The 30 minutes waiting in The Box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of wait ive ever experienced in my life. And heading to tokyo the mother of all comebacks for Olympic Rower Helen Glover. And coming up in the sport, on the Bbc News Channel England Chase down a Record Score at edgbaston in the third one day international to beat pakistan and claim a series clean sweep. Good evening. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, has confirmed that covid restrictions will be eased from monday, but face coverings will remain mandatory for some time to come. In what is a more cautious approach than englands, scotland will relax social distancing to one metre Inside Public Spaces and ease but not lift the restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet in homes. Ms sturgeon said it was to protect the vulnerable in society. It comes as the uk has recorded its highest daily Death Toll since early april. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. All of scotland will move to level zero on monday, the lowest tier of its covid controls. Up to ten people from four households will be allowed to meet indoors and in pubs and restaurants, and up to 15 outdoors. Unlike in england, face coverings will still be compulsory and nightclubs will stay closed. The first minister said sensible precautions were still needed. In the race between the vaccine and the virus, we believe the vaccine will win, but we cant allow the virus to run Too far ahead. We must stick to a cautious approach. We are easing restrictions next week but we are not abandoning them. Covid cases have been rising fast in recent weeks across the uk and there is huge uncertainty about how big this third wave will be. The number of covid patients being admitted to hospital has doubled in the past ten days to more than 500 per day but if we look at december, to the point when daily cases were the same as they are now, then there were more than 2,000 admissions per day, four times the rate now. The difference is down to the protection from vaccines. They could be as much as 98 effective at preventing serious illness with the Delta Variant but if it is just a bit less, lets say 94 effective, that would lead to three times the number of infected vaccinated people ending up in hospital. A small change could make a big difference. In england, the Big Unknown is how behaviour will change from next week when legal controls on social Distancing And Mask wearing are dropped. If there is a quick return to pre Pandemic Behaviour with a lot more contacts and less caution, modellers predict there could be 2,000 Hospital Admissions per day although in the worst Case Scenario it could be nearer 4,000. But if there is a more cautious return, spaced over several months, there will be far fewer admissions and less impact on the nhs. 0nce legal restrictions are lifted, we dont know how each individual will act, but if each of them acts cautiously, wears masks, works from home where possible, that may result in a massive reduction in the size of the epidemic wave. Amit is extremely clinically vulnerable and has been shielding for 15 months after suffering kidney failure. His wife goes out to work and hes worried she might get infected when restrictions are lifted in england. The Fear Factor is that when she uses public transport, people might not have to wear masks, and thats not really going to protect her. Shes wearing a mask thinking it will protect herself and me. Personal responsibility or legal controls a clear difference of approach between the governments in England And Scotland in how best to manage covid. Both are urging public caution as the third wave grows. Fergus walsh, bbc news. The latest official figures show another 50 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. 36,660 new infections were also recorded across the uk the highest figure since the end of january. There were on average over 33,500 new cases per day in the past week. Just over 5a,000 people had a first dose of the vaccine in the last 2a hours. Nearly 46 Million people have had theirfirstjab just over 87 of uk adults. More than 125,00 people had a second dose. So almost 35 Million or 66 of all adults are fully vaccinated. From monday, face coverings will no longer be a legal requirement in england but it now looks like masks will still be reuqirred to travel on transport for londons tubes, trains and buses. Caroline davies, our transport corresondentjoins me now. Is that enforceable . Firstly it is important to understand what this is, it wont be against the law if you dont wear a mask but it means that you will be stopped from Travelling By transport for london, and how easy it will be to enforce this is difficult to say and some unions are worried that this will lead to disputes with their staff on board. The government so you should be wearing masks in crowded settings and they have allowed Transport Operators to adopt this policy. Transport for london is the first operator to choose to do this and although the mayor for magister said he had not ruled it out earlier today, it is really interesting to see that the London Mayor has said notjust that he is doing this because you would