than 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. it comes as a huge vaccination drive is launched for all adults, but questions remain over vaccine supply with several states reporting shortages. funerals have been held for victims of the stampede in israel, which saw at least 45 people die. almost all of those affected were ultra—orthodoxjews, attending a festival to mark the lag b'0mer holiday. prime minister netanyahu promised an inquiry would ensure such a tragedy did not happen again. british teams and players from sports including football, cricket and rugby have begun a four—day boycott of social media. they want facebook, instagram and twitter to take stronger action against people who post racist and sexist comments. all three social media platforms say they're taking action to tackle online abuse. there's been a big drop in the number of coronavirus

cases across the uk, with levels back to those seen at the end of last summer. the office for national statistics estimates around one in 1,000 people had the virus last week. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. the spires of oxford, with the mood matching the weather. there's not been a single reported covid death in the city for 60 days. quite lucky. and local people i spoke to today said they were more encouraged about the way things were progressing. people seem a lot calmer in themselves. they're not so... yeah, and i think when you're out in town it just feels a bit like, a bit more normal. i've been taking him to baby groups and i wouldn't have dreams of doing that a few months ago. —— dreamed of doing that a few months ago. we both stayed in for 14 months and we're glad to be out. - it feels like we've got more freedom, we can do more things, and yeah, we can socialise more because of the vaccines and everything, so, yeah. case rates continued falling last week in all the uk

nations, according to the office for national statistics — and that's even with some restrictions being eased earlier this month. covid deaths and hospital admissions have fallen sharply. new bbc research shows there are around 22 million people in the uk living in areas where there have been no covid deaths so far this month — that's deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test. back injanuary, at the peak, there were more than 30,000 covid deaths. now, so far this month, it's fewer than 600. this map shows areas in orange where there have been no reported covid deaths so far in april. back in september, some intensive care units for covid patients were empty, like this one filmed at the time. then came a dramatic surge, and some hospitals were close to being overwhelmed, but now they're much quieter once again. we are hearing that some intensive care units, covid intensive care units, are empty or with very low numbers of patients.

that's ok for now, but we are seeing the nhs getting back to normal and we are expecting that as normal service resumes, the workload will increase and will need to be sustained at really high levels as time moves forward. the vaccination programme continues to roll out, with those aged a0 and over in england now being offered a jab. one of the key scientists involved in developing the vaccines said even with all the good news, there was a need for caution. i think it's extremely unlikely that we will have a resurgence of disease to the extent we've seen before because we've got a large number of people vaccinated, but i think we can be certain of one thing — that this virus will continue to transmit and we're not safe here or around the world until everyone is protected from the virus. the official line is that even communities with no recent covid deaths need to continue observing social distancing rules. hugh pym, bbc news, 0xford.

now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on the show— getting up coming up on the show— getting up close to an american icon in new york. up close to an american icon in new york-— up close to an american icon in new york. ., ., , . new york. now for the the piece de resistance. _ new york. now for the the piece de resistance. the _ new york. now for the the piece de resistance. the original. - de resistance. the original. cooking up a michelin star takeaway in singapore. 50 cooking up a michelin star takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef— takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef extraordinaire. - takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef extraordinaire. and i is the chef extraordinaire. and i am on the — is the chef extraordinaire. and i am on the hunt _ is the chef extraordinaire. and i am on the hunt for— is the chef extraordinaire. and i am on the hunt for london's fast disappearing red phone boxes. if fast disappearing red phone boxes. , ., fast disappearing red phone boxes. ., ., , boxes. if you say london, it is the telephone, _ boxes. if you say london, it is the telephone, the _ boxes. if you say london, it is the telephone, the red - the telephone, the red telephone box.-

the telephone, the red telephone box. hello and welcome _ telephone box. hello and welcome to _ telephone box. hello and welcome to the - telephone box. hello and welcome to the travel i telephone box. hello and i welcome to the travel show telephone box. hello and - welcome to the travel show with me, christa marwood, still here at home in london, but as you can see some things are starting to return to normal and fingers crossed we will be back up on the road sometime soon until then, this week let's take a look at some of our favourite trips to the world's most vibrant cities here on the show. well, new york is always one of our favourite attractions. maybe it's the sheer noise, bustle and knowledge that under normal circumstances, it really does feel like the city that never sleeps. and back in 2019, lucy was lucky enough to be given a behind the scenes look at one of the city's newest and

perhaps most iconic attractions. i was up at 5am to catch the star ferry, the very first boat of the day to leave for liberty island hours before the arrival of the public. wow! i have never seen the statute is closed before. —— i've never seen the statue this close before. definitely worth the ungodly wake—up call. until recently, visitors that wanted to learn more about the statue's history were directed to an exhibit in its base. but the space was so limited, only a few people actually got to see it. that's all set to change with the opening of the new museum.

