james waterhouse.the royal british legion was formed one hundred years ago. the ceremony at the cenotaph was led by retired lieutenant generaljames bashall. in a message to coincide with the charity's centenary, prince charles said the organisation ensured the sacrifices of veterans would never be forgotten. santander says its "key services are recovering" after a technical issue which left customers unable to make payments online and buy food in supermarkets. the bank said it was working on a full recovery by the end of the day, and has apologised, insisting no—one will be out of pocket. debenhams closes its remaining shops today after more than 240 years on the high—street. it went into administration in 2019 after several years of falling sales. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. the final few hours. not much left for the bargain hunters now. these stores reopened after lockdown to allow the remaining stock to be cleared. the last 28 shops closed today. the end of an era. debenham's

march is under way, protesters heading towards the israeli embassy in london. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouseark. 0n the corner there, on marble arch, which is usually such a busy trafficjunction, cars are brought to the halt in some lanes as thousands of protesters came out with palestinian flags, donning banners as well. they are, essentially, calling on israel to stop its air strikes along the gaza strip and other palestinian territories in a week which has seen tensions rise to levels we haven't seen in years in a conflict that has lasted decades. they're now flooding down this lane, through hyde park, to the mile or so in kensington to the israeli embassy, where they're going to demonstrate as close as possible, we understand, and call for israel to end its operations, as well as for the uk government to intervene. as you can see, there are people of allages, generations, here who have come out this morning. as we speak, and as these people come down, us negotiators are in the middle east to call on both sides to de—escalate. but the feeling here, and there is a lot of passion here, the

that was james waterhouse. the indian variant of covid—19. it's time for your questions answered. you've been sending in lots of questions about the indian variant and how it could impact the uk's road map. here to answer them is public health expert, professor sian griffiths and the university of east anglia's professor paul hunter. lovely to see you. good evening to both of you professors. let us begin. a question to both of you. if i could ask you, professor griffiths, to start off. how does a coven infected person get confirmed as having the indian variant and not the wuhan strain —— covid. this comes from paul monro. paul, this is about genomic sequencing. you will have heard a lot of talk about variants in the way we decide what a variance is is by looking at the sequence, it's genetic make what. we have variants of concerned and the indian variant is an adaptation from the wuhan virus, which started in china back in 2020. ., , ., , in 2020. professor hunter was blue i think the thing _ in 2020. professor