what to do with me as a young man, but i've always loved glasgow and i still love glasgow.laiming my place in glasgow. but it's also, in a way, a love letter, because in the ten years of writing shuggie, i didn't ever know if it would be published. i didn't necessarily need it to be published. and so writing the book was about a relationship i was having with the city and with the characters. and that was enough for me in many ways. and so... glaswegians are remarkable people, but they also will never stand for false flattery or for someone talking about love as big hearts and big flowers. they want honesty and they want people to tell their truth truthfully. and so even though it's a love story to glasgow, it's a complicated love story and it's not always perfect. let me now take you back to something you said earlier in the interview about the context of the 1980s and the fact that glasgow was perhaps the most obvious sort of victim of post—industrial policy in the united kingdom, a decision — and you pin it very fairly and squarely on margaret thatcher and her government

i glasgow has been quite sudden, reall . ~ glasgow has been quite sudden, reall . ,, ., , glasgow hasby surprise, because you know, it was just three days ago on tuesday, when nicola sturgeon announced that most of mainland scotland or most of scotland would be easing restrictions and that included glasgow city, but that is not the situation any more. the authorities very concerned about what is happening here, particularly in certain areas, in the south side of the city, they need that time, they say to assess the situation, further, they say these increasing levels of infection, they think are being driven by this so—called indian variant, they have brought in mobile testing units to the areas that are causing particular concern, but i think this is, this is the government really pressing the pause bullet and hoping that gives them time to work out what is going on, target the measures to bring it back under control but a lot of people will be disappointed. there will be businesses that were getting ready to rope, orfurther open, that have been told they have to pause, those gyms th

they dress in maroon and their team plays in blue glasgow ranges. my sounds on the 3 year old and, and 50 years time. i hope he has drawn some of those shows. they were both very interest farms and both the pride members of the shuttle voice put on the common denominator between these 2 tribes is their enduring passion. rangers means everything. every one with the rangers family and that includes the loyal orders of bond fraternity and everything that comes with that i, at the end of the 1960 s. both of us was rocked by sectarian riots. walls were erected to separate the republicans from the loyalist even now 2 decades after peace broke out. the so called peaceful divides, the catholic falls road from the protestant shank hill road. frances quigley is a painter. he's lived all his life for this religious and political false line through this fancier clues living at 6 o'clock. everybody knows said, support salvage and everybody know or say that fence supports randers during the conflict us rollover mcellen's own hundreds killed and injured. just say

the subset of glasgow, the whole of the city of glasgow is not having restrictions eased on with theof scotland apart from moret in the north of scotland as well. that is effectively not quite a local lockdown but it is a more cautious approach and yet the case rates based on the indian variant and glasgow are smaller than they are in bolton for example. the second is particle pressure be put on the prime minister is in the opposite direction from any of his own mps, including the conservative leader of bolton council, saying that local lockdown are counter productive people move around and start spreading the virus. the other question that is now being asked by the chair of the all party group on the chair of the all party group on the coronavirus, the liberal democrat mp linda moran committal of the government should have close the border to india, put any on the red listener than it did on april the 23rd. she is already blaming boris johnson himself for it getting out of control. government not acting quickly enough and this is something which i think will be echoed by labour as w

in october 2019 visiting lots of funds, marched through glasgow. right. tom's raised and fascists lose. the green brigade responded with banners celebrating the execution of mussolini italy's fascist world war 2 leader, troubles seems likely when the 2nd leg was played in rome. so the november 2019 rome has been invaded 515000. so thick france the boys are in party, mood, boisterous and noisy. but there is no sign of trouble. unless you haven't forgotten the most alina banners, that pocket for celtic supporters have been stamped nearby. oh, the celtic has taught me auntie fascism anti racism. and to welcome immigrants which i am being from an irish background and it is to it's taught me to respect others and look after those who are less fortunate than i will sales lots. you a fantastic football clump, but they have a base of funds who are very right when and the full effect. or we came here for the game of football. but if you don't oppose fascism, you are supporting the fans. high principles were matched by manager jock, steam, lofty ambitions. i