the museum takes people all the way back to the statue's creation. it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop. the statue marked 100 years since the declaration of independence and the historic alliance between america and france. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york, where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public the next year. now for the the piece de resistance, the original torch. the original torch! wow! the original torch, it stood up there from 1886 until 1984. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi's design to include a glass—paneled frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. talk to me about how difficult it was to get the torch in here.

well, i didn't have to do it! but it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks from 3pm in the afternoon until 3am at night. they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back, and then put the torch on it. we had not put in all the glass here so that it could lift quite nicely into its position, and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up. well, today is the last day, it's sort of the clean down from the top down, and so as they're finishing up the lighting fixtures inside, myjob is then the final clean—down of everything that falls down. it's just a simple cotton cloth to try to get the heavy things out. just getting rid of that dirt. like with any cleaning job, it's never done.

you're one of the last people who get to be here before it's off. i do feel very honoured. it's so iconic and you think about its history and how it stood for freedom and for liberty to people all over the world. it really is a remarkable piece of work. lucy getting a close—up look at lady liberty back in 2019. many travellers, one of the benefits of exploring the world is getting the chance to try all sorts of local cuisine. back in 2016 henry visited singapore to meet a man whose street food and him a michelin star. this is singapore's largest hawker markets in the heart of chinatown, and it's rampacked with stalls selling traditional dishes. 0ne stall in particular is causing quite a stir.

this queue is absolutely humongous, full of all sorts of people from singapore, from around the world, there's a lot of tourists. you can imagine it for some sort of concert, but in fact it's for that hawker stall over there — it's one of two recipients here in singapore that actually achieved a michelin star, so i'm going to meet the chef. hawker—chan! hi! so this is the chef extraordinaire, hawker—chan. and he's been doing this for over 30 years, right? yeah. wow! the stall has become famous for serving the world's cheapest michelin star meal. we're a well—oiled machine here, but i'm feeling the pressure. so one, one sauce here? 0ne portion costs less than us$2. but the waits can be up to three hours. 0h! it's the rice! boiling!

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henry helping, hopefully not hindering, hawker chant to keep his michelin star back in 2016. stay with us, because coming up on the show... we jump on stay with us, because coming up on the show... wejump on board a magical bus in karachi. on the show... we jump on board a magical bus in karachi.- a magical bus in karachi. there is 'ust so a magical bus in karachi. there isjust so much _ a magical bus in karachi. there isjust so much more _ a magical bus in karachi. there isjust so much more to - a magical bus in karachi. there| isjust so much more to karachi than we know.— than we know. and i go in search of— than we know. and i go in search of london's - than we know. and i go in i search of london's disappearing red phone boxes. so don't go away. now karachi is pakistan's bigger city and almost 50 million people call it home. but it has had something of a reputation for not being the easiest, or may be safest placed forward tourists to explore. back in 2017 ben went there to meet a group of people working to change that. i there to meet a group of people working to change that.- working to change that. i want to net a working to change that. i want to get a taste _ working to change that. i want to get a taste of— working to change that. i want to get a taste of karachi i working to change that. i want to get a taste of karachi and l to get a taste of karachi and when you think of a tour you think of a friendly tour guide,

some foreigners, a casual stroll around the city. but in karachi it is much different, it is done on one of these things. ina in a city linked with more than bombs and guns and tourist trips, the super savari express seems like a strange choice. but this is a unique kind of two of us, not only to change the image of karachi likely bottles go around the world. it is mainly to help karachi's locals reconnect with their city. each tool will come with an armed guard, and at the old days, but as the situation has improved it is now beautiful bus. i love this bus, it is incredible. what is the history? you see it everywhere in karachi. history? you see it everywhere in karachi-— in karachi. the concept works alon: in karachi. the concept works along the lines of this - along the lines of this actually being representation of the pride of the guy who drive them.— of the pride of the guy who drive them. ~ , ., ~ ., drive them. why do you think a ci like drive them. why do you think a city like karachi _ drive them. why do you think a

