are celebrating juneteenth — the day marking the end of slavery. and taking the knee — we'll be speaking to the former nfl player who gave colin kaepernick the inspiration for his protest. i thought of an ending for my book. and the film and stage actor sir ian holm has died at the age of 88. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. our top story this evening — the government intends to bring all pupils back into the classroom in england on a full—time basis by september. the education secretary, gavin williamson, said advice for schools on how to plan their full reopening will be published in the next two weeks. and said class sizes could increase from the current maximum of 15 pupils to normal sizes of around 30. he also gave more details of a one billion pound "covid catch—up plan" to help children "get back to where they should be." the fund would help with catch—up lessons and tutoring. the coronavirus alert level across the uk has been downgraded to level three — which means the virus is still in general circulation but cases are not rising exponentially. r — that's the reproduction number of the virus — remains below one — unchanged from last week in wales, nonessential retailers are to be allowed to start trading again from monday. schools could reopen the following week and tourists may be able to return to wales injuly. a further 173 people have died in the uk after testing positive for coronavirus. well let's get more on the schools proposals — with our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. so let's start with those unusual comparisons... back in front of the class — a change from beckyjones from teaching online. what's that? opinion presented as fact. yeah, lovely... she'll work through the months ahead — part of a six—week summer school for all pupils here. everyone's a distance apart, not really much of anything going on on the way to the different lessons. facing their gcses next year, these year—tens worry about catching up. what impact do you think the lockdown has had on your mental health and your wellbeing 7 i think it's had a huge mental impact on me personally. being out of school, i've really struggled with motivation, you know, i can't get up and do my work in the morning. say on a normal year, no coronavirus, it wouldn't be nice, summer school, but i think, for me, the extra learning in the summer, summer school, will be really crucial. the last couple months, the nerves have grown. we have a lot to catch up have grown. we have a lot to catch up on. even though we have been working from home and doing the work that the teachers have assigned us, it's not the same as being in school. so to look after their mental state over summer, creative activities, extra teaching, costing tens of thousands. without good emotional wellbeing, they're not going to be able to learn and not achieve. money the head hopes he can get back from the new cash. one—to—one tutoring might help too, but under these plans he'd have to find a quarter of the cost. i haven't got that money, i cannot make that money up, so when all is said and done, we are going to have to look for other ways of supporting and ask for assistance wherever necessary. i would urge the ministers to do a u—turn on that. they've done a few recently, haven't they? so a u—turn on that one, the funding isn't there. it's not raining, all going well... not everyone thinks so. labour says his plans lack detail. parents are struggling at home, so will all children be in the classroom five days a week from september? to allow that, class sizes could return to normal. we've been creating bubbles of children in the classroom, creating a protective environment for those children. currently, that is at 15. what we would be looking at doing is expanding those bubbles do include the whole class. absolutely, let me be very clear. notjust in england but around the uk, the pressure is mounting on ministers — how will they get schools back to normal? bra nwen jeffreys, bbc news, stoke—on—trent. as we've been hearing, the coronavirus alert level for the whole of the uk has been lowered from four to three. that means the virus is considered to be "in general circulation" instead of "high or rising," and that there could now be a gradual relaxation of restrictions. our science editor david shukman has more details a crush at the start of the week as more shops were allowed to reopen. social distancing apparently forgotten. some scientists were concerned that the lockdown was being relaxed to fast, but today the prime minister,

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