humza yousaf and his wife _ context of all this? humza yousaf and his wife are _ context of all this? humza yousaf and his wife are absolutely - context of all this? humza yousaf| and his wife are absolutely furious about this was of they�*ve been trying to get their two—year—old daughter into nursery. we are going to be speaking to them later this afternoon, but so far, they�*ve been telling their story via social media and also through the newspaper the daily record. for a bit of 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 w

humza yousaf, the scottish health secretary, says that after his two year old was refused a place, a white friend put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. the nursery strongly denies all claims of discrimination. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie, is in glasgow, tell us more. well, humza yousaf and his wife say that they tried twice to get their daughter into the little scholars nursery near dundee and were told there just were no places 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

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate, alleging possible racial or religious discrimination after his two—year—old daughter was refused a place. mr yousaf says that after his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 2a hours. let's speak to our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie who's in glasgow. humza yousaf said he is furious about this, so far he has told his story on social media and to the newspaper the daily record, he said his daughter, his two—year—old daughter, was refused a place twice at little scholars day nursery and was told there were no places available but then a white scottish friend of his wife's also applied and 2a hours later that the child had a place. and then the daily record reporter created two different fake profiles and one was refused a place at the nursery and another, also a fake profile, applied for a place at the nursery and was offered a place. and then for a third time humza yousaf and his family also

humza yousaf said people should remember the pandemic "is not over". from 9 august, social distancing will be dropped in most settings and children under 12 will no longer have to wear masks. nightclubs will also be allowed to reopen. still to come a bit later in the programme: we'll have the latest on the fires ravaging across greece. but first. to tokyo — where after two weeks of gruelling competition the olympics has come to an end. the us finished on top of the medal tally ahead of china and japan, the host nation having their best ever performance at an olympic games. and the closing ceremony was an upbeat celebration of all aspects of japanese culture culminating in all the athletes thanking the people of japan for hosting the games in the midst of a pandemic. although there were no fans inside the olympic stadium, those outside were treated to a grand fireworks display. now to reflect on the legacy of the games, here's our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. if you tried to get to the olympic stadium tonight, this is what you were me

humza yousaf has said he is absolutely furious about this. so far he told her story on social media and also to that used to put the daily record and he said his daughter was refused at place twice at a nursery in broughty ferry, he said he was told there were no places available. a white scottish friend of his wife also applied and 24 hours later that child had at place. the daily record reporter created two fake profiles and one name was refused a place and another applied for a place and was offered applied for a place and was offered a place. and then for our third time humza yousaf and his family also applied to the nurse that it was a muslim name and that white scottish name and again the same thing happened. the profile with the muslim name was rejected, and the other one is accepted. now, we've just had a statement from the nursery in broughty ferry, they said our nursery is extremely proud of being open and inclusive to all, and any claim to the contrary is false, and an accusation that we would refute in the strongest possible terms

it comes as health secretary humza yousaf warned the nhs was facing a "perfect storm" of pressure. a health trust in northern ireland has reported the emergency department is under extreme pressure. the ulster hospital emergency department tweeted that they were extremely busy. meanwhile the southern trust has issued a similar warning —saying covid—19 is significantly adding to bed pressures in the hospital. let's take a look at the latest coronavirus figures across the uk. a further 33,196 people have tested positive for the virus — a further 61 people have died within 28 days of a positive test — and a total 78.4% of the population have now received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine. a shortage of blood tubes means gps are having to make difficult choices about who gets blood tests, the british medical association has warned. the bma said shortages across hospitals and gp surgeries were "severe" and if the nhs did not reduce usage in the coming days even the most clinically important blood tests may be at risk. the department of health said it is working to restore norm

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf and his wife are taking legal action against a nursery which they claim discriminated against their two—year—old daughter. the couple say the little scholars nursery in dundee told them it had no availability for their daughter but applications submitted by friends and family with white—sounding scottish names were accepted. they�*re now making a claim under the equality act. the nursery says it will respond in due course and says it�*s saddened anyone would think it was not open and inclusive. british firefighters are among more than 1,000 from across europe helping to battle wildfires on greece�*s second largest island, evia. thousands of people have been evacuated since the blaze started a week ago. meanwhile, in california, rescue workers are preparing for even higher temperatures, as they tackle the second—largest fire in the state�*s history. lebo diseko reports. the apocalyptic scenes of what the greek prime minister has called a nightmarish summer. nearly 600 fires have broken out across the country since latejuly, fuell

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate, alleging possible racial or religious discrimination after his two—year—old daughter was refused a place. mr yousaf says that after his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie has more. well, they said that they tried twice to get their daughter into the little scholars programme, but he said that when a white friend applied, they were quickly offered a place. they set their two—year—old daughter had been discriminated against and they wanted to test this out and so mr yousaf did a test and when an application under a muslim name was rejected and a different one was offered a place. and then a newspaper reporter submitted two fake nursery applications, one for akhtar, which was rejected and susan blake, he claimed, was offered a place. we spoke to the scottish health secretary, yousaf. ii place. we spoke to the scottish health secretary, yousaf. if

health secretary humza yousaf said yesterday _ you. health secretary humza yousaf said yesterday disinformation - said yesterday disinformation campaigns about vaccinations, things were younger people do not get as ill from covid, that could be behind the lower uptake. is there some kind of disinformation campaign affecting things, do you think? does of disinformation campaign affecting things, do you think?— things, do you think? does a little bit of that, — things, do you think? does a little bit of that, isn't _ things, do you think? does a little bit of that, isn't there? _ things, do you think? does a little bit of that, isn't there? there's i bit of that, isn't there? there's two groups, people write on the edge who in small groups are marching through scotland and england cities that are the real anti—baxters, but they are right on the edge, there's not many of them should anti—vaxxers. not many of them should anti-vaxxers._ not many of them should anti-vaxxers. , , anti-vaxxers. many people watching this now will — an

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 that, back to normal operation but side by side with that is a big focus on innovation, reforming how patients are seen and improving patients are seen and improving patient outcomes as well. some of the key points _ patient outcomes as well. some of the key points of— patient outcomes as well. some of the key points of th