in afghanistan earlier this year. coach travellers in dover are still facing long delays sometimes upto 8 hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the easter getaway backlog. the port said pver 100 coaches were waiting to cross the port said over 100 coaches were waiting to cross the english channel earlier today. and pope francis has led mass in st peter s square in front of more than 30 thousand people, kicking off the year s easter services, just a day after leaving hospital in rome following treatment for bronchitis. you re watching bbc news. coming up. click. but first, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. brendan rodgers pays the price at leicester city, 0n he departs afterfour years in charge. newcastle move above manchester united into third after beating them at st james park and who can stop england another record extending womens six nations victory, with italy no match today. also coming up on sports
and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk s biggest hospital s transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here s our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have v
there will have been many who doubted arsenal s ability to keep up their premier league title challenge this long. but a third of the way through the season a result that might provide more evidence they re genuine contenders. they ve beaten chelsea at stamford bridge by a goal to nil to go three points clear at the top of the table once again. jane dougal reports. up up against his old club for the first time, after a war of words with chelsea striker aubameyang send a message to his old arsenal manager? he didn t take long to antagonize argenta. but in a cagey first half the chances wind arsenals way. a beautiful ball. inches away. it took them another 30 minutes but arsenal did score. a corner evading gabrielle making sure it went in. not chelsea s day then or all 0bama gangs who had been taken off and had to watch as his team went behind. 0ld bundled rivalries run deep and a touchy match turned into a bad tempered one. chelsea fighting to avoid four premier league matches
this is bbc world news, the headlines has begun in egypt, with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake up call for the planet. downing street says the prime minister believes abusive text messages sent by the cabinet minister gavin williamson were unacceptable at least 19 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. jumping back to the top of the premier league, have arsenal shown they re genuine title contenders.? this will be england s world cup opener in ten month s time, the rehearsal ends in a rare home defeat to argentina silver, bronze and now gold forjessica gadirova as britain end the world gymnastics champ