city like karachi need _ city like karachi need something like this? city like karachi need somethin: like this? ., , something like this? there has been a disconnect _ something like this? there has been a disconnect tween i been a disconnect tween educated persons in karachi and the general population. find educated persons in karachi and the general population. and you do this because _ the general population. and you do this because you _ the general population. and you do this because you think i the general population. and you do this because you think that l do this because you think that karachi is misrepresented, and has a reputation that needs to be preserved?— be preserved? let's 'ust say that there is i be preserved? let's 'ust say that there is so i be preserved? let'sjust say that there is so much i be preserved? let'sjust say that there is so much more | be preserved? let'sjust say i that there is so much more to karachi than we know. there is something special about this that i have to show you guys. the tour takes visitors around the city in an attempt to show its diversity. you visit mosses, hindu temples, churches, karate's version of the big ben and and is time for food. —— karachi's version. sorry. i am going to ruin your tea party... the guy said is traditional pakistani breakfast. traditional pakistani _ breakfast. traditional pakistani breakfast i breakfast. traditional pakistani breakfast isj breakfast. traditional i pakistani breakfast is you breakfast. traditional - pakistani breakfast is you get chai, and what is essentially an omelette. most things in pakistan are made spicy, same

thing with omelettes. mt; thing with omelettes. my stomach _ thing with omelettes. my stomach noticed that a few days ago. stomach noticed that a few days a t o. ., stomach noticed that a few days a a 0. ., , stomach noticed that a few days a i o, ., , , ., stomach noticed that a few days ato. ., , ., ., ago. you dip some of that in chai. i ago. you dip some of that in chai- i am — ago. you dip some of that in chai. i amjust _ ago. you dip some of that in chai. i amjust ruining i ago. you dip some of that in chai. i am just ruining the i chai. i am 'ust ruining the tea. just — chai. i am just ruining the tea. just policy _ chai. i am just ruining the tea. just policy -- - chai. i am just ruining the tea. just policy -- soggyl tea. just policy —— soggy pieces of omelette in my tea. 0ur pieces of omelette in my tea. our next stop... this is widely regarded as the most dangerous area of karachi. here there is only really one spot people care about and that is football. there is over 175 registered clubs, and that is because these guys, like everyone else, absolutely love it. everywhere you look you see manchester united tarps, —— tops, manchester tops and hopefully liverpool tops. i am here to find out why that is the case. here to find out why that is the case-— here to find out why that is the case. , ., ., the case. there is a centre of excellence — the case. there is a centre of excellence where _ the case. there is a centre of excellence where we - the case. there is a centre of excellence where we have i excellence where we have approximately 100 kids who come across to train four or five

times a week. we give them a free football coaching, we give them life skills, assassins on top of it. them life skills, assassins on to- of it. ., , them life skills, assassins on top of it— them life skills, assassins on to- of it. . , ., ., top of it. i have been asked to have a game _ top of it. i have been asked to have a game with _ top of it. i have been asked to have a game with these i top of it. i have been asked to have a game with these kids, | have a game with these kids, who looked pretty good. i am wearing a little. so everyone thinks i play for liverpool, a huge crowd had gathered. so yeah, look forward to me embarrassing myself in front of everyone. here we go. after eyeing up the opposition, we began. the sand and heat is not a good combination. soon, though, we were losing by two goals. though, we were losing by two toals, , ., ., though, we were losing by two toals, , ., though, we were losing by two toals. ., ., goals. liverpool one, karachi united three! _ goals. liverpool one, karachi united three! me _ goals. liverpool one, karachi united three! me and - goals. liverpool one, karachi united three! me and my i goals. liverpool one, karachi | united three! me and my new friend realise _ united three! me and my new friend realise it _ united three! me and my new friend realise it was _ united three! me and my new friend realise it was our i friend realise it was our movement, and after generously being awarded a freekick i curled it the corner. then two penalties later, we had won the game. after celebrating with my team, adequately named

benjamin's liverpool warriors, we spoke about football. you are nervous about playing, because you are the only girl here, is this the first time you play here? i! here, is this the first time you play here?— here, is this the first time you play here? if you are to look around, _ you play here? if you are to look around, and _ you play here? if you are to look around, and there i you play here? if you are to look around, and there is i you play here? if you are to look around, and there is a | look around, and there is a game going on there, and academy here, i think i am the only female in the stadium right now. sometimes we go into an area where the culture is extremely male dominant and they don't want females to play, we are eager to play, we are keen to play, which is something very difficult in pakistan, to get girls excited about spots. there are 100 boys who come to the academy here, there is maybe 35 girls who come, so that is about the ratio. to me that is fantastic, because two years ago there was zero. and football has kicked off in areas that have been otherwise neglected. these guys have come up with their own recreation, solving their own problems, and football is kind of inherent to the game, solving the problems. filth!

