alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow.mprove that, young people are being offered free taxis, pizzas and cinema tickets as incentives. and as luxmy gopal reports, venues like nightclubs are being turned into vaccination centres during the day to try to make it easier for people to get a jab. not the sort of shots you'd normally expect to have on a night out at a club. on the dance floor of this london venue, people are getting their dose of the covid vaccine. i'm actually in a musical at the west end at the corner, and i've just finished a show, and i noticed that this was open. it's, like, such a good thing for, like, the youth. to be like, look, this is where we're at. you know this place. you feel comfortable here. sojust come along and get yourjab. for the first time, night clubs, including heaven in central london and the nightingale in birmingham, are being used as temporary vaccination clinics to try to encourage more young people to get the jab. in the same way that different communities have gone into whether it b

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news.what would know you to lord's for the final day of a test match? cheap tickets, yeah, and sports ultimate appeal, anything could happen. that's mohammed shami, a specialist bowler on his way to 50. now, these were humbling runs for england. they put india 271 ahead. their captain declared, "now team, go out and bowl." stand by. rory burns caught, gone for nine. dominic sibley caught, also gone for none. both opening batsmen scoreless — in home matches for england, an all—time low. haseeb hameed, nine scored, lbw, yeah, out. now, the umpire decided johnny wasn't out here, but india called for a review, and the replay overruled the decision. you can normally tell when virat kohli is in a good mood. by the interim, they'd taken fourwickets, needed six more for victory. now, hang on, is that rain, orjust english wishful thinking? cold hard reality, joe root out for 33, and india's captain knew he had a prize almost worth the test itself. mohammed siraj got one and then another, out first b

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. were still to make a decision on whether they would use vaccine passports in scotland. we haven�*t ruled that out and i don�*t think we should rule out anything that might allow us to use vaccination to retain normality in our lives without, you know, increasing the risk of spreading the virus. but there�*s lots of things we�*ve got to think through about vaccine passports and we are far from the only country doing this. there are ethical issues, some people can�*t get vaccinated, there are equity issues around this, there are practical issues. so we are working through all of that and we will come to decisions with the full import of the scottish parliament in due course. we�*re currently developing an app that will initially be able to be used for people to access covid certificates for international travel. that app does have functionality that would allow us to extend that for domestic use, should we decide that. i�*m pretty adamant that we should not have vaccine passports for ac

our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie joins us from glasgow. announcements? well, from monday, scotland is going to move beyond the level system and there is going to be a further easing of restrictions, social distancing is going to pretty much 90, distancing is going to pretty much go, that will be in places like pubs, and restaurants and here in scotland, nightclubs are going to open for the first time since before the pandemic. also, if you need to self—isolate because you have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus, you only need do that until you gets a negative pcr test, so long as you have been double vaccinated. but if you are aimed between five and i7, vaccinated. but if you are aimed between five and 17, you still need that negative pcr test before you come out of isolation but you don't need to have been vaccinated. face coverings will be with us for some time to come, they are still going to remain mandatory in indoor public place, that is places like shops and also on public transport. schools in scotland go back in the n

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, linwood.and shelter to survivors of saturday's earthquake, before a major storm reaches the country. hospitals are struggling to cope with thousands of injured survivors. nearly 1,300 people are known to have died. australia's second largest city, melbourne, has introduced an overnight curfew, in an attempt to control the rising number of coronavirus infections. residents must remain at home between 9pm and 5am, unless they have an exemption permit. tighter rules are being proposed for websites which resell tickets to live events like music and sporting fixtures, often at inflated prices. the competition and markets authority wants a new system of licensing. its recommendations include a ban on platforms which allow resellers to sell more tickets than they can legally buy when an event goes on sale. israel's healthcare system will reach capacity within weeks if the current rise in covid cases continues — that's what experts are warning, as the country introduces new restrictions on entry. isra

alexandra mackenzie reports.oming in, sanitising your hands, going straight to your classroom, wearing your facemask and social distancing from your teachers. this will all stay the same so there is nothing much changing. as long as we're not going back into that level of kind of lockdowns and schools being shut, then i'm happy to take part in any restrictions. i think that is what is most important. i think that's why the restrictions are still in place. how hopeful are you that you are going to be able to sit traditional exams at the end of this year? i want to do them and i'm, like, excited and i'm hopeful that we actually get the chance this year to do them. i would hope they go ahead because i've still not experienced being in an exam hall yet. i think it would be quite good just to be in an exam hall and feel the pressure. and how do you feel about having to come back and still having to wear masks and still having to socially distance from your teachers? i don't really like having to still wear a mask but