i'lljust give you a sense of the scale of the response that has been implemented in glasgow.nd that is just pcr testing, in addition, more than 135,000 lateral flow tests have been distributed across the city, enhanced contact tracing is in place and we have also seen a remarkable effort to speed up vaccination. as of wednesday, more than 6000 people had made use of the open vaccine clinic at the glasgow central mosque. there's now a vaccine bus, a mobile vaccine clinic, providing hundreds of vaccinations every day, and additional drop—in slots are planned for the hydro this weekend and there will be drop—in vaccination clinics across the city next week. details of these will be advertised shortly but in particular, if you are over a0 and haven't had a first does yet or if your second dose is due, please look out for details of these drop—in clinics. as i said this time last week, measures like this always take time to work but there are some early signs that the situation is stabilising in glasgow. for example, i can tell you that in the postcodes which were initially at the

they dress in maroon and their team plays in blue. glasgow ranges. sounds on the 3 year old and, and 50 years time. i hope he will, has drawn some of those who will both be re in response and both the fried members of the shuttle product voice put on the common denominator between these 2 tribes. is there enduring passion? rangers means everything, every one with the rangers from life and that includes the loyal orders, a bond fraternity, and everything that comes with that i, at the end of the 1960 s. both of us was rooked by sectarian riots. walls were erected to separate the republicans from the loyalist even now 2 decades after peace broke out. the so called peace wall divides. the catholic falls road from the protestant shank hill road. frances quigley is a painter. he's lived all his life for this religious and political false line through this fancier clues me at 6 o'clock. everybody knows said support salvage. and everybody know or say that fence supports randers and during the conflict us rollover mcellen's own hundreds killed and injured. j

lorna gordon is in glasgow.ced the decisions that the government are making, they are and she said she hoped scotland was in the middle of a transition phase were some aspect gave cause for concern and other aspects that give cause for optimism. the cause for optimism comes from the fact the vaccination programme is continuing apace. the cause for concern comes from the fact that case numbers here in scotland are rising and the r number could be as high as 1.3 driven significantly by the situation in glasgow. she said that meant although it was a very difficult, it would be premature for now to move glasgow out of level three. that means for now all these restrictions that glasgow has been facing, among them, the fact that for nine months now, something that 270 days people have not been able to mix in each of thefor now, that continues. case numbers in glasgow, i can't say anything other than this, they are uncomfortably high but we are seeing signs of progress. so the view of the national management team is tw

lorna gordon is in glasgow. what more has the first minister been saying?minister beensa inc? , ~ , been saying? the first minister said case numbers _ been saying? the first minister said case numbers are _ been saying? the first minister said case numbers are rising _ been saying? the first minister said case numbers are rising across - case numbers are rising across scotland, that the r number could be as high as 1.3, driven significantly by the situation here in glasgow. she said while it was a very difficult decision, glasgow had to remain in level three for another week. it means people cannot mix indoors in each other�*s houses. that has been in place for 270 days now, since september. it means alcohol cannot be served indoors in hospitality and it means there is a ban on travelling in and out of the city for nonessential reasons. that continues. case numbers in glasgow — i can't say anything other than this — they are uncomfortably high, but we are seeing signs of progress. so the view of the national incident management team is twofold. firstly, th

janie mcivor, bbc news, glasgow. jamie mcivor, bbc news, glasgow.or you. st michael's mount, a remote island only accessible by boat or at low—tide, is advertising for a live—in employee to work at its medieval castle. andrea ormsby has been to find out more. they say an englishman's home is his castle. well, st michael's mount is quite literally that for around 30 people. now there's room for one more, a live—in castle officer. we've had an overwhelming response, which has been fantastic. we need people who are happy with boats, happy with heights. i just think a real passion for people coming to cornwall or the tourism industry really. newsreel: here in the west, where the cornish coast flings sheltering i on against the atlantic in ireland where loneliness is only another| on against the atlantic is an island where loneliness is only another. name for enchantment. st michael's mount has been capturing the imagination for years. i'm the castle steward, and i've been living here for around two years now. what i love about the mount is having a sea

