As it happened: Johnson considering mandatory face coverings in England's shops - BBC News
It is understood the government is looking at whether to make face coverings compulsory in England's shops.
The UK government is expected to confirm later whether it will opt out of an EU scheme to secure potential Covid-19 vaccine supplies.

The EU has launched other schemes, during the pandemic, to secure things like testing kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) - negotiating with suppliers on behalf of EU member states.

The UK was allowed to join these (because it is still in a transition period with the EU) but chose not to .

So, how are the schemes getting on?

The European Commission says its PPE procurement plan can potentially provide up to 20 million goggles, 12 million face shields and over 350 million masks of different types. It says the ventilator scheme can deliver 110,000 units.

It says orders so far include: Belgium placing one for 2.6 million FFP2 masks and Austria for 500,000.

Latvia’s order for 25,000 goggles and 100,000 surgical masks was delivered in June. Bulgaria’s order for 55 ventilators is expected to be delivered by the end of July.

Luxembourg has received its order for 1,000,000 gloves.