Under the restrictions, police and council officers can ask people to remove a face covering when their identity is being hidden to commit a crime or behave anti-socially, Nottinghamshire Police said.

The powers will include £70 on-the-spot fines, confiscation of face coverings and referral to an immediate justice programme requiring community work.

Those who continue to flout the order could be issued with a criminal behaviour order, which could ban them from the city centre indefinitely.

The new rules do not represent a blanket ban on face coverings.

Officers say they are targeting "crime, anti-social behaviour or intimidating conduct", and there are exemptions for people who wear face coverings for religious, health, medical or work reasons.

The new restriction that comes into effect from Tuesday is an addition to the city centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) issued by Nottingham City Council.

A consultation dubbed 'Operation Reclaim' that was launched last month by the authority received more than 2,200 responses, with more than 90% supporting police action.

Nottinghamshire Police said evidence identified more than 180 city centre incidents involving face coverings or balaclavas between June 2025 and June 2026.

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Gary Godden, Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said he believes the new powers will make it easier for police to take away "the veil of anonymity that some people try to hide behind".

It comes as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for a ban on full face coverings in public, including those worn for religious reasons, after masked anti-migrant demonstrators gathered in Dover earlier this month.

Timothy Miller, 76, from Southampton, was charged with concealing his identity after police warned they would arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth at the weekend.

Neghat Khan, leader of Nottingham City Council, said last week: "We have listened to people across Nottingham who have told us that they can feel intimidated when they see individuals wearing balaclavas, skeleton masks or other face coverings without a legitimate reason in our city centre.

"Our residents should be able to live, work and spend time in Nottingham without feeling frightened or unsafe.

"That is why we are taking decisive action and becoming one of the first cities in the country to introduce a restriction of this kind."

Wolverhampton City Council introduced powers governing face coverings in 2024, also under a public spaces protection order, to help clamp down on anti-social behaviour in the city centre.

The order gives West Midlands Police the authority to ask for people to remove face coverings if they have no reasonable grounds to wear them, or if they are using them to intentionally disguise their identity.

Data from Worldpanel by Numerator, which tracks supermarket sales and prices, showed grocery inflation rising to an annual rate of 2.3% over the four weeks to 6 September.

The rate was reported at 2.1% the previous month - its lowest level since October 2024.

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Worldpanel said its data showed signs that rising bills, such as those for fuel and household energy, were already altering spending choices.

It noted 18 million fewer trips to the supermarket over the four-week period compared to the July peak.

Across all grocery items, spending on deals rose by £243m - 7% higher than a year earlier.

The tracker also highlighted a drop of more than 12% in school uniform spending, in what is traditionally the busiest month for those purchases.

While the UK grocery market is highly competitive amid a fierce battle for market share, chains themselves are facing upwards price pressures as manufacturers endure higher costs from ingredients to delivery.

Oil prices are 60% up on where they stood a year ago, for example, due to the effects of the US-Iran war, while many other commodity prices have also shot up.

Wheat costs are up by a quarter following poor yields caused by the summer heatwaves.

The risk is that these hikes are passed on to consumers.

It is hoped, however, that the battle for customers among supermarkets will continue to help limit price rises through sustained loyalty programme and promotional activity.

While petrol and diesel costs have hit their highest levels since 2022 this week, some industry forecasts see the energy price cap rising above £2,000 a year from January given the increases in wholesale natural gas prices seen in recent weeks.

Such a figure would represent an increase of more than £300 on the cap level due to come into force at the end of this month.

Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Worldpanel, said of the data: "While grocery inflation ticked up modestly last month, it remains significantly lower than the levels we saw earlier in the year, giving households some welcome breathing room."

He added: "Value is the watchword for parents this back-to-school season.

"More than four in 10 households (44%) are now prioritising keeping costs low above all else when it comes to buying uniform, even if that means compromising slightly on quality, while a third (33%) are still looking to strike a balance between the two.

"It's a clear sign that, for many families, the return to school is landing at a difficult time financially, and retailers who can offer reassurance on price without compromising on quality will stand in good stead."

Widow's Bay, which stars the 51-year-old, also set a new record for the most wins of a comedy series in the history of the awards.