cases there. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us., it really is. nicola sturgeon is pressing pause on the easing of restrictions in certain areas and some people, particularly here in glasgow, will find it very disappointing. the reason for that is it was last september that people here in glasgow were told they could no longer visit each other�*s homes and that was about to change and this afternoon came the unexpected announcement that glasgow city would join moray in the north of scotland in remaining in level three for at least the next seven days. people living in glasgow city and moray are also told not to travel in and out of their council areas. there are grounds for cautious optimism in moray, where the authorities look to be stemming the community transmission because of their efforts, but there is more concerned about the situation in glasgow where pockets of transmission, particularly in the south side, seem to be linked to the indian variant of the virus. this will be a big blow to businesses here who had been hoping to

this is not glasgow. it is completely unacceptable and it cannot continue. it needs to stop. police are defending how they handled the situation. fans were warned many times not to gather. football rivalries in glasgow run deep, yet rangers have often brought pride to the city. yesterday, some of their fans brought disgrace. jamie mcivor, bbc news, glasgow. let's return to the coronavirus pandemic — and the expected easing of restrictions tomorrow. for businesses that can re—open or begin to use their indoor spaces again, it will be a big moment after more than a year of disruption. but many are worried about how they will break even, because of the continuing rules on social distancing. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. getting the ball rolling again. this site's been shut for most of the past year. so if you could clean our new lane dividers, that would be fantastic. the team are in, making sure everything's safe and ready for customers. during the total period of lockdown, it's cost us ov

my message to the people of glasgow is, don't lose heart.rfirst dose stressing more and more, notjust for your first dose but your second dose as well. that applies to young people too, again, points will hear me stressed more and more. this virus can enter is make young people ill. being young is not a cast—iron guarantee or protection against far from it, in fact, guarantee or protection against far from it, infact, a high guarantee or protection against far from it, in fact, a high proportion of the albeit relatively low number of the albeit relatively low number of hospital cases right now are amongst younger age groups, so please get vaccinated, whatever age you are. i'm obviously well aware of the economic impact restrictions are having. the deputy first minister and the finance secretary met earlier this week with glasgow city council and affected business sectors to discuss these difficulties, and we will continue to fund grants for lesser and hospitality businesses in glasgow but hopefully, if we keep doing this stuff, we will see g

you're spending money setting up these new subject hubs, so tech in glasgow and science to cardiff.m. well, they're not random. to take an example from outside news, people will know the work of the natural history unit that the bbc runs in bristol. it's not a random location, it's been there for many, many years and works extremely well. and all sorts of departments from the bbc are spread around. a number of years ago now, bbc children's moved to salford, so did bbc sport, so did parts of bbc news, and they build a relationship with audiences in different parts of the uk. and here's a critical point as well, they also encourage people to join the bbc who will turn into our experts in the future who don't want to come to london to pursue their career. they want to have a career that they can balance their work and family obligations outside london, and at the moment the structures are still too london—centric. you talk about expertise. there are already some very experienced journalists leaving because they cannot relocate, so you're going to lose a lot of this expertise. ourjourna

our scotland reporter alexandra mackenzie joins us from glasgow. incident than first thought? more serious incident than first thou:ht? ~ , �* more serious incident than first thou:ht? ~ , ~ , thought? absolutely. all this started as — thought? absolutely. all this started as a _ thought? absolutely. all this started as a day _ thought? absolutely. all this started as a day of _ thought? absolutely. all this. started as a day of celebration yesterday for rangers fans, but turned into an evening as we saw, an evening of drunkenness, an evening of violence in george square. around 15,000 supporters and fans had walked from ibrox stadium into the city centre. they have been told not to gather. this was a breach of current covid restrictions and we have seen an increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in the city of cases of coronavirus in the city of glasgow. initially, police said it was peaceful, but as the evening progressed, many people left, but those who were still in the square, police said it did turn more violent. the fans that were lef