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow.onday but no new deaths. about 30% of 18 to 29 year olds in the uk still haven't had their first coronavirus jab. to try to improve that, young people are being offered free taxis, pizzas and cinema tickets as incentives. and as luxmy gopal reports, venues like nightclubs are being turned into vaccination centres during the day — to try to make it easier for people to get a jab. not the sort of shots you'd normally expect to have on a night out at a club. on the dance floor of this london venue, people are getting their dose of the covid vaccine. i'm actually in a musical in the west end at the corner, and i've just finished a show, and i noticed that this was open. it's, like, such a good thing for, like, the youth. to be like, look, this is where we're at. you know this place. you feel comfortable here. sojust come along and get yourjab. for the first time, night clubs, including heaven in central london and the nightingale in birmingham, are being used as temporary vaccination clini

alexandra mackenzie reports. the excitement and anticipation of a new term.ising your hands, going straight to your classroom, wearing your facemask and social distancing from your teachers, which this will all stay the same. for those moving up from primary school, it's the first time they've had to wear a face covering in the classroom. i don't really mind. i mean, i'd rather social distance and wear a mask than having to sit in the house. i'm going to find it kind of tricky, but i might get used _ to it after a few days. i have to wear a mask every day, and i'm not too bothered about it because it keeps people safe. for teachers, the restrictions, which will be reviewed in six weeks' time, bring additional responsibilities. they'll be sanitising on entry and exit to the building, and in classrooms, there will be enhanced cleaning. in a positive, there will be changes to the bubbles, which will allow pupils to mix more freely. because of coronavirus, education has been disrupted for the last two school years. pupils and teachers now in their classrooms hope

scottish government "isn't currently considering a circuit—brea ker lockdown". 0ur correspondent, alexandra mackenzieing sharply in scotland. here in west dunbartonshire, figures have been particularly high. more than 6,800 new cases across the country is a significant increase, but a record number of people were tested and hospital admissions, though on the rise, are much lower than at the beginning of the year. the first minister said the current situation is a cause for concern. in the past seven days, we've reported more new cases than at any previous time in the pandemic, although i refer back to my point there about higher levels of testing. but case numbers have roughly doubled over the course of the past seven days. previous peaks in the number of covid cases, injanuary and june this year, involved fewer than 4,000 infections, whereas the figure has now climbed to almost 7,000. two things have directly contributed to the rise in cases in scotland. the first thing is august 9, the removal of all legal restrictions, and then soon after the return of schools over the last few weeks. those two th

our correspondent alexandra mackenzie, is in glasgow, tell us more.available. but mr yousaf said that when a white friend applied, they were offered a place. they said their two—year—old daughter had been discriminated against and they wanted to test this out. so they applied again with another two names, one of them a muslim name and humza yousaf said that this application was rejected. and the other was offered a place. he said a newspaper reporter then put in two fake applications, one for an applicant that was rejected and somebody called susan blake was given a place. we have had a statement from little scholars nursery, they say that any claim that it was not open and inclusive to all was false. they say the owners were of asian heritage and it welcomed all children and staff from a range of backgrounds, including the currently two muslim families. alexander in glasgow, thank you. —— alexandra. now, while the games in tokyo are reserved for athletes at the pinnacle of their sport, one couple from oxfordshire are aiming for a gold for effort, if

let's hear from our correspondents across the uk — our scotland correspndent alexandra mackenzie, chrisd, and first our wales correspondent hwyel griffith. yes, the students coming here today were seeing their results not for the first time. as they opened the envelopes, it was confirmation of the results they got injune and were allowed to appeal if they weren't happy back then. in terms of what those results show, well, a record number of a stars and as. in wales, the proportion this year, 48% of entries at a star or a. that is 6% up from last year, the class of 2020, which clearly also had difficulties during the pandemic. a whopping 20% up on the last set of students to sit a—level exams in 2019. that debate about grade inflation is alive and active here. the welsh government say they are certain these teacher assessed grades are valid and that they will stand the test of time. and asking everyone to remember what this cohort of students have been through. speaking to the students, it's a point they make. they say the majority of their learning of the past two years was done online.

our correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. context on this, humza yousaf has said his daughter had been refused a place twice at a specific nursery. he said then his wife had asked a scottish friend to also apply for a place, and 24 hours after humza yousaf�*s daughter had been denied a place, the daughter of the scottish friend had been accepted into this nursery. so then humza yousaf and his wife went to the newspaper, the daily record, and a reporter they�*re created two fake profiles, one of which was denied a place at the nursery but one was offered a place. humza yousaf and his wife then asked somebody else to also apply, again, does make different names were put forward to the nursery, a muslim name and a scottish name. —— two different names. again, the same thing happened. the child with the muslim sounding name was rejected and the other child was accepted and given a place. humza yousaf has said they have given the nursery every opportunity to explain how and why this has happened, but he said so far, nothing has be

let's get more from our scotland reporter alexandra mackenzie what were the highlights for you?t is in level zero but that does still mean there are quite a few restrictions. from monday, the first minister was confirming, this was expected, scotland would finally move out of the level system. we have been in this level system since the beginning of november, so quite a long time. that means that most of the remaining restrictions will be dropped. as nicola sturgeon said they are, some restrictions are still going to remain in place. it sounded like especially with masks, that will remain in place for quite some time. she did talk about social distancing. at the moment many places have one metre social distancing like hospitality. social distancing like hospitality. social distancing will go in most circumstances so that will be good news to many people. for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, nightclubs in scotland are going to be able to reopen. we have heard an awful lot from business owners and nightclub owners of the past few months when they have been able

our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, has more on this. yes, more than 5000 daily cases.r than it was at the beginning of the year. nhs services and staff have been under intense pressure throughout pandemic. many operations and appointments cancelled. they have been delayed as services get back to normal, hums a use of health secretary said that —— nicola sturgeon and humza yousaf announced a recovery lan today. that was part of their election pledge. this is money in addition to the already nhs annual budget and they have admitted it was going to be a big challenge to the nhs on a road to recovery but they�*ve said they�*re confident it can be done and we spoke to the first minister nicola early today. the nhs has continued to be under severe pressure because of covid which aside backlog of treatment and diagnosis. we have to put the nhs onto a sustainable path. the here and now is... that him summary so it invests in additional £1 billion into the nhs, into targeted investments and diagnostic with more inpatients, procedures, getting primary care, gps at the art of tha

the uk — in a moment we will speak to chris page in lurgan, hywel griffith in natgarw, and alexandra mackenziehieving the top marks. this is the largest education cleaning centre in the country and i was chatting to some students who were seeing this is a difficult year for us, we have been through a torment that people in previous years have not been but unlike some colleges and schools because this was discretionary there have been exams that we used to assess whether or not the teachers estimates of marks were correct. we'lljust take a quick look at some of the figures. 44 appointed percent achieving those top marks of a* our age, competing top marks of a* our age, competing to 13.5% across england, wales and northern ireland last year. —— 38.5% there is a 75% gap of those achieving a* and a grades there is a 75% gap of those achieving a*and a grades but there is a 75% gap of those achieving a* and a grades but the union say it is comparing apples and oranges because no years before it have experienced the lockdown is and strategies this half. no to my colleague chris page. here in northern

our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie is at buff club in glasgow for us this morning._ for the music to start popping! yes, absolutely! it's been _ for the music to start popping! yes, absolutely! it's been a _ for the music to start popping! t2: absolutely! it's been a busy night here and it is a significant day for scotland. lots of changes, i am here in glasgow at the back of three, there were 300 people on the dance floor —— at the buff club. there were 300 people on the dance floor last night, it opened at one minute past midnight. everyone has gone home and they have started clearing up home and they have started clearing up the dance floor. there have been lots of changes in scotland put some restrictions are still in place, it isn't the end of the pandemic. it's been a long wait, but for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, clubs and clubbers in scotland are back. we're so buzzing, we're so excited. it's my favourite club, so... the buff club in glasgow was raring to go atjust one minute past midnight. there was no social distancing required, and