With a haul of 14 statuettes, the dark comedy's Welsh star took best actor, and then made history himself by bagging the best actor in a limited series for psychological thriller, The Beast In Me.

Taken together with his 2018 drama win for The Americans, he is the first male performer to win in all three lead acting categories.

Picking up his second prize of the night at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, Rhys paid tribute to "the great and good people of Wales", which he hailed as "a small but mighty nation".

Speaking backstage holding both Emmys, Rhys said: "The celebrations will be long, varied, and I hope at times wild."

Here are the winning shows and stars in the main Emmy categories.

Outstanding Drama: The Pitt
The Diplomat
The Gilded Age
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Paradise
Pluribus
Slow Horses
Your Friends & Neighbors

Lead Actress in a Drama: Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Zendaya, Euphoria

Lead Actor in a Drama: Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Sterling K Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat

Supporting Actress in a Drama: Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Fiona Dourif, The Pitt
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Karolina Wydra, Pluribus

Supporting Actor in a Drama: Tom Pelphrey, Task
Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
Gerran Howell, The Pitt
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Pluribus

Outstanding Comedy: Widow's Bay
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking

Lead Actress in a Comedy: Jean Smart, Hacks
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Elle Fanning, Margo's Got Money Troubles
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback

Lead Actor in a Comedy: Matthew Rhys, Widow's Bay
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man
Steve Carell, Rooster
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Supporting Actress in a Comedy: Kate O'Flynn, Widow's Bay
Dale Dickey, Widow's Bay
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo's Got Money Troubles
Megan Stalter, Hacks
Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Supporting Actor in a Comedy: Stephen Root, Widow's Bay
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Nick Offerman, Margo's Got Money Troubles
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Reality Competition Program: The Traitors
Dancing With the Stars
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: DTF St. Louis
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Beef
Love Story

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures
Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Carey Mulligan, Beef
Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Riz Ahmed, Bait
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Oscar Isaac, Beef

Outstanding Scripted Variety Series: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Bob Hope Humanitarian Award: Michael J. ​Fox

Widow's Bay, The Pitt, DTF St Louis and Hacks were among this year's biggest winners, and Welsh actor Matthew Rhys was the man of the moment with his history-making double win.

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During a Sheeran concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last week, Macklemore, 43, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, told crowds he wanted people in Gaza and the West Bank to know they had not been forgotten.

His comments prompted backlash, including from singer Pink, who reposted a message criticising his comments to her Instagram page.

A petition was also launched calling for Macklemore to be removed from the remainder of Sheeran's tour.

In a lengthy post on Monday, Macklemore confirmed Sheeran and his team had decided to remove him from the tour

Macklemore said he, Sheeran and Pink were not victims.

"We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families," Macklemore wrote.

"The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence.

"More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that."

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Macklemore went on to claim Robert Kraft, whose Kraft Group owns the Gillette Stadium they were due to play in, had contacted Sheeran and told him they would not be able to play unless he was removed from the tour.

He added that Sheeran was "in a f***** up position".

Macklemore said: "He told me that the words 'Free Palestine' and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with.

"I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood.

"But he couldn't get past his public facing, 'I don't take sides'."

In a statement provided to NBC News, Sky News' US partner network, Mr Kraft said the decision was reached after comments made by Macklemore at the tour's New Jersey shows and "a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community".

He added that Gillette Stadium seeks to create a "welcoming environment for all guests".

"I would welcome the opportunity to sit down with Macklemore and discuss the facts, because ultimately our goal is the same - peace for all people, an end to suffering, and an end to all hate.

"This decision is not about diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians or denying anyone the right to advocate on their behalf. Their pain and loss are real."

Macklemore's advocacy "should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas," Kraft said.

Macklemore was supported by Irish rap trio Kneecap and singer Paloma Faith on Instagram.

Since her original repost, Pink said in a post "Palestinians deserve a future that honours their humanity and their aspirations".

She added: "Last weekend he stood in front of a stadium full of music-loving families, with violent images from a war on the screens, dedicated a song to the movement of his choice, and then took the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn't about them.

"You don't get to decide that for us. That's what prompted my repost."

Pink went on to say she does not speak for Israel or for any government.

Representatives for Sheeran have been contacted for comment.