We talk to students now facing uncertainty, following the controversy, over this years a level results. Opening up the lanes again, as lockdown measures are further eased in parts of england, from tomorrow. Anti government protests intensify across belarus, as the eu refuses to recognise, sundays disputed president ial election. And, back in action, after five and a half months, rugby union returns, with the english premiership. And coming up on bbc news, a new lioness at the helm to lead england women. Sarina wiegman is confirmed as new head coach, to take over from phil neville. Good evening. Hundreds of thousands of british holiday makers are desperately trying to return home to the uk, after the government imposed quarantine measures on france and five other countries, taking effect in just under six hours time. Travellers will have to self isolate for m days, as the french prime minister, acknowledged the number of coronavirus cases in the country, was going the wrong way. The current rate of infection in france is 3a cases per 100,000 people. In the netherlands, one of the other countries taken off the uk travel corridor list, the current rate of infection is 41. 6 cases per 100,000. And in malta, also removed from the list, the rate is 84. 1 cases per 100,000. The uk, by comparison, has 17. 3 cases per 100,000 people. Lets get the latest now from france and our correspondent, lucy williamson, whos in calais. The race to get home is continuing through the night. Eurotunnel are running shuttles right through until tomorrow morning, but they are all booked up until sunday. The shop window for british tourists here is closing. The countdown began this morning at frances ports. Thousands of british tourists beating the deadline for quarantine. In calais, eurotunnel said there shuttles were fully booked, despite running extra trains at peak times. We decided to try and book a ferry, cancel our holiday and come home to avoid it. |j book a ferry, cancel our holiday and come home to avoid it. I think it is very sudden. I think it could be a bit more gradual, maybe . A bit more notice. I have driven for 11 hours with breaks, so getting back to make sure that i dont have to self isolate. Sure that i dont have to selfisolate. Thats it, really. August is a busy time at the border anyway. The race to escape today, less noticeable here than online. Anyway. The race to escape today, less noticeable here than onlinem was 15 or 20 minutes. We were 852nd in the queue. We made sure we got oui in the queue. We made sure we got our booking and our friends were in the queue. We made sure we got our booking and ourfriends were in the cottage behind us and with the 01 the cottage behind us and with the or 15 minutes, they were over 5000 in the queue. Reserving a slot was only half the battle. We now think we cannot make the ferry so we are going to have to try and travel to see if we can go to calais. This family miss their ferry crossing this morning, but they did manage to get across from calais. At the other end of the country, in nice, passengers complained of long queues at the airport. Unfortunately, because of the quarantine we have had to cut short our holiday. Really disappointed with the uk government response. They could have given us more than 2041 was notice. And in paris, some eurostar passengers turned up to try and find a seat home. We were supposed to do a couple of days in paris, but trying to find a way home before the quarantine. We have already changed out quarantine. We have already changed ourtrains quarantine. We have already changed our trains twice to try and avoid anything happening, but it has happened anyway. The uks decision on quarantine wasnt unexpected. Many tourists had factored in the possibility that they might have to isolate when they got home and eurotunnel says many of its customers are choosing to simply stay on until the end of the holiday. It hasnt stopped travel in the other direction. We are still seeing people coming to france and going on holiday. We are seeing cars with bicycles on the roof, so it is clear they are holiday makers. Today, france declared the regions around paris and marseille high risk zones around paris and marseille high risk zones and the National Rate has risen to 34 cases per 100,000. That didnt worry paul howard and his family, who were due to leave for france today. Going to put the cases into the car and then got the breaking news. Knowing we would definitely have to quarantine, my son would miss two weeks of school andi son would miss two weeks of school and i had concerns around insurance. In the end there was only one decision to make, but it is so disappointing. There are nowjust a few hours and just a few ferries left until the deadline passes. After that, the journey across the channel will mean an hour at sea, another two weeks at home. Lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, is in dieppe where the last ferry to the uk, leaves in less than two hours. We can see the queues of cars behind you, how big a rush has it been for british trying to get out of france . We have heard so many stories, the bbc has been inundated with tales of odysseys to get to the northern port and get the ferry is behind me. Dieppe is an interesting drama playing out and these people are british tourist trying to get back before the four oclock deadline. This is the last ferry, the 11. 