keith doyle, bbc news.which was mentioned there in keith doyle's report, has started to emerge from two months of restrictions. beauty salons and nail bars there can re—open from today, as can spas, body—piercing and tattoo pa rlours. up to six people can meet outside, provided they follow social distancing guidelines. the city still has one of the highest rates of new cases in england. 0ur reporter geeta pendse sent this update from a beauty salon in the city. lots of excitement and anticipation about what today will bring us customers arrive at this beauty salon in leicester which will reopen for the first time since march. the localised lockdown here in leicester meant this reopening has been later than other parts of the country. well, femi latif is the owner of this beauty salon. how are you feeling today? nervous, anxious, but definitely happy. it's been a long time coming. what's it been like in leicester during this localised lockdown, particularly for your business? it's been tough, i'm not going t

keith doyle, bbc news.the future of public health in england later. he‘s expected to announce a new agency, which will take over many functions of public health england — one of the organisations at the heart of the response to coronavirus. the body has faced criticism over its handling of the crisis, but some argue it‘s been made a scapegoat for failings elsewhere. a boy who suffered life—changing injuries when he was thrown from the balcony of the tate modern last year, has been able to go home for the first time. the six—year—old was visiting london from france with his family when he fell 100—feet. he now needs round—the—clock medical care. 18—year—old jonty bravery was convicted of attempted murder and was jailed in june. what may be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on earth, 54.1; celsius — that‘s 130 in fahrenheit — has been registered in death valley national park in california. the recording is being verified by the us national weather service. it comes amid a heatwave on america‘s we

keith doyle reports. most of whom crossed the channel in small boats. the council's leaders said the latest arrivals had tipped the balance and the authority could not safely accommodate any more. the home office said this was an unprecedented situation, but a scheme to move some children to other local authorities had helped to ease the pressure. kent wants a voluntary system to be made mandatory. it says the continued high number of arrivals means the scheme has not been enough to make a real difference. it's unclear what will happen to any new unaccompanied children who arrive in kent from across the channel in the coming days. keith doyle, bbc news. it's the venue which helped launch the careers of the beatles, but the famous cavern club in liverpool is now facing financial ruin because of the coronavirus lockdown. the sites owners have warned they're losing £30,000 a week and have already had to make 20 staff redundant. jayne mccubbin is there for us this morning. the cavern club is the most famous c

keith doyle, bbc news.equered past when it comes to meeting testing targets although the initial 100,000 tests a day back in may was initially met. it fell off slightly after that. the 200,000 tests per day by the following month was met but this is, as you suggest, a huge increase by five times the number of tests currently being done to mapa number of tests currently being done to map a scale of coronavirus cases across what will be the whole of the uk because this is being extended from england to wales, northern ireland and scotland as well. an ambitious target certainly to have 150,000 ambitious target certainly to have 150 , 000 tests ambitious target certainly to have 150,000 tests being done per fortnight by october but it is crucial as matt hancock has made clear in comment this morning, to have this data, to map as accurately as possible how many people in the population as a whole are estimated to have coronavirus at any one time and how the spread of cases differs from area to the area. just to