like to see the virus repressed but also to give People Confidence to travel on their services which is actually almost the exact opposite for the reason why the operators in other areas have decided not to do it. Because they say they are worried that if people are told they have to wear masks they might begin to perceive public transport as being more dangerous than other indoor settings like restaurants and bars. Thanks forjoining us. Police say there has been a significant increase in Stalking Offences during the pandemic in england and wales. Figures obtained by the bbc through Freedom Of Information requests show that while tens of thousands of stalking crimes occurred last year, Police Forces are struggling to keep up with offences. The government says its working with police to tackle stalking and protecting women from Violence And Abuse is an absolute priority. Our special correspondent, ed thomas, has been speaking to one woman whos been stalked for years, but whose problems intensified during the coronavirus lockdowns. The simple fact that he could find me is petrifying. Every six minutes on average a Stalking Offence is committed across england and wales. The times i feared more than anything is when hes come to my workplace. I would say ive just been another number and i dont think theyve cared. It is completely ruining my life, itjeopardises my future, my career and the messages are vile. Weve learnt of a sharp rise in Stalking Offences last year and figures suggest that Police Arrests are not increasing in line with incidents. I havent stopped thinking about you since the day i left and im not taking no for an answer. Message after message. I need to see you. Week after week. We met for a reason and i believe we are meant for each other. Chris has been stalked for six years by a man she sat next to once in a Team Meeting at work. You dirty, filthy slag, i hope you get aids, bitch. Its just disgusting. Honestly, i Cant Bear these. This abuse surged during covid. Here, a visit to her new offices was caught on cctv. The moment you see a physical image of somebody, you then realise that actually this is really real. Someone that has absolutely no kind of relationship with me whatsoever can be completely obsessed. Hello bleep. She says colleagues have been contacted more than 2,000 times. She doesnt work here any more, im afraid. Of course she dont. He phoned up, spoke to someone and said he would punch me up until there is no more of me. My fear is that he would take my life and then take his life. The national stalking advocacy service, paladin, says one in two stalkers carry out the threats they make. Stalking has increased massively for victims during the pandemic. Victims tell me they feel particularly vulnerable. To compound that, victims also tell me the police are just not investigating and they are met with an attitude of disbelief. They are fighting their stalker and the criminalJustice System. The first time i ever reported it, i had a Police Officer who came to my old workplace and his words were, and ill neverforget it, he said, you should be flattered, he just likes you. The hundreds of messages, the phone calls, the cctv, have all been passed to the police. Ijust dont think theyve done enough. Ive had about 50 conversations with multiple Police Officers. How many officers have dealt with your case . Im going to say over ten, because i dont know how many. Ive lost track. Its exhausting. We have learned of a sharp increase in stalking, to more than 80,000 crimes thats one every six minutes. 0ur Information requests indicate the numbers of arrests of offenders rose atjust half the rate of the increase in incidents. What weve seen both in the Pandemic And Outside of it is a significant increase in stalking cases. There has been a change around the way we also record these offences, so actually trying to compare year on year is challenging at the moment. And still the Justice System is waiting to catch up. What do you say to these women . I thank them for coming forward. Its really important they come forward. Im saying sorry if there are delays in the system. Which we know there are. Yes, we accept that is the position in certain cases. The metropolitan police say they did arrest someone last year. He has been bailed and chris is being supported by a dedicated Police Officer while the investigation continues. Chris disputes this. She says six years after the first complaint, shes still waiting forjustice. I want my story, i want other womens stories to be taken seriously. I will never be the same person. Im completely guarded now and i have got my guard up at all stages than i was before. Im just so fearful that i willjust bump into him, and i wont know what to do. Chris ending that report from our special Correspondent Ed thomas. The Governments Decision to cut the overseas Aid Budget has been backed by mps. A number of senior conservatives . Including the former prime Minister Theresa may . Opposed the move. But mps voted for a Treasury Plan to lock in the cuts for a number of years. Aid charities said the result was a disaster. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, James Landale is at westminster. What are the implications . The prime minister and the chancellor scored a political victory today, the cut in Aid Spending has been a Running Sore for the government, popular with many voters but unpopular at Westminster But Today mps had their vote and a majority backed the cut so the government has seen of its critics and its rebels. But for those who receive Uk Aid this could be a much longer Term Disaster and that is because mps backed some strict new economic tests before aid can be increased in the future. Debt has got to be falling and the day to Day Budget of the government has got to be in surplus and mps warned this could be a long time before these tests are passed. In other words this £4 billion Aid Cut could be entrenched for the long Term And Aid charities warned that this could mean millions around the world are deprived of medication, sanitation and water, at a cost of many lives, and water, at a cost of many lives, and tonight the former Prime Ministerjohn major said the government should be ashamed of these cuts, saying there was a stamp of Little England rather than great britain, and others warned of a damage to britain as global reputation and environmentalists warn the poorer countries would be more reluctant to sign up to Carbon Emissions later this year. The government has won its vote but the issue has not gone away. Issue has not gone away. Thanks for oininu us. A man who killed two schoolgirls in the 1980s is to be released from prison, despite the government asking for the decision to be reviewed. Colin pitchfork has served 33 years injailfor raping and murdering 15 year olds lynda Mann And Dawn ashworth. Last month the Parole Board said it was safe to release the 61 year old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence. It was an extraordinary escape Carlos Ghosn the former boss of the car making giant, nissan has been describing how he fled House Arrest Injapan by hiding in a box that was then loaded on to a private jet. Hed been arrested in tokyo in 2018 and charged with financial misconduct offences. He denies the charges and says he believes he is being treated as Collateral Damage. He is now in exile in lebanon from where he has been speaking exclusively to our business editor, Simon Jack from Folk Hero to fugitive. Carlos ghosn was the Rock Star of the business world. At one time the boss of renault, nissan, and a giant Manufacturing Alliance that included mitsubishi. Mingling with heads of state, his image was found in the Society Pages in france, and comics injapan. Citizen of the world with homes across the globe. But that opulent lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when he landed injapan in November 2018 for what he thought was a routine work meeting. It was a normal day, normal arrival. The policeman at the Passport Control said there was a problem. The only memory i have of this moment is shock, frozen, trauma. He was taken to a detention centre, watch, phone, computer confiscated. Handed the clothes of a prisoner. For the next year, he was either in prison, under house arrest, or followed wherever he went. Japan has a 91 Conviction Rate and when he was told he could have no contact with his wife, he made a big decision. If i want to have any hope to have one day a normal life, im going to have to leave. But how . Two former soldiers posing as musicians arrived injapan to smuggle him out in the Music Equipment Box like this. When you get in The Box, you dont think about the past, you dont think about the future, you just think about the moment. Because you dont see anything, you just can hear people around you. And these 30 minutes waiting in The Box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of wait i have ever experienced in my life. But why did nissan, the japanese company he was credited with saving, suddenly turn on him . He insists it was japanese theory is that french company renault, which already owns nearly half of nissan, wanted control. They turned on me because they were very upset by the behaviour of the french state. So you are saying you were Collateral Damage . I am saying that. Do you have, then, no regrets about your own behaviour . Nobody can say, you know, i spent 19 years heading a company and, you know, there is nothing i could not have done differently. This being said, the action and the reaction both injapan and france has been totally disproportionate, totally irrational. Meanwhile this man, greg kelly, Colleague And Confidant of Carlos Ghosn, is still detained injapan. Along with two americans who masterminded his astonishing escape. You got out. How do you feel about, do you have any regrets about the people that are still there, because of you, facing jail time . I feel sorry for all the people who are victims of the hostage Justice System in japan. The japanese government and Nissan Officials deny he has been treated unfairly. This one time Big Fish now swims in a smaller pond. In exile, under armed guard in beirut. Not the retirement Carlos Ghosn was expecting. Simon jack, bbc news. And you can see more on that story on storyville, Carlos Ghosn the last Flight Tomorrow Night on bbc 4 at 10pm and on the bbc iplayer. The England Footballer Marcus rashford