of inherent to the game, solving the problems. 0h! bend their on-board _ solving the problems. 0h! bend their on-board what _ solving the problems. 0h! bend their on-board what must i solving the problems. 0h! bend their on-board what must be i solving the problems. 0h! bendl their on-board what must be one their on—board what must be one of the world's most colourful tour buses back in 2017. if you cast your mind back to when travel wasn't quite as difficult as it is now, there was still the eternal dilemma, what to do with a lengthy airport layover? well, we set ade the challenge back in 2017, how much could he fit into a six hour stopover in rome? so you find yourself stuck here at leonardo da vinci airport, and this is one of the largest in italy and it is a central hub for its national airline. unfortunately, rome is ranked as one of the most delayed airports in world, so you're probably going to find yourself with a time on your hands. so i am going to make it more interesting and set myself a challenge to see rome in under

six hours hello!— six hours hello! how are you, nice to meet _ six hours hello! how are you, nice to meet you. _ six hours hello! how are you, nice to meet you. i _ six hours hello! how are you, nice to meet you. i want i six hours hello! how are you, nice to meet you. i want to i six hours hello! how are you, i nice to meet you. i want to see the coliseum, _ nice to meet you. i want to see the coliseum, the _ nice to meet you. i want to see the coliseum, the circus i the coliseum, the circus maximus, the palatine hill, the mouth of truth, and of course the trevi fountain. the first proper stop here is to go and see the circus maximus older than the coliseum and with a capacity of hundreds of thousands of people, it was at the heart of rome's collaboration brutal public entertainment, the gladiators, to you and me. entertainment, the gladiators, to you and me— to you and me. this was the lace to you and me. this was the place for — to you and me. this was the place for the _ to you and me. this was the place for the spectators, i to you and me. this was the | place for the spectators, the excavations over there. it spectators sat all around. find spectators sat all around. and restin t spectators sat all around. and restingjust — spectators sat all around. and resting just above _ spectators sat all around. and resting just above the site is the palatine hill which is one of the most ancient parts of the city.

next n ext sto p next stop is a little hidden gem. it is the mouth of truth. if you are a liar and you put the hand inside the mouth, your hand will be cut.— hand will be cut. (laughs). every time _ hand will be cut. (laughs). every time i _ hand will be cut. (laughs). every time i see _ hand will be cut. (laughs). every time i see the - hand will be cut. (laughs). every time i see the trevi i every time i see the trevi fountain it always takes my breath away because it is so beautiful. and i would say this is definitely one of the most must see monuments in rome. 0ne must see monuments in rome. one of the downsides of a tour like this is that there is no real time to stop and really enjoy the sights, because of the tight schedule. but they give you a great taste of what is on

offer. and who knows, maybe one day i'll back to explore rome and a more leisurely pace. ade their cramming in the ancient roman sites back in 2017. to finish off this week we are in my adopted home town of london, famous of course for its white red buses and until relatively recently, its red phone boxes. but since the arrival of these things, fewer and fewer people have been using the public phones. so back in 2019, i reported on a programme to remove those iconic red boxes from london's streets. after all, it is only terrorists that would miss them, right? the red phone box is synonymous with london. when they were first introduced in the 1920s, they gave many poorer londoners access to the phone for the very first time, and after countless appearances in films,

tv shows and music videos, they became something of an icon both here and around the world. you say london, it is the red telephone box. the first thing that comes into my mind when i think of britain, was either the queen or the red phone booth. although as more people got access to their own phone at home, the numbers of actual calls being made from them dropped. now, i can remember when i first came here 20 years ago, using a phone box was a really big event, it was like, "i have arrived in london." and i probably took several dozen selfies in one of these things. these days it is just clear it isn't being used much. and frankly it isn't the nicest place to be. the smell is not ideal, either. i might get out of here. even though a lot of these phone boxes aren't in the best