59 ferry, due to get in at four oclock in the morning, or there about. The company that are operating this ive tried to get legal advice. Does it mean they can get into british territorial waters or do they have to dock. The legal advice back is they have the dock. We are told the captain is keeping his eye to get them in before four oclock. In covid times, the ferry operators have been working at around 50 capacity to make sure there is social distancing. But they have sold out. In dunkirk and dieppe, they have sold out up until 1. 30 tomorrow afternoon. They have sold close some of the restaurants and cafe so they can give people more space. Gavin, thank you for that. Labour has called on the government to act immediately, to sort out what it describes as an exams fiasco in england, after almost 40 of a level teacher assessments were downgraded. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, says ministers should follow scotlands lead, and allow teachers grades to be accepted. But the government maintains that would risk grade inflation and insists disadvantaged pupils havent been disproportionately affected. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, has been speaking to students in the west midlands. At solihull sixth form college, some of the a level class of 2020 each with grades lower than expected. Aziz fears hes lost his scholarship. Scholarship wouldve helped a lot more, it wouldve taken quite a lot of stress off. I wouldnt have had to pay out of my own pocket for university, books, resources. Victor has lost the uni place he wants. Because the two bs that i attained in my mock exams, i got as both of them. So the college will appeal on my behalf and hopefully change those into as. Connie has been accepted by oxford but with lower grades. I dont feel like teachers have been listened to, and i dont feel like students have been listened to. Fundamentally its not fair because if someone gets downgraded, theres no way to know by statistics that was the right person and it means the world to us right now, it literally changes the course of our lives. Others who got lower than expected grades are getting places. Universities say theyre being flexible. But the college says the results are nothing like recent years. The results that weve had are worse than three years ago. Big sixth forms say the system isnt fair to them with grades more likely to be adjusted down. And students have lost out because they had to rank them in each subject. We have 200 students doing psychology. We were asked to put those 200 students in rank order, ie, which one is number one, two, three, all the way down to 200 and we werent allowed to have two students with the same rank order. Even if those two students have the same mock results, the same key assessments, and it was almost impossible for us to separate them we were told to separate them. Some students have been given the grades their teachers suggested. If youre in a very small group taking a subject at a school, the statistical model hasnt been used. Or if its the first time anyone has taken that a level at your college, there is no Historical Data so again, results havent been downgraded. A small protest in westminster today, but many are calling for easier appeals and for the regulator to explain how it has worked. They now need to go through it line by line and explain to schools and colleges how its worked, and whether or not it has disadvantaged students. The appeals system must be widened. Colleges can appeal using their mock grades. The rules for that are still being written. Students should hear early september. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news, solihull. 0ur political correpsondent, helen catt, is at westminster. This has all been a nightmare for students, parents, teachers, schools, the government. We have gcse results coming next week and, of course, weve got a lot of stu d e nts of course, weve got a lot of students who will want to appeal . Absolutely, at the moment the government is Standing Firm in keeping the system in place in england, which means affected peoples will need their school to appeal on their behalf. This evening, it is the cost and when a School Appeal is a great and it fails, it will have to pay a fee. We understand the schools will have those costs covered. The government wont set up a task force to oversee the appeals process. There was a lot of criticism this week of that last minute decision to add mock exams in as a ground for appeal. This seems to be trying to build some confidence in that appeals process. That is going to be important in keeping the political pressure at bay. Some unhappy conservative mps have been echoing labours call to scrap the whole thing and go back to using the teacher awarded grades. Having an efficient and effective appeals process is going to be really important in making sure that more tories dontjoin in. Important in making sure that more tories dont join in. Helen, thank you. So called close contact Beauty Services such as facials and eyebrow threading, as well as small wedding receptions and live indoor performances, can resume in most areas of england from tomorrow, as a series of lockdown rules are eased. The changes should have come into force from august the 1st, but were postponed because of concerns over a rise in coronavirus cases. Areas subject to local lockdowns, are not included. With more, heres our Consumer Affairs correspondent sarah corker. The hairdressers have been busy since the start ofjuly, but upstairs, the beauty rooms at this liverpool salon have been empty for months, as Close Contact Services were banned. A third of the building can be used at the moment. But from tomorrow, treatment on eyelashes, brows and facials can resume. Therapists, though, must wear a mask and a visor. You know, weve lost thousands of thousands of pounds within the company and its been hard. And tomorrow is a day to celebrate for you guys . 