has said tonight that hes lost for words and overwhelmed after thousands of people left messages of support on a mural of him in manchester that had been defaced with racist abuse after Englands Defeat in the euro 2020 final. It comes after Downing Street was forced to defend the Home Secretary after rashfords team mate, tyrone mings, criticised her comments about the abuse his Team Mates received after the match on sunday. Heres our community Affairs Correspondent adina campbell. Black lives matter supporting their man on and off the pitch. A community in defiance. I think the racist Abuse Marcus suffered is really systemic of what its like to be a black person within the uk. I think our value is completely mitigated by what we bring. As soon as marcus was doing well in football he was like a great british icon and as soon as he made one mistake, his colour was brought into it and i think that is the perfect metaphor for what its like to be black and british. Today the mural of Marcus Rashford was restored by the artist who created it. Spraying over the racist graffiti after Englands Defeat against italy on sunday night. He and two of his other Team Mates, Jadon Sancho and bukayo saka, all received racist abuse on Social Media shortly after missing their penalties. In a heartfelt online post, Marcus Rashford has opened up about the events over the last few days. I can take critique of my performance all day long but i will never apologise for who i am and where i came from. Meanwhile, England Defender Tyrone mings has accused the Home Secretary of stoking the fire, accusing her of pretending to be disgusted about racism after she condemned the online abuse faced by footballers, because she had previously called taking the Knee Gesture politics. No one wants to see racism, lets assume that is the case with everybody including, by the way, our Home Secretary who has been subject in her life to racism herself. Nobody wants to see it and i think we all get behind each other to defeat it, not only in sport, but in society more broadly. Inspired by englands overall performance at the euros, these young footballers in luton are hoping to follow in the footsteps of their role models, but they say the last 48 hours have been hard to bear. Ijust knew when he missed, i knew he would get some backlash because of our race and that. I was at wembley when they missed so had to get out there quick. Aspiring professional footballers who one Day Hope Racism will finally be rooted out of the game they love. Its worrying, to be fair, because since were not really seeing any changes, im an aspiring footballer myself so its a thing where im thinking, if god allows me to become a footballer, will these kind of instances still happen, which is worrying. Adina campbell, bbc news, in luton. A diplomatic row has broken out between the greek government and the eu over the Countrys Treatment of migrants trying to reach europe from turkey. Human rights groups claim that thousands of people seeking asylum in europe have been blocked by greek boats and pushed back to turkey. But athens has rejected claims by a senior Eu Official that the country is breaching european fundamental rights saying the claims are unfounded. Fergal keanes report from the island of lesbos contains some strong language. 0n europes southern frontier, the guardians of the law are accused of breaking it. Please pushing Asylum Seekers across an international border, time and again. In some cases, shots fired in the air, and into the water. All to intimidate. Weve been investigating the stories of some of those who allege theyve been victims of push backs. 0njune the 10th last, migrants filmed part of their encounter with greek coastguards. Using the footage, we verified the Date And Location of the incident. Translation they asked us why we didnt get a visa before entering. We explained that we fled the country, there was no way to get a visa when you flee like that. With the war at home, the multiple problems, our exit is illegal. They insulted us. They made the sign of the cross. They told us To Go screw ourselves, if we came back, they would kill us. Some do manage to land in greece. But that doesnt end the danger of being pushed back. We have heard evidence of people who have got ashore and been discovered by the greek authorities, only to be taken back out to sea and pushed in the direction of turkey. Without any due process. Translation then they put us on the bus and Took us to a military port, then put us in boats. It was around 8pm. There were police wearing dark blue and commandos covering their faces with masks. I could only see the eyes. They were armed with weapons. Then we arrived at a location at around quarter past midnight. They put us all in one boat. After that we realised we were in regional turkish waters. Najma says they were then transferred to dinghies with no engines. And allowed to drift. Before being eventually picked up by the turkish coast guard. Since these scenes six years ago, sentiment has hardened against migrants in europe. And the eu is accused of Turning A Blind Eye to abuses because greece is keeping migrants out. Some boats from the eus own Border Agency are even accused