the coverage was absolutely excessive and not really on the grounds of schedule changes. i know some viewers were upset by that, but i complained because of two things. firstly, i am a great supporter of the monarchy. i think they provide stability and leadership in times that are good and bad. however, i am also conscious that a lot of people are not avid supporters of the monarchy and some people are just indifferent. and i think as we consider where the future of the monarchy lies, the annoyance that is swamping all your radio and tv channels give to people, i think it undermines the feelings towards the monarchy, and that can only be a bad thing. and you also had a concern about people being more reliant on tv during covid, didn t you? yes, absolutely. i think the situation might have been different had we not been in the middle of a covid pandemic but also at that time, we were in total lockdown. and for a lot of elderly people, people who are isolated or in other ways t
and transgender activist, caitlynjenner, says she s going to run to be governor of california. and we hear from the swimmer who s set a high altitude record in the mountain ranges of south america. welcome, to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. we re starting in india where the healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of a surging second coronavirus wave, with hospitals full, patients left untreated for hours, and supplies of oxygen desperately inadequate. it now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began and it s set a global record for two days running in the past 2a hours, it s seen 330,00 new cases. 0ur delhi correspondent yogita limaye got access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who s hardly breathing is brought in. as nurses try to
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. texts for tax breaks or ventilators to save lives? labour keep up the pressure on the prime minister over lobbying. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. and it s all on his watch. race in the uk the equalities minister denounces critics of a major report. the government even more firmly condemns the deeply personal and racialised attacks against the commissioners, which have included death threats. why are our rivers so dirty? feargal sharkey gets vocal. it s time for everybody to put on their big boys pants and start taking this seriously. and planning a big wedding? think again, says an expert. the fees for a church wedding or a simple registry office ceremony are very modest indeed. all that to come and more. but first, a week dominated by the continuing row over lobbying, with labour determined to target borisjohnson as the head of what it calls a whatsapp government . the row deepened afte
and we hear from the swimmer who s set a high altitude record in the mountain ranges of south america. we re starting in india where the healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of a surging second coronavirus wave, with hospitals full, patients left untreated for hours, and supplies of oxygen desperately inadequate. it now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began and it s set a global record for two days running in the past 2a hours, it s seen 330,00 new cases. 0ur delhi correspondent yogita limaye got access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who s hardly breathing is brought in. as nurses try to get him to respond, there s another person, even more critical. this woman rushes to help. so many like her are putting in all they can. they couldn t revive hi
who s set a high altitude record in the icy waters of the andes. hello and welcome. we re starting in india, where the healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of a surging of oxygen desperately inadequate. it now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began and it s set a global record for two days running in the past 2a hours, it s seen 330,00 new cases. we should receive new daily figures shortly. 0ur delhi correspondent, yogita limaye, got access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who s hardly breathing is brought in. as nurses try to get him to respond, there s another person, even more critical. this woman rushes to help. so many like her are putting in all they can. they couldn t revive him. to get past the shortage of beds, they ve packed in stretchers