coming up on the programme this week. it has been another challenging year for travel. but that has not stopped us from doing what we love best. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, rajan datar. there is no denying that 2021 will not go down as a great year for travel. hotels, airlines, tour operators and all of us who wanted to get away have had to cope with ever changing rules and restrictions to do what we simply took for granted two years ago, before the pandemic struck. so, this week on the show, we are looking back at 2021 and some of our favourite stories of the year. and it was a year when many of us started changing the way we think about travel. in a moment, we have a report from mike in kenya about how the pandemic meant that many kenyans can now afford to take a safari holiday for the very first time. first up, sustainability was a big topic this year, and that is why back in august i took a voyage on a ship that is hoping to change the way that some crui
and the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official. but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has chaired a cabinet meeting as the government faces growing calls to outline whether any new covid restrictions will be implemented in england over christmas. the government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, and england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, have briefed ministers about the omicron variant. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. for more on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle against omicron. but as cases of the new variant continue to
This is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. as the uk records it s second highest number of covid cases in a single day, the prime minister doerule out further restrictions. and there s more criticism of downing street, as a photo emerges of the prime minister and others with wine and cheese in the no ten garden during lockdown. ministers say, no rules were broken. the united nations investigates the mass killings of civilians by the myanmar military, ten months after seizing power in a coup. we have a special report. england s premier league clubs say they will carry on with fixtures as planned, despite covid infectionas among players, forcing a series of games to be cancelled over the weekend.
This is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. as the uk records it s second highest number of covid cases in a single day, the prime minister doerule out further restrictions. and there s more criticism of downing street, as a photo emerges of the prime minister and others with wine and cheese in the no ten garden during lockdown. ministers say, no rules were broken. the united nations investigates the mass killings of civilians by the myanmar military, ten months after seizing power in a coup. we have a special report. england s premier league clubs say they will carry on with fixtures as planned, despite covid infectionas among players, forcing a series of games to be cancelled over the weekend.