a glasgow community united.immigration van. for hours there was a peaceful but determined stand—off between police and protesters. 0ne under the van to stop it from moving. i think people are really standing in solidarity and they don't want to see their neighbours treated like this. because these are our neighbours. more police officers moved in as preparations were made for the two men to be released. today the glasgow community has united to basically say this is unacceptable. the two men are being released, they will not be arrested and they will not be detained and they will be released. cheering this moment followed conversations between the home office and the scottish government. nicola sturgeon said doing this on eid in a muslim community in the midst of coronavirus was staggeringly irresponsible. the home office said it was in relation to suspected immigration offences. after a day of protests here in glasgow and a very heavy police presence, the two men who spent the day in the back of that van are no

hejoins us now from glasgow.rea of speciality is ventilation, so very pertinent to talk to you as we look at indoor socialising, indoor attractions reopening. so as we go into this next stage, professor sharp, how important it is good ventilation if we want to prevent any further transmission of covid. it is very important, it is one of the key areas of transmission now. most has occurred indoors where people are close together, and spaces which are poorly or badly ventilated, that is the main concern, so trying to avoid those environments is going to be ported going forward. is environments is going to be ported going forward-— going forward. is that still the case, going forward. is that still the case. even — going forward. is that still the case, even with _ going forward. is that still the case, even with the _ going forward. is that still the l case, even with the vaccination programme going so well? yes. case, even with the vaccination programme going so well? yes, it is, the programme _ programme going so

let me turn to the situation in glasgow. and fife and will be adopted as necessary in other areas when dealing with rising cases or new variants of concern. the enhanced tracing means that teens may well ask close contacts of close contacts to self—isolate and book a test and that will be a really important way of trying to break possible chains of transmission as quickly as possible. if you are a contact of a contact, and you are asked to self—isolate and get tested, it's really important that you follow that advice and it's really important to follow that advice even if you have been vaccinated. despite the efforts that have been made in the ten days, though cases are still rising in glasgow and we're fairly certain that the increase is driven by the april 02 variant. last week, just to give you some context, we were seeing 71 new cases per 100,000 of the population, that has risen as of this moment in time to 112. that increase will partly be due to the fact that there is more testing being done, but the percentage of pos

. —— from bedford to glasgow. see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map, but we've got to be cautious. and we'll be looking at the growing argument over travel guidelines — is amber the new red? also tonight... the fred west murders — gloucestershire police are ready to begin excavations in their search for the remains of mary bastholm. how a walk in the park could help our obesity crisis — for the first time, there were more than a million weight—related hospital admissions. a year on since george floyd was murdered in minneapolis — how has it changed the conversation about race here in britain? it wasjust, racism is bad because it's, "i hate black people." but now it's. .. we're beginning to understand that racism is a system. a self—portrait like no other — so who is the artist behind this ground—breaking exhibition? and coming up on the bbc news channel... just three days after the fa cup final, chelsea face leicester once again, with their places in the top four st

in glasgow south side, they are not welcome in glasgow or anywhere in scotland.to deliver these election outcomes. ,, ., :, :, outcomes. i think we are going to hear from — outcomes. i think we are going to hear from anna _ outcomes. i think we are going to hear from anna sarwar, _ outcomes. i think we are going to hear from anna sarwar, who - outcomes. i think we are going to i hear from anna sarwar, who nicola hearfrom anna sarwar, who nicola sturgeon said she felt some affection for and he has added to his vote by 8% at the expense of the conservatives. there is a personal vote in this and then perhaps it is a tactical voting because anwar salah can defend the union. this will take probably the snp —— anwar sarwar. this will take us to 2026, 19 years of snp power in scotland. that is one for the history books. it certainly is, for any party to be leading a government for that length of time is normally suspending political gravity. we are in a strange period in terms of that being the case in scotland and the whole of the uk, we are 11 years of conservative ru

in glasgow to berlin, where i've spent the past 9 years here, the chill of the cold war is never far away. the mid communist, due to statues, there's plenty of scottish to be found even if it's not always flattering. scotlands reputation for parsimony is reflected in the names of its best shot races and it's in the street signs in the cities, english quarter white glasgow street in english port. and it's also to be found in the city scottish exiles during the ton. demik has been painting for the place they call caledonia with the think. i don't know me. 100 park law school to scotlands. 3 great games are to be played at the national stadium. it means the talk to armies invasion of europe will have to wait. at least a little while he always thought would make that really nice summer and france or nate or state. it's just going to be quite, we'll have to separate the fact that over play in a major national for he knows game. but we're still in classical, awaiting scotland at tons and talk of the check public featuring labor crews and strike a public chick and croatia with real madrid p