0h, were delighted. You know, we cant wait for it, to have a full salon again. The girls are all eager to come back and get back to work and get stuck in. Nearby, another business is getting ready to emerge from hibernation. Crazy town has been shut for more than 160 days. Weve actually got a job to come back to. We are not stuck on furlough and not not knowing what the future holds for a. Across the uk, soft play centres employ around 30,000 people, but some Business Owners are questioning whether it is financially viable to reopen. This centre will only be operating at 40 of its normal capacity because of social distancing rules. And enhanced cleaning and safety regimes come at a cost. If we dont get help from the Government Regarding extending vat, helping out with business rates, we might be on a slow death to closing. You know, we have been given the go ahead to open up which is aptly fantastic. We need to make sure that we can get every penny we can off the government to make sure we are helping to keep the sites open. But these businesses cant open everywhere. In areas with local lockdowns like Greater Manchester and leicester, the restrictions remain in place. And hes played that to perfection. At the crucible in sheffield today, there were no spectators at the World Snooker championships, but a small number of fans will be allowed in for the final this weekend. And bowling will soon be back, too. 48 hollywood bowls open on saturday after a long wait. One of our big frustrations has been that there has really been no sort of Scientific Evidence as to why our business and our activity is less safe than potentially going to a pub, restaurant, Trampoline Park and so forth. We have done a lot of work to put some fantastic and robust covid secure measures in place. As lockdown eases in england, there will be bigger fines for those failing to wear masks where it is compulsory. These are among the last industries to open and they are doing all they can to make it safe and fun for people to return. Sarah corker, bbc news, liverpool. And if you want to find out more about the lockdown restrictions in different parts of the uk, just go to the bbc news website, and search for coronavirus lockdown all you need to know, about new measures. The latest government figures show there were 1,441 new confirmed coronavirus cases across the uk, in the latest 24 hour period. That means, as you can see, the rate is rising gradually, with the average number of new cases per day in the last week, being 1,052. The deaths of 11 people were also reported today, under new rules recording, those whove died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. That means the total number, across the uk, is now 41,358. Current coronavirus restrictions on household gatherings in Greater Manchester, west yorkshire, east lancashire and leicester are to continue. The department of health says infections rates remain high or are rising in those areas. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Virus testing is stepped up in the lancashire district of pendle, one of three areas in the north west of england now under more intense focus as cases increase. Local Incident Teams will be backed up by National Officials to try to bring infection rates under control. Councillors in pendle today set out their priorities. Strengthening the local tracing capacity and making sure that we have boots on the ground who can actually keep people who need to be isolated in isolation. There are also concerns in 0ldham. A star of the tv show the inbetweeners has been recruited to try to get key messages across to the younger audience. Hello, the residents of 0ldham. Hows it going . 0ldham council, for some reason, have decided to trust me. Heres a coronavirus guidelines reminder to older residents. Reminder to 0ldham residents. No visitors at home. Dont meet anyone you dont live with in indoor venues. Public Health England produces a weekly watch list of areas with hotspots, seen here in the darker shades of red, where there are spikes in the disease. Pendle, blackburn with darwen, and 0ldham, are still the areas of greatest concern. Newark and sherwood was added to the list today, partly because of the rate of increase in case numbers. Experts say the more detailed data now available allows a more focused response to local variations and outbreaks. If we go back to the beginning of march, what we had was a national average. But by having these more precise local areas, because of more testing and more data, that means the types of measures and interventions we can take are a lot more tailored, a lot more targeted and more precise, to try to stop the virus spread more effectively. Meanwhile, a lockdown in aberdeen after a large outbreak, with pubs and restaurants closed and travel restrictions, will be reviewed next week. Today, the first minister said that across scotland, it was now mandatory for hospitality businesses to collect Contact Details from customers, staff and other visitors. Hugh pym, bbc news. The government has signed deals to buy two more experimental coronavirus vaccines. 