shape now, there is a group of londoners who still take pride in them, and the postcard image they portray. i thinkjust because phone boxes are british icons, for them to look scruffy in the photos that are going back around the world with tourists after their holidays, i didn't like that idea. so i thought, why not clean them up? it's only polite. seeing one in a completely sorry state was almost like seeing an elderly relative in distress or something. we like to help emily, we think it is a worthy cause and we are loyal fans. it looks nice when they are all scrubbed up. emily and her band of volunteers regularly spend their spare time sprucing up phone boxes like these for sightseers. but it looks like even their valiant efforts might not be enough to save them. they are difficult to keep clean, and they're not very easy for people with

disabilities to use, and we are obliged to have a quite high percentage of payphones which can be used by people with disabilities. so the question is, what's going to happen to the old red phone boxes we've all come to know and love? some have been put up for sale, and some are being offered to local communities to turn into things like public libraries. others are already being rented out to businesses who see the beauty in keeping things small — like fouad, who now repairs phones inside a phone box. i am not claustrophobic at all. if you work in an iconic place you are iconic too. other businesses that have cropped up include cafes, coffee bars, and souvenir shops, all crammed inside a square metre of floor space. if you think of all the conversations these four walls must have overheard, declarations of love, cries of emergency or whispers of espionage.

these walls have heard it all, every type of conversation. and i think it is sad to see they are now empty. sadly that is all we have got time for on this week's programme but i hope we have given you enough inspiration to keep going until we can all travel again. keep going until we can all travelagain. coming keep going until we can all travel again. coming up next week: it is the turnoff technology in the final part of our series in which ade looks at some of the issues to take —— shape travel as we get back out on the road. so dojoin us thenif out on the road. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime you can catch up with more of our recent programmes on bbc iplayer and we are on social media in all the usual places. until next time from me and all the travel show team, it's goodbye.

hello there. we are seeing a change in the month, but not too much change in the weather. it is staying cold. if we look at april 2021, it's been exceptionally cold the past month or so. in fact, the overnight temperatures on average have been the lowest in almost 100 years, and it is going to stay quite cold on into the first part of may as well. this was the picture on friday. the final day of april brought us sunshine and april showers, and those april showers will be rolling on through the course of the first weekend in may as well. so, sunny spells in store, but also some scattered, fairly heavy downpours. we're in between a couple of areas of low pressure at the moment, this one waiting in the atlantic. that will be more of a pair by the time we get to bank holiday monday, but for the here and now, we've got these cold northerly winds drawing in this chilly arctic air, so still cold for the time of year.

after that frosty start to saturday for some of us, lots of sunshine around through the day. cloud will tend to bubble up as the ground heats up and that will bring some scattered showers almost anywhere during the course of the afternoon. so, they're going to be hit and miss. if you do catch one, there's a risk of hail and some thunder mixed in as well. still quite chilly around the east coast — 7—11 degrees. further west, 13 or 14 celsius. so, heading through saturday night overnight into sunday, showers clear away for the most part, so clear and dry and cold once again. so, an overnight frost, i think, as we start out the day on sunday, with temperatures in more rural spots getting down below freezing once again. sunday brings another day of some sunny spells and a few scattered showers. probably fewer, i think, on sunday compared to saturday, but again, by the afternoon, it will be that hit—and—miss risk of catching those heavy downpours. possibly a little bit warmer than saturday — up to about 13 or 14 degrees fairly widely. still chilly across the north of scotland. but then it's all change into bank holiday monday as low

pressure approaches from the atlantic, so something we haven't seen in a while — quite a deep area of low pressure. although many areas start off dry, the strong winds and the fairly heavy, persistent rain will move across most areas. probably just dry across the far north of scotland, could be some mounting snow mixed in as well. not only the rain, but the strong gusty winds for many of us on bank holiday monday, it will feel cold with temperatures only about 9—12 degrees. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: new guidance for care home residents in england. from next week, they'll be able to go out and visit relatives, without the need to self—isolate when they return. india becomes the first country in the world to report 400,000 coronavirus cases in a single day. back on the dance floor with no social distancing — the covid pilot schemes testing crowd safety. i have trust in the science, trust in the tests, and i think if we have

all come here negative, why