glasgow is struggling to combat drugs violence and unemployment. is scotland's biggest city it's also the center of design culture and literature. on buchanan street in the city center we meet up with jamie god like. the comedians well known all over the country. in 2020 she won the scots speaker of the year award. the 59 year old has lived by the river clyde all her life i love the 3. this is the this is. this is. where you have got this new. start glasgow was a poor and it brought in so many people from all over the world and that's got a lot. of that is well you know we have problems like have this site. in the world but the one thing about blast was this people just tell you how they feel they don't go up. on the floor. you don't get on trial says he's still in. jail he grew up poor married and ran up public her husband for 15 years. when they had to give it up she became a comedian. for many here she has become the voice of scotland funny honest and unpretentious. but some people cannot stand her. boyfriend. one reason is that she's anything b

glasgow is struggling to combat drugs violence and unemployment. is scotland's biggest city it's also the center of design culture and literature. on buchanan street in the city center we meet up with janie god like. the comedian is well known all over the country. in 2020 she won the scots speaker of the year award. the 59 year old has lived by the river clyde all her life i love the freedom has made. this is the. this is. what you have got us here. you've got the. glasgow was a poor and it brought in so many people from all over the world and as. good as well you know we have problems like having a site. in the world but the one flying a big blast was this people just tell you how they feel they don't go up. on the floor. you can still pull up some day. you don't get sick this is still in. jail he grew up poor married young and ran up public her husband for 15 years. when they had to give it up she became a comedian. for many here she has become the voice of scotland funny honest and unpretentious. but some people cannot stand her. boyfriends. on

temperatures peaking at 25 in liverpool and london, 23 in cardiff and glasgow, and 19 in belfast. area of low pressure is going to move our way from the south. this will bring a change to the weather, it will bring some thundery showers across, initially into southern and western areas. they will start to arrive on wednesday. still, most of the uk having another fine and sunny day, and if anything, it's going to be even hotter. temperatures 22 in glasgow, peaking at around 26 in london and the south—east, easily the hottest day of the year. so the next few days are looking fine, lots of warm sunshine to go around, then we see some thunderstorms breaking out from mid week, and temperatures will begin to ease later in the week, as well. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven: ministers say they'll proceed with caution in deciding whether to end all covid restrictions in england next month. but there's confidence accelerating the vaccine roll out will keep government plans on track. we hope to be able to protect with two doses all the i—9s, all the over 50s, before the 21st ofjune.

the uk is due to host a landmark international climate conference in glasgow in november.eign donors, including japan. today, the environment ministers of the uk, the us, canada, japan, france, italy and germany said they will stop any new funding for coal—fired power stations in poorer countries by the end of the year. now, that isn�*t a big move in itself, but they say they will eventually phase out such support for all fossil fuels. the ministers said they�*d safeguard 30% of land for nature by 2030. the idea is to give space for wildlife and to help soak up carbon emissions. and they agreed much more cash is needed to build solar and other clean technologies in fast—growing economies like india and indonesia. they restated a promise to provide $100 billion a year to low—carbon technologies. the meeting was hosted by the uk�*s environment minister george eustice. we�*ve been doing huge amounts of engagement with countries all around the world. we want all of them to raise their ambition in their nationally determined contributions to reducing climate change, getting the

