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The minister for Culture and Digital, Caroline Dinenage, told Mishal Husain the decision on whether to make face masks mandatory in shops would be kept under review following the Scottish Government's new guidance for the retail sector. She went on to say "We have said face coverings in closed spaces is advised but people can use their own discretion - but of course we will keep this under review. This is a topic upon which scientists tend to have rather different views so we are looking at it as new scientific studies emerge." The minister was speaking ahead of the reopening of tattooists, tanning and beauty salons. Facial treatments such as eyebrow threading are still not allowed. Mishal also heard from Vanita Parti, founder and chief executive of the Blink Brow Bar walk-in beauty bar chain. Credit: Getty Creative

Beauty salons, spas and nail bars will be able to open their doors again in England from Monday (Image: a client having her nails done at a nail salon in Belfast. Credit: Press Association)

Delays in late abortion services were identified as an issue in 2015. But Charlotte Hayward has found that some women are still unable to get the medical abortions they need. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service says they are having to turn more and more women away because there are not enough trained doctors or hospital facilities, including for those at risk of hemorrhage or with conditions like epilepsy. Credit: Getty Images

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak spoke to Martha Kearney the day after his summer statement and defended his decision to end the furlough scheme for all sectors by October. "Fundamentally we have to get our economy back to normal: we can't sustainably have a system where Government subsidise jobs and the only way that those jobs exist.” He went on to say this would be "not fair either to the taxpayer but also to those people who are then trapped in a job which only exists because of that subsidy.” Credit: Reuters

The former Clinton administration Vice President, Al Gore, is now an environmental campaigner and chair of sustainable investment firm, Generation. He spoke to Justin Webb about his hopes for a lower carbon, less unequal future, in response to the pandemic. He is calling on governments to take advantage of a “once in a generation obligation” to ensure the global economic recovery is also a green one. Credit: Getty Images