martha spurrier, director of the campaign group, liberty. with us on bbc news. an estimated 15,000 people have also descended upon central manchester.a dense crowd filled piccadilly square to listen to a series of speakers in support of the black lives matter movement. the number of people there mean it will be very difficult to observe social distancing effectively. plenty of people wearing face masks, and of course we know that the number is regarded as being up towards the higher end, up to one or above, meaning people are particularly nervous in the north—west of england about the risk of potential interaction, in particular. black lives matter protestors in the australian state of new south wales have won a last—minute appeal against a court order that tried to stop them from taking to the streets. demonstrators have focused on the treatment of indigenous australians. prime minister scott morrison warned that protests risked undoing the progress made in fighting coronavirus. a warning: shaimaa khalil‘s report contains some distressing i