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catriona stewart is chief reporter at the glasgow times. bush is political editor at the new statesman. katy balls is deputy political editor at the spectator and michael friedenberg is also here, he's president of reuters, the global news agency. now michael, we are going to talk to you a little bit later on in the show. but first of all i just want to hear a little bit about this story of reuters, a little bit of history. once upon a time if i'm not mistaken there was a mr reuters, wasn't there? that's right. absolutely, the baron. reuters is a 170—year—old media company. we've gone from producing news via carrier pigeon to today's future of producing news in artificial intelligence. we've gone the entire gamut from carrier pigeons to ai. 170 year history, very proud of 2500 journalists in over 200 locations. of course. michael, people think of reuters and they think of it in a kind of traditional telegram messages kinda way. they think about breaking news. but you do a lot more than that as well don't you? we do. i think we take great pr

the changes do not apply to glasgow and moray, where tighter restrictions remain.change today in northern ireland, but it's thought a review on thursday will lead to relaxation in a week's time. let's cross to my colleague jane hill in essex for our first report this lunchtime. hello, reeta, thank you very much. welcome _ hello, reeta, thank you very much. welcome to— hello, reeta, thank you very much. welcome to basildon, where we have spent _ welcome to basildon, where we have spent all_ welcome to basildon, where we have spent all morning at a leisure park which _ spent all morning at a leisure park which caters for all ages and interests. as you can probably work out, including tenpin bowling, and a lot of— out, including tenpin bowling, and a lot of people here very excited that they are _ lot of people here very excited that they are now able to resume activities _ they are now able to resume activities like this. things are a little _ activities like this. things are a little different, of course, certainly never done tenpin bowling wearing _ certainly never

the changes do not apply to glasgow and moray, where tighter restrictions remain.o change today in northern ireland, but it's thought a review on thursday will lead to relaxation in a week's time. in the last hour, the health secretary, matt hancock, has told mps that the india coronavirus variant is more transmissible, but that early data shows vaccines are effective against it. let's cross to my colleaguejane hill, who's in essex for us today. jane. good evening again. we have spent the day hearing from business owners of all kinds aboutjust how vital todayis of all kinds aboutjust how vital today is for them. they've had such a tough time over the last year. some of them have been shut for many months. i'm talking to you from a well—known restaurant which has been doing take away over the last few months, but today is the first time that people can eat a meal indoors. even though it's only five o'clock, their families doing just that, escaping torrential rain outside. the families themselves i've been speaking to say how pleased they are to have just that sense

they're now six points clear of their glasgow rivals with seven games to play.e out on top at the spanish grand prix. the world champion started on pole, the 100th of his career, but found himself trailing the red bull of max verstappen after the first corner. ben croucher reports. a winner for the 98th time in f1, lewis hamilton has become the master of making the extraordinary look oh so simple. in spain, this was a lesson in patience, in picking the time to strike. his main rival max verstappen had his chance at the start, elbows out into turn 1, no way through for hamilton. he hounded the dutchman lap after lap to no avail. his team decided to switch things up — a set of fresh tyres and the chase was on. how far have i got to catch up? 22 seconds — you have done it before. - in 22 laps. in the red bull corner... i don't see how we are going to make it. he was right. the champion timed his attack with six laps to go and into the lead. to all the men and women in the team, you guys just continue to impress me. thank you so much for the hard work. ben croucher,

you are spending money setting up these new| money setting up these new subject hubs, tech and glasgowff. to viewers, these locations just seem random. viewers, these locations 'ust seem random. they are not random stopping _ seem random. they are not random stopping to - seem random. they are not random stopping to take i seem random. they are not random stopping to take anj random stopping to take an example from outside news, people will know the work of the natural history unit that the natural history unit that the bbc runs in bristol. it is not a random location, it has been there for many many years and works extremely well. and all sorts of departments from the bbc are spread around. a number of years ago now, bbc children moved to salford, cited bbc sport in parts of bbc news, and they build a relationship with audiences in different parts of the uk, and here is a critical point as well, they also encourage people to join the bbc who will turn into our experts in the future who don't want to come to london to pursue their career. they want to have a career. they want to have a

and with covid numbers rising in glasgow, no fans either. he was at it again on the half hour at hampden park. that is the first blow- of the scottish cup final! where the club from perth ready to upset the odds yet again? well, they had the perfect chance to put it beyond

