The remarkable roll out of our vaccines continues, with everyone aged 18 and over in England now able to book their first Covid-19 jab in what the NHS has described as a "watershed moment". About 1.5 million texts are due to be sent to people aged 18 to 20 tomorrow. PM Boris Johnson said the speed of the programme was "one of our country's greatest collective achievements". At 0930, I joined a private and virtual session of our Defence Select Committee. The topic was RAF flying training; our witness, a former Wing Commander. It was a most fascinating and revealing session and one I sadly cannot report on because it was in private. But these sessions are useful to us, as they help point our inquiries in the right direction. Later, I had two private telephone meetings with constituents. Both had very genuine cases to share with me and I will do all I can to help. A victim's father of the Manchester Arena bombing said that organisations responsible for the event had "failed at every level", following the publication of a critical inquiry report into the outrage. Twenty-two people were murdered in the bomb attack after Salman Abedi manage to slip through security, which should have identified the attacker, the inquiry chairman said. Sir John Saunders found there were missed opportunities to avert or minimise the "devastating impact". Martyn Hett's father said the attack "should have been prevented". A terrible tragedy. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates in England and Wales and promised to "do a lot better". In an exclusive BBC interview, he said it was "not good enough" and admitted budget cuts were partly to blame. Rape convictions have fallen to a record low in recent years.The government said it was now considering allowing victims to pre-record their evidence to spare them the trauma of a courtroom trial. Its review also outlined plans to focus more on the suspect's behaviour - not the accuser's, and make sure phones taken away for evidence-gathering were returned within a day. Over in Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots resigned as leader of the DUP after just 21 days in the job.It came after he agreed a deal with Sinn Fein and the Westminster government to ensure Paul Givan became Northern Ireland's first minister. A majority of DUP members in the assembly wanted to delay the process and he faced an internal revolt at a party meeting.