90 million doses have been purchased from a belgian pharmaceutical company, and a us biotech firm. Britain now has 340 million doses on order for six different vaccines, enough to give everyone in the country five doses. But it s still unclear whether any of them will work. Here s our medical editor fergus walsh. A coronavirus vaccine. It would be the solution to the pandemic, a way to protect the vulnerable, to end social distancing. How do you feel . I feel fine. Good such is the pressing need, countries are placing orders long before Clinical Trials are finished and they know whether any of the vaccines protect against the virus. The uk is set to have one of the worlds biggest stockpiles of coronavirus vaccine. 340 million doses have been ordered of six different vaccines. The latest deals are with a belgian company, janssen, and a us biotech, novavax. Now, even though most of the vaccines require two doses, itll still mean therell be enough to inject everyone in the uk five times over. Its a recognition that most vaccine trials end in failure. Vaccines are a great force for social good. The woman in charge of buying coronavirus vaccines for the uk says the government has to hedge its bets. We dont know if any of these vaccine formats that weve acquired will actually work. There are no licensed vaccines for any human coronavirus, so our priority is to ensure that we have sufficient vaccine for the populations in the uk who are most at risk from coronavirus infection. Britain has a strong record in supporting global health, but one of the worlds Biggest Research charities is concerned that developing nations could lose out in the scramble for covid vaccines. Its critically important that countries that cannot afford to self finance these vaccines have a way of accessing some of those early doses. If were to deliver maximum Public Health impact around the world, countries mustnt secure too many doses for their own citizens. So, when will we know if we have an effective vaccine . Early signals might come at the end of the year. More trials are due to start in britain soon. The more people who sign up, the sooner well get an answer. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Tens of thousands of people across belarus have been on the streets once again, showing their opposition to the countrys president. Alexander lu kashenko was declared the winner of last sundays election, having ruled the country for the past 26 years, but critics believe the vote was rigged. The European Union now says it doesnt recognise the result, and is preparing sanctions against belarus, where this evening thousands have been marching on independence square, in the capital, minsk, from where Abdujalil Abdurasulov now reports. Chanting. The Opposition Movement against president lukashenko is growing. Protesters have gathered in the main square of minsk. They are chanting, freedom, freedom. They have brought flowers and balloons to show that their movement is peaceful. This is unprecedented for belarus, where authorities violently crack down on protesters. Translation i have been living here for 28 years and for 26 of them, he was ruler of this country, mr lukashenko, and i am really tired of it and i want to change it. At the notorious 0krestina detention centre, a volunteer reads out the list of names of those who still remain inside. And as detainees leave jail, they show us bruises from vicious beatings. Many tell harrowing stories of torture and abuse. Serhiy was arrested on monday. Riot police threw him into a police van before torturing him. They used batons and electrocuted him with a stun gun. Translation whenever we moved or said a word, they would beat us. One of the police said, if i was ordered to burn you alive, i would. They could do anything to you. The pain was unbearable, and i begged him to stop but he carried on. Opposition candidate svetla na ti kha novs kaya, who earlier had to flee the country, has called on authorities to stop the violence. Translation the people of belarus no longer want to live with the former regime. People dont believe in his victory at the elections. Lets defend our choice. Back on the square, special forces nervously keep an eye on the protesters. The president tried to soften the mood today by calling on Security Forces to be more gentle, but this may be too little, too late, for the regime. Abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, minsk. Barack obama has accused the Trump Administration of trying to suppress voting for novembers president ial election. Postal ballots are seen by many as crucial in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, but the Us Postal Service is warning there could be delays, and President Trump is blocking extra funding. Our north america editorjon sopel is at the white house. One wonders how the humble postal vote became so controversial. Yes, who would have thought that the Us Postal Service would find itself at the centre of this kind of controversy . Unprecedented numbers look like they are going to vote by post. Donald trump has repeatedly asserted that mail in ballots or postal votes will lead to fraud and chaos but none of the