here's our scotland correspondent james shaw.rime minister is coming to one of the most northerly parts of the united kingdom to make the case for the union. boris johnson is here a year after he became prime minister to highlight the benefits which have flowed from the four nations of the uk working together to tackle coronavirus. but why visit the fishing communities and businesses of orkney at this particular time? recent opinion polls in scotland have suggested that support for independence is growing. perhaps partly because of a perception that the scottish government's approach to the coronavirus has been better than that of the uk government, a perception the prime minister wants to counter. the scottish first minister is not meeting mrjohnson today, but she had this message for him. i don't think any of us, and i include myself in this, should be trying to use covid and the crisis situation we continue to face as some kind of political campaigning tool. this is a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 50,000 peopl

james shaw speaking to us from glasgow. ewly employed, self—employed, and freelancers on short—term contracts. chancellor rishi sunak says there have been a number of benefits available to them, including mortgage holidays and tax referrals. hundreds of liverpool fans gathered outside anfield last night to celebrate the club‘s premier league win, despite warnings to stay at home. a large police presence was outside the stadium, as the club played chelsea in their final home game of the season. a 48—hour dispersal zone around the ground was brought in to clear the crowds of people, who were chanting and letting off fireworks. meanwhile, hundreds of leeds united fans also turned out to their home ground last night, to celebrate the team‘s promotion to the premier league. the club defended their decision for the players to stand in an open—top bus at elland road, saying a brief appearance with the championship trophy would help signal an end to proceedings and encourage fans to head home safely. extraordinary foot is has most o

let's get more from our scotland correspondent james shaw who's in glasgow. s, i want to begin this morning by looking at something the first minister nicola sturgeon has retweeted in the past hour. it's the time is cartoon from this morning, viewers can see the image, chose running towards nicola sturgeon across a crumbling union. james, the snp really believe this visit today is going to work for their benefit and increase support for independence. that's what they are saying, isn't it? ifi may say so, that is a very clever cartoon by the cartoonist for the times newspaper because what it sums up is that idea that in coming to scotland, boris johnson that idea that in coming to scotland, borisjohnson is actually helping the independence because, he thinks he's helping to shore up the union but from the snp point of view, they help the fact that boris johnson is not popular in scotland is not perceived in scotland to have done a good job in coping with the coronavirus pandemic, they hope that will actually help their cause and that cartoon really sums that up

james shaw.ng to us from china, from our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell, he says the chinese government says it's considering not recognising uk issued british national overseas passports as legitimate travel documents any more. a spokesman for the chinese government said actions by britain meant previous assurances regarding such passports were no longer valid. now, stephen was at a chinese foreign ministry briefing in beijing when this announcement was made. it's clearly a response to the foreign secretary dominic raab ‘s announcement that the uk would welcome people from hong kong who wish to come and live in britain, people who wanted to move because of the introduction of the new security law in hong kong. let mejust repeat that new line. the chinese government says it is considering not recognising uk issued british national overseas passports as legitimate travel documents any more. saying actions by britain meant previous assurances regarding these passports were no longer valid. o

has given birth to a disproportionately high number of writers james joyce is arguably the most famous . but the playwright george bernard shaw. oscar wilde. samuel beckett's. as well as the poet seamus heaney. beckett and he were awarded the nobel prize for literature why. that's an impressive place in what looks to its size the only way out of poverty was education and the only way into education was literacy so literacy became a sort of fetish almost in poor families books reading and writing and in the long winter he said you know one person in the family has to start thinking i could write one of those i could do that. many of ireland's great writers were born in the capital of dublin. the city has a number of museums devoted to the country's literary heritage. one is the writers museum which celebrates centuries of irish literature. what about the new generation of writers in ireland. up there at the moment it's every season. 2 or 3 young writers or virus are very very good there's been happening especially the last take 5 years and you go surely not another you read the book you think this is very good at the moment it

james joyce is arguably the most famous . but so is the playwright george bernard shaw. oscar wilde. samuel beckett. as well as the poet seamus heaney. beckett and he were awarded the nobel prize for literature one. press of place in what led to its size the only way out of poverty was education and the only way into education was literacy so literacy became a sort of fetish almost in poor families books reading and writing and in the long winter he said you know one person in the family has to start thinking i could write one of those i could do that. many of ireland's great writers were born in the capital don't like. the city has a number of museums devoted to the country's literary heritage. one is the writers museum which celebrates centuries of irish literature. what about the new generation of writers in ireland. up there at the moment it's every season. 2 or 3 young writers of marriage were very very good there's been happening especially the last 5 years and you go surely not another if you read the book you think this is very good at the moment it's an extraordinary thing and you thought m

james joyce is arguably the most famous . but so is the playwright george bernard shaw. oscar wilde. samuel beckett.s well as the poet seamus heaney. beckett and he were awarded the nobel prize for literature why lance has such an impressive place in what led to its size the only way out of poverty was education and the only way into education was literacy so literacy became a sort of fetish almost in poor families books reading and writing and in the long winters said you know one person in the family has to start thinking i could write one of those i could do that. many of ireland's great writers were born in the capital don't like. the city has a number of museums devoted to the country's literary heritage. one is the writers museum which celebrates centuries of irish literature. what about the new generation of writers in ireland. at the moment it's every season. 2 or 3 young writers of marriage were very very good there's been happening especially the last take 5 years and you go surely not another if you read the book you think this is very good at the moment it's an extraordinary thing and yo

more from our correspondent james shaw.is coming to one of the most northerly parts of the united kingdom to make the case for the union. borisjohnson is here a year after he became prime minister to highlight the benefits which have flowed from the four nations of the uk working together to tackle coronavirus. but why visit the fishing communities and businesses of 0rkney at this particular time? recent opinion polls in scotland have suggested that support for independence is growing. perhaps partly because of a perception that the scottish government's approach to the coronavirus has been better than that of the uk government, a perception the prime minister wants to counter. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, is not meeting mrjohnson today, but she had this message for him. i don't think any of us, and i include myself in this, should be trying to use covid and the crisis situation we continue to face as some kind of political campaigning tool. this is a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 50,000 pe

james shaw, bbc news.nister must listen to communities while visiting scotland. the prime minister in scotland needs to listen, not lecture. and so, he should listen to the communities in scotland, not go up there delivering lectures for them. i think what the coronavirus has shown us is that, actually, we should not be pulling apart the united kingdom. 0n the health response and particularly on the economic response it has been very important that scotland and the rest of the united kingdom have worked together. it's an example of why we shouldn't be pulling apart the united kingdom. new news from northern ireland. the executive agreed to further relax more of this lockdown restrictions. bars, pools, bowling alex and community centres can all reopen. spectators can be present at outdoor sporting venues or axes spectators can be present at outdoor sporting venues 01’ axes can spectators can be present at outdoor sporting venues or axes can be controlled and social distancing can be maintained. the number o