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11.41am GMT

Among the many challenges facing teachers in England at the moment as they prepare for all pupils to return from Monday next week is the danger that Boris Johnson might show up. He has been making repeated visits to schools in recent weeks, and he was at it again this morning, visiting a school in Stoke-on-Trent.

When I’ve got a report of what he had to say, I’ll post the words.

11.36am GMT

Jason Leitch, Scotland’s national clinical director, told Times Radio this morning that he was “not panicking, but concerned” about the discovery of three cases of the P1 Brazilian variant in Scotland.

And on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland he said the three people had all arrived in Scotland from Brazil “via quite a circuitous route”, and that “there’s no suggestion they had symptoms on the plane or were involved in lots of contacts.

It’s the first time we [have found] this particular Brazilian strain in Scotland, and that worries us a little bit, but people shouldn’t get too concerned. [There is] no community spread, no evidence it’s gone anywhere else.

And the reason why we’re worried scientifically is we’re not absolutely certain that this version is amenable to the natural immunity some people already have and the artificial immunity we’re creating with vaccination.