there won't be any fans inside hampden to see the trophy lifted, because of covid restrictions in glasgowin is outside the ground for us. —— inside the ground. chris, safe to say not the final line up people were expecting? i think that's absolutely fair. scotland's showpiece cup final without celtic or rangers is a rarity in deed, but here we are. we have had bernie and is, the favourites, they last won the competition back in 2016. the manager very confident going into the game. they are very much the favourites, but what about saint johnstone from perth? they last won the competition, in fact first when the competition, in fact first when the scottish cup back in 2014, but under their manager they have already won the league cup. they are going for the cup double. absolutely the underdogs, many people who don't really have skin in the game very much rooting for saintjohnstone. but, no fans, it promises. it promises nevertheless to be an interesting encounter. whats the situation with fans? it's a strange one, we were due to herfans here at it's a strange one, we were due to her fans he

and and i suspect— lockdown for glasgow and and i suspect a — lockdown for glasgow and and i suspectl will go that way. if the search testing and search _ that way. if the search testing and search vaccination does not work. indications— search vaccination does not work. indications are that makes them percent — indications are that makes them percent efficacy of vaccines for a2 and gives — percent efficacy of vaccines for a2 and gives us variant that it might actually— and gives us variant that it might actually work. and gives us variant that it might actually work-— actually work. two things, henry touched on _ actually work. two things, henry touched on there. _ actually work. two things, henry touched on there. they - actually work. two things, henry touched on there. they are - actually work. two things, henry i touched on there. they are worthy actually work. two things, henry - touched on there. they are worthy of a bit more exploration. 0ne touched on there. they are worthy of a bit more exploration. one is that the hospitals are key to this. if this variant in these places

expecting around 20 or so in glasgow. high pressure is firmly in glasgow.e sun so far this spring, so a slap on the sunscreen if you're out for any lengthy period of time. temperatures up lengthy period of time. temperatures up to 23 degrees around merseyside on sunday. after that, the high pressure really does become quite dominant across the northwest of europe. scandinavia, parts of central europe as well, and the high pressure is a vortex in itself. it's actually going to be drawing in warmth from the south and spreading it across the uk and keeping the weather fronts at bay in the atlantic. temperatures on monday easily getting out into the low 20s throughout the country. that's it from me. enjoy the bank holiday weekend. coming up on bbc news... it was box office tv for westminster watchers, but did the bbc give too much airtime and credence to the words of dominic cummings? that's news watch at 8:45pm here on bbc news. hello, i'm sean leah, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists in the foreign correspond

the uk is due to host a landmark international climate conference in glasgow in november.ia and many other developing countries receive subsidies for polluting coal plants from foreign donors, including japan. today the environment ministers of the uk, us, canada, japan, france, italy and germany said they will stop any new funding for coal—fired power stations in poorer countries by the end of the year. now that isn't a big move in itself but they say they will eventually phase out such support for all fossil fuels. the ministers said they'd safeguard 30% of land for nature by 2030. the idea is to give space for wildlife and to help soak up carbon emissions. and they agreed much more cash is needed to build solar and other clean technologies in fast—growing economies like india and indonesia. they restated a promise to provide $100 billion a year to help developing countries make the transition to low carbon technologies. the meeting was hosted by the uk's environment minister, george eustis. we've been doing huge amounts of engagement with countries all around the world.

global leaders set ambitious targets ahead of the g—seven summit in glasgow.nd it's back — getting ready for eurovision�*s return — after it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. the first un aid convoys have arrived in gaza after israel temporarily opened two border crossings. palestinian officials say reconstruction costs will run to tens of millions of dollars. president biden has promised international help in rebuilding homes and businesses. earlier, there were clashes between israeli police and palestinians around the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem. violence at the holy site was one of the flashpoints that led to the 11 day conflict, which has ended with both sides claiming victory. our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from gaza. for site in gaza was not a new start. the conflict runs deep. but no air strikes in time to reflect. men from islamicjihad which fought a long hamas have no regrets. they provided in one of gaza town to bury nine men from their unit. they were killed in a strike on a tunnel on the fourth day of bombin