of helping with push backs. But now a top Eu Official has told the Bbc Push backs defy its core values and must stop. I think these are violations of our fundamental european values. And when we are protecting our borders, we are protecting our values. And that is why we cannot see violations of fundamental rights go on without having a proper response to that. But this evening, athens hit back. Allegations are clearly unfounded, they rely on footage or testimony provided from the country of departure. Numerous cases have been investigated, including by the european union, and reports have found no evidence of any breach of eu fundamental rights. That denial will be challenged, if the eu is serious about ending abuses on its borders. Fergal keane, bbc news, lesbos. Almost 400 british athletes are on their way to japan for the start of the delayed Tokyo Games next week. Among them are the Olympic Rowers Helen Glover and Polly Swann who are competing together. But as andy swiss reports their build up to the games has been far from normal. Applause. Shes been cheered To Gold at the last two games. But since then, Helen Glovers found a new fan club. What do you see . Mummy. With the arrival of logan and Twins Bo and kit, competing in tokyo, its fair to say, wasnt in the family diary. But then the games were postponed for a year, and she couldnt resist the challenge. Over that first lockdown the babies were so small that i wanted to get some fitness back and while they were napping i went on the Rowing Machine. And that Alljust Kind of escalated up into thinking, i wonder if i could make the team . The little ones are all early risers, which is great but actually, its become quite a nice part of the routine because i have a couple of hours with them when they wake at five and i leave at around seven. I will sometimes do weights when the babies have gone to bed. Do they have any sense at all of what their mum is doing . If they see a rower they will kind of point at it and say, rower, mummy. And they think every rower is me. And then logan, i told him that i was going to be going to the olympics and he told me i was Too old but if Helen Glover has had some journey, so has her partner. Having just finished her medical studies, Polly Swann volunteered as a doctor during lockdown. While still training for tokyo. Ijust remember thinking, i had the skills to help. I wanted to help, and theres something a bit bigger than sport at hand at the moment. And i was staying at my parents and there was a Rowing Machine in the hallway, there was a bike in my mum and dads garden shed. How much respect do you each have for what the other one has done . Personally i can understate the respect that i have for polly. I think its phenomenal. To represent your country in a sport is one thing, but to actually back that up with action in actively helping your country, is another. I think shes going to make me cry i felt like i was going to cry in that bit well, expect plenty more emotion if they can follow up their European Title this year with the biggest title of all. For us to end up in a boat together is just, for me, its the Fairy Tale story. And thats why we love sport. We go out to see what we can do against the rest of the world, and who knows whats going to happen. Lets hope for a Fairy Tale ending thats it. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Its a pleasant enough evening out there as well. Just a couple of scattered showers in one or two areas. What about tomorrow . Looking good. In fact, the outlook is looking very good indeed. Its going turn increasingly warm and sunny. So, the here and now, across many central and western areas, it is going to be a mostly clear night. However, out towards the east, along the North Sea coast, it may turn cloudy, so that means a bit of a slow start to the day for some of us on wednesday. But not cold in the morning. 15 degrees, for example, in liverpool. So, the forecast for wednesday, lots of fine Weather Right from the word go. Plenty of sunny spells on the way. In one or two areas in the North West it might turn a little cloudier and cooler, Too. 17 for stornoway, but low 20s for the Lowlands Of Scotland and northern ireland. Mid 20s expected in the south. How about thursday and friday . Every bit as warm and sunny. In fact, by friday in some spots, up to 27 degrees. This is bbc news, the headlines. Greece is accused of intercepting migrants in the mediterranean pushing them back and abandoning them in turkish waters. A Eu Official has told the bbc that the illegal deportation which greece denies must stop. President biden has accused republican controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on free and fair elections by restricting voting rights. The Republican National Committee dismissed the remarks saying they were trying to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. At least 45 people have died in South Africa as violence sparked by the Jailing Ofjacob Zuma continues. The army has been deployed, but a Bbc Correspondent in durban says looters are operating freely. A chinese man has been reunited with his son after a 24 year search. His son was abducted in 1997 when he was two years old