to australia, south africa to germany, there was a very public reckoning about how those who are charged with protecting us all are supposed to behave — a reckoning long overdue.

hello there. bank holiday monday was the warmest day of the year so far. the previous highest temperature of 2a and a half degrees was set way back in march. today, we bettered that in northern scotland here around the moray firth. we weren't too far behind, actually, in the sunshine around london and just to the west of london as well. after a lovely evening, we're going to have clear skies across many parts of the country tonight. probably won't be as much of this low cloud coming back in again from off the north sea, and after all that warmth of earlier in the sunshine, temperatures overnight for many should remain in double figures. but we could start tomorrow a bit grey and cloudy across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and eastern parts of scotland. that low cloud burning back to the coast, where it's

going to stay a little bit cooler. more in the way of sunshine coming out across western scotland and northern ireland. in many places, it's going to be another day like today with lots of sunshine and warmth as well. those temperatures could be a little bit higher than today — up to 25, possibly even 26 degrees. remember, the sun is strong as it was today, and we've got high uv levels across many parts of the country. now, if you're near the coast, it's easy to cool down a bit — just go in the sea. it's not that warm at this time of the year. the highest temperatures are actually around the coast of the southeast of england and into east anglia. we start to see the weather changing as we move into wednesday. we've got this lowering pressure, an area of low pressure coming in from the southwest from biscay. it's going to bring more cloud into the southwest of england and into wales in particular, and some showers which could be heavy and maybe even thundery, those could extend their way towards hampshire, up towards merseyside and eventually into northern ireland. ahead of that, it's going to be dry and there'll be lots of sunshine. the highest temperatures, 26, maybe even 27.

could be seen across western scotland, down through the midlands towards the southeast of england, but it will be a bit cooler, i think, around north sea coasts because there'll be a stronger easterly wind coming in off the sea. now, that weather front and area of low pressure continue to work their way northward, so we'll see some showers moving northwards overnight. gradually throughout thursday, those showers become lighter, fewer and further between, but we've still got more cloud across northern england moving up into scotland. to the south of that, we should see the sunshine coming out more and more, but the air�*s not going to be quite as warm on thursday. still a pleasant day if you do get the sunshine. highs of 22 or 23 celsius.

this is bbc news. freedom day, the date england hoped to scrap covid restrictions, is on shaky ground. a top scientist warns there are signs the uk is now entering a third wave and says the lockdown—easing pencilled for three weeks' time should be delayed. ministers aren't ruling anything out, but businesses are getting nervous. democrats in texas stage a walk—out over a new voting restrictions bill, delaying its passage, for now at least. also in the programme — marking 100 years since the city of tulsa, oklahoma was the scene of the worst single act of racial violence in america's history. plus, the novel technique used to restore the medici chapel�*s marble statues to their former glory.