england to come forward. 18—year—olds in wales and nothern ireland can already book, and those in scotland will be offered an appointment from next week. i'm optimistic because i can see that the vaccine works and because the vaccine roll—out has been so effective over the last six months that we have that protection and we are able to over time and carefully and cautiously remove the restrictions we have had and replace them with the protection you get from the vaccine. so itjust underlines the point for every single adult in this country, if you are 18 or over, you haven't yet had the jab, come forward and get it booked. the democratic unionist party is looking for a new leader, after edwin poots stepped down afterjust three weeks in charge. he had faced an internal revolt after agreeing a deal with sinn fein and the westminster government to ensure paul givan became first minister. mr poots will remain in the post until a successor is elected. danjohnson is at stormont.