Gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. People in areas where the indian Virus Variant is spreading are being urged to get a covid jab, as questions turn to the impact on the easing of restrictions. And its Fa Cup final Day Chelsea Play leicester in front of 20,000 fans at wembley. Leicester are looking to win it for the first time, chelsea are hoping to win it for a ninth time. Now on Bbc News. The Coronavirus Pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge for the nhs, notjust in tackling the disease but in the creation of huge Waiting Lists for other treatments. In this special programme, experts look at how the nhs can recover in the months ahead and discuss how the nations Mental Health has been impacted by the pandemic. Hello and welcome to this special programme on Bbc News with me, shaun ley. The Coronavirus Pandemic is testing the national Health Service like never before. Staff have been left physically and mentally drained as they battled Covid I9
minister, paul givan, of the democratic unionist party, has resigned, over the implimentation of the northern ireland protocol. that s the mechanism governing the flow of goods between great britain and northern ireland, and was negotiated as part of the brexit deal. products crossing the irish sea into northern ireland, are subject to new checks on entry, and this was meant to avoid the need for checks on goods reaching the irish republic. but unionists argue this effectively creates a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. here s our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. political paralysis returns to stormont something the dup have been threatening since last year. today, as the first minister stepped down, it was delivered. our institutions are being tested once again and the delicate balance created by the belfast and st andrews agreements has been impacted by the agreement made by the united kingdom government and the european union, which created the no
hedges. coming up on this week s programme: facing herfears we follow an anxious traveller as she heads abroad for the first time in almost two years. it was that first view of the sea, and i was like, i can do this, i made it. this is going to be ok, this is going to be good. we ve got tech that s designed to take the stress out of your overseas adventures. i ve rounded up a bunch of gadgets that will be sure to guide you to a state of zen. we find out what bangkok s taxi drivers did when their customers disappeared. and we meet the people helping passengers with their paperwork. we re here to reassure them, to guide them and to make sure that they have everything to hand. hi. it s london, it s january, and the weather s, shall we say, cold. so what many of us desperately want is some much needed sunshine. i think it s fair to say that travelling right now is more than a little complicated, with a seemingly never ending list of rules and regulations. so, if you re someon
the 60th anniversary of coventry cathedral has taken place. ghosts in the ruins was written by the award winning composer nitin sawhney. it s a contemporary response to benjamin britten s war requiem, which was performed when the cathedral opened in 1962. ben sidwell reports. a celebration of coventry cathedral s 60th anniversary, ghosts in the ruins reflects the diverse city that coventry is today, while remembering the destruction of its past. it is trying to find, i guess, a sense of how the cathedral connects with the city overall and how far the cathedral has come and the city has come since the bombing in the second world war. it is really trying to celebrate coventry as a city in many ways. with the performance taking place in both the old and new cathedrals. i think it will sort of be a reflection of who the people are, which is a resilient people, they have faced destruction and war and yet rebuilt and come back stronger. coventry cathedral was consecrated by the que