below parfor the time 10 degrees in glasgow, 12 in london. below par for the time of year.ont heading in from the atlantic, bringing more cloud into southern england for a while, perhaps some rain, more likely through the english channel, then some sunshine and showers, more frequent, heavy, blustery showers blown in across scotland, perhaps northern ireland, northern england could be a bit wintry of the highest round, 7 degrees in newcastle on thursday, 13 in cardiff. it could be a cold start to friday, lighter winds, likely to be a widespread slight frost. cloud will bubble up, some showers breaking out but not many, many places will be dry and temperatures across the border should be a degree or two higher, but still in the 1a or 15. heading into the weekend, another area of low pressure will bring rain across many parts of the country on saturday, the winds will start to and from the south, if we do get some sunshine and south—east, the air will be a bit warmer and temperatures will be higher. at it one last time. first, though, we hearfrom some of those challenging the

and with covid numbers rising in glasgow, no fans either.mall town stjohnstone were looking for the cup double. shaun rooney's winner secured in the league cup back in february... and he was at it again on the half hour at hampden park. that is the first blow- of the scottish cup final! where the club from perth ready to upset the odds yet again? well, they had the perfect chance to put it beyond hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. a good save but he is there! and what about this a double save from the goalkeeper? the saints stood firm at the other end, the oldest trophy in association football back in the hands of the men from perth. very special, for a club like stjohnstone to do the double win. not many teams outside the old firm managed to do it, so a small club like st johnstone doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the manager, it is an amazing achievement. i saw on twitter it was 10,000—1. you always take that. until 2014, stjohnstone had never won a major honour. now today, it is a cup double for the club who regu

looking at 23 degrees in glasgow are not bad for belfast, 19.h listening some thundery downpours. wednesday, still, we'll have a lot of dry weather for most of the uk but we will start to see some of these thunderstorms working into some southern and western areas and it will tend to just ease the temperatures for these parts weather is where the sunshine state with us in london, for example, it could be the hottest day of the year so far with eyes of the year so far with eyes up to just ease the temperatures for these parts were those where the sunshine stays with us in london, for example, it could be the hottest day of the year so far with isa 26. hello this is bbc news with mejane hill. the headlines... there are calls for the government to have an open debate with the public about plans to ease covid restrictions injune. the group that represents nhs trusts in england warns of the pressures currently faced by hospitals. the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to pu

this is_ conference in november in glasgow. this is supposed to be the manifestation of global britain. and global— manifestation of global britain. and global britain will not be taken seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, _ seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, it — seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, it is at loggerheads on individual— wrongs, it is at loggerheads on individual issues and in the round as it _ individual issues and in the round as it has — individual issues and in the round as it has been displaying schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort— schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort of— schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort of thing. it needs can be desperately and quickly, to send positive — desperately and quickly, to send positive overtures to europe and to receive _ positive overtures to europe and to receive them back in return. let�*s receive them back in return. let's move onto _ receive them back in return. let's move onto the — receive them back in return. let's move onto t

and with covid numbers rising in glasgow, no fans either. towns and johnston were looking for the cup double. sean really�*s winner secured in the league cup back in february... and he was at it again on the half hour at hampden park. that is the first blow of the scottish _ that is the first blow of the scottish cup _ that is the first blow of the scottish cup final! - that is the first blow of the scottish cup final!- that is the first blow of the scottish cup final! whether club from perth _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to _ scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to upset - scottish cup final! whether club from perth ready to upset the l scottish cup final! whether club . from perth ready to upset the odds yet again? well, they have the perfect chance to put it beyond hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. i hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given-— hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. hibernian later on, a foul and a enal liven.

our scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow.ple live in this city. it is the centre really of the economic life of scotland. but the rest of the country, huge changes, very similar to what is happening in other parts of the uk. so that means people can meet indoors, small numbers, so we're talking about six people from three households, physical distancing doesn't need to apply. so you can hug your love ones. outside, eight people from eight households can meet with social distancing, travel abroad is now allowed, as in the rest of the uk, and pubs and restaurants can serve alcohol until ten at 10:30pm. but really the situation in glasgow is the concern and there is this effort to try and get people vaccinated in specific parts of the south side of the city, and for those who know it, it is the postal areas of g a0 42, those who know it, it is the postal areas of g a0 a2, g 51 and 52, and g 55, a big swathe of glasgow south of the river, it is a big part of the city. but the question is whether it will be enough. those vaccinati