Face coverings have become compulsory in more public spaces in england and scotland. People visiting museums, cinemas and places of worship will have to cover their faces in england, and the new rule applies to any sales area thats open to the public in scotland. Katy austin reports. The big screen is back. Ten of cinema chain vues 90 sites reopened yesterday, including this one in londons shepherds bush, after more than four months closed. So, are you a little bit excited . Too excited to say a little bit. And what are you going to see . Im going to see dream build. Things are different, including one way systems and enhanced cleaning. Booking online and getting your ticket on a mobile phone app are encouraged, and there is no picknmix here. Now in england and scotland cinemas, Face Coverings are mandatory, although vue says it wont police them, recognising some people have valid exemptions. You do need to wear a Face Covering around most parts of the cinema, but while youre eating or
Friday was the hottest august day for 17 years, as large parts of the uk experienced high temperatures, and the south of england baked in a heatwave. London reached just over 36 celsius. People are advised to avoid busy beaches and maintain social distancing throughout the weekend, with the warm weather set to continue. Sangita myska reports now from southend on sea. Sun, sea, sand and social distancing. This is british summertime in our new normal. The sun seekers of essex today flocked to southend sea front as temperatures here and across englands Southern Coast have soared. The government is urging people to keep their distance from one another, but with limited success. When we got here we suddenly realised there was a lot of people in a very small amount of space. So were going to try our best to keep our distance from everybody else. Its difficult when its so crowded everywhere, isnt it . Yeah, not many people wear masks in shops around here, ive noticed. Well, i was stuck in for
About any beer biscay, which will bring, we think, in my general thundery break bay of biscay, milling through wednesday night, bringing thundery rain. We could well see the heat starting to break by that stage in the south, but not without some rather torrential rain to go with it. As ever, more details on the warnings online. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson says it would be morally indefensible to keep schools in england closed, and has pledged to make reopening them a national priority. Iam very i am very pleased that the Prime Minister is making schools a priority. I have been arguing sometime that my fear was that children were being left behind in this relaxation of lockdown. Amid growing anger at the lebanese government and mass demonstrations over last weeks catastophic explosion in beirut, the countrys information minister resigns. Theres been fresh arrivals of migrants on the uk coast this morning adding to the more than five hundred people crossing the ch
Now on bbc news, its time for the travel show. Its been 75 years, but survivors argue their memories of Nuclear Attack still need to be heard. This week, hiroshima and nagasaki and the anniversary too important to cancel. Hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from hiroshima, around 900 kilometres south west of tokyo. 75 years ago, the worlds first atomic bomb fell on this city, killing tens of thousands of people in a blinding flash of light and, three days later, another bomb fell on nagasaki. In this weeks show, well be meeting the survivors of those attacks and seeing how events designed to mark the 75th anniversary have faired during the global pandemic. Also coming up on this weeks show christa uncovers the wartime secrets buried deep beneath gibraltar. We meet the people still trapped a long way from home because of covid 19. We feel like hostage here on board as we have no choice except being in our cabin. And rajan gets to grips with some new gadgets des
Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will present a plan today to address problems with the way School Pupils were awarded grades this year in the absence of exams. Yesterday, the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon apologised for the method used, where the marks given to pupils were based partly on the past performance of their schools. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. It has been a tough few days for 16 year old olivia and her dad, david. Her dreams of studying medicine, after she got results that bore little resemblance to what she was predicted, for now on hold. I wasnt really nervous at all because i kind of knew what i was expected to get. Then i opened up the results and i was completely devastated. I was heartbroken. Literally, i thought my dreams were crushed. After days of defending the process, a u turn from scotlands first minister, who said she wasnt prepared for young people in more deprived areas to think the system is stacked against them. Despite o