recent surveys of postal voting back that up. So what people suspect is that donald trump is worried that making voting easier will lead to an increased turnout and increased turnout will favour the democrats. So he has said, in terms, he is going to starve funding so postal votes become impossible. That has led to fury. The Us Postal Service has warned there could be delays. Barack obama said, everyone depends on the Us Postal Service, seniors for their social security, veterans for their prescriptions. They cant be Collateral Damage to an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing the vote than suppressing the vote than suppressing the virus. A postscript, two of the most recent people to register for postal votes are double] trump and his wife. Donaldj are double] trump and his wife. Donald j trump. Are double] trump and his wife. Donald] trump. Thanks. John are double] trump and his wife. Donald] trump. Thanks. ]ohn sobel at the white house, there. Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the allied victory over]apan, which ended the second world war. In 1945, emperor hirohito announced his countrys Unconditional Surrender in a radio broadcast, the first time the vast majority of his people had ever heard his voice. While many japanese see their country as a victim of american atom bombs, china and south korea, under Japanese Occupation during the war, see tokyos later apologies as incomplete and insincere. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports now from tokyo. At tokyos yasukuni shrine, the narashino brotherhood has come to bow to the spirits of japans wartime leaders. August is a busy month for these far right nationalists. First, they tried to get to japans parliament, but the way is blocked. So they crank up the speakers and begin shouting abuse. The liberal Democratic Party is useless, they shout. You are idiots. With more and more of her troops landing at shanghai. Japan committed many crimes during world war ii, but by far the worst was the nanjing massacre. After the city fell, tens of thousands of chinese soldiers and civilians were slaughtered. But not according to takahiro ozaki. Translation first of all, the nanjing massacre does not exist. The civilian population of the city was evacuated. If there was a massacre, where did all the dead bodies go . There is no evidence, its all a lie. China is not the only country these groups claim, has wronged japan. Today, their target is russia. So this is another piece of highly contested history for japans nationalists. Up the streetjust here is the russian embassy, and they believe that at the end of world war ii, russia stole a big chunk of territory from japan, and today, theyre here to demand it back. 75 years on, the wounds inflicted by world war ii remain open and festering. Anger is strongest in south korea, where japans prime minister, shinzo abe, is a figure of hate and ridicule. Last month, a korean artist unveiled the statue of mr abe prostrating himself before a young korean woman. It symbolises the begging for forgiveness that japan has yet to do for the crimes it committed against thousands of korean women. The united states, which was the occupying power injapan, did not want to get into the history question, wanted everyone to move forward. And you had, you know, millions, tens of millions of victims in china and korea. They are saying, wait a second, wait a second, thats not ok, im not ready to move on. On saturday, thousands will gather at the yasukuni shrine. Many will come to pray for a relative, one of the 2. 5 million japanese war dead. But others will come here to pay homage to the 14 class a war criminals who are also honoured here. In seoul and beijing, they will see a country that still refuses to face its own past. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. After five and a half months, the long wait for rugby union fans ended tonight, as harlequins took on sale in the english premiership. But the match was played behind closed doors, meaning there was no revenue from ticket sales, a growing problem for some of the countrys top clubs during the pandemic. Laura scott reports. It was winter when rugby was last played here. While other sports have kicked off and kicked on fans of rugby union have been made need to wait. But tonight, the action returned after five months away. Host ha rlequins after five months away. Host harlequins benefited from some us tennis from sale sharks with marcus miss scoring the first premiership points since march while this summed up points since march while this summed up the visitors error strewn first half. An early second half try put sale on the board but an energised ha rlequins sale on the board but an energised harlequins kept hold of the lead. They were helped by a try from scott baldwin. At times, it was less explosive start animal stop start. There were some unusual sights in an empty twickenham stoop. Without anyone through the turnstiles, some premiership clubs warned they face a threat to their survival. Harlequins told us they are not immune to the impact of the pandemic and have taken a significant hit. We have already had to swallow quite a difficult loss and as long as this goes on we are ultimately going to be taking financial pain. It is going to be really difficult for everybody concerned but this club is in the best position it can be to continue into the future