how are you, raymond and olwen? 0k. happy christmas.avirus has changed christmas for church—goers too. the congregation of st james evangelical church in ca rlisle met on zoom instead of in person, though the sense of community was no less heartfelt. at st mary's near congleton, in cheshire, the church is big and draughty enough for everyone to space out. congregants had to book a pew, one per household bubble, to ensure social distancing. well, i think it is wonderful. i think the old place has been going for 1,000 years now, so we couldn't let it down and miss a christmas. we had to find a way. ijust think it's amazing this can be so safe to come and allow the older generation and younger generation to be part of each other. only the choir was allowed to sing. people have had to make special arrangements to come and make the church look beautiful. just... everything's happened, but in a different way. last christmas, no—one could have imagined the way this year's festival would look, or they would be praying for next year's celebratio

how are you, raymond and olwen? 0k, thank you. happy christmas.nged christmas for church goers too. the congregation of st james evangelical church in carlisle met on zoom instead of in person, though the sense of community was no less heartfelt. at st mary's, near congleton in cheshire, the church is big and draughty enough for everyone to space out. congregants had to book a pew, one per household bubble, to ensure social distancing. well, i think it's wonderful. i think the place has been going for a thousand years now, so we couldn't let it down and miss a christmas, we had to find a way. i think it is amazing this can be so safe to come and allow the older generation and younger generation to be part of each other. only the choir was allowed to sing. people have had to make special arrangements to make the church look beautiful, just everything's happened but in a different way. last christmas no—one could have imagined the way this year's festival would look or they would be praying for next year's celebrations to be back to normal. the quee

how are you, raymond and olwen? 0k. happy christmas.ers too. the congregation of st james evangelical church in carlisle met on zoom instead of in person, though the sense of community was no less heartfelt. at st mary's near congleton, in cheshire, the church is big and draughty enough for everyone to space out. they had to book a pew, one per household bubble, to ensure social distancing. well, i think it is wonderful. i think the old place has been going for a thousand years now, so we couldn't let it down and miss a christmas, we had to find a way. i think it is amazing this can be so safe to come and allow the older generation and younger generation to be part of each other. only the choir was allowed to sing. people have had to make special arrangements to make the church look beautiful, just everything's happened but in a different way. last christmas no—one could have imagined the way this year's festival would look or they would be praying for next year's celebrations to be back to normal. judith moritz, bbc news, cheshire. the

how are you, raymond and olwen? 0k. happy christmas.irus has changed christmas for church—goers too. the congregation of st james evangelical church in ca rlisle met on zoom instead of in person, though the sense of community was no less heartfelt. at st mary's near congleton, in cheshire, the church is big and draughty enough for everyone to space out. congregants had to book a pew, one per household bubble, to ensure social distancing. well, i think it is wonderful. i think the old place has been going for 1,000 years now, so we couldn't let it down and miss a christmas. we had to find a way. ijust think it's amazing this can be so safe to come and allow the older generation and younger generation to be part of each other. only the choir was allowed to sing. people have had to make special arrangements to come and make the church look beautiful. everything's happened but in a different way. last christmas no—one could have imagined the way this year's festival would look or they would be praying for next year's celebrations to be back

how are you, raymond and olwen? 0k. happy christmas.avirus has changed christmas for church—goers too. the congregation of st james evangelical church in ca rlisle met on zoom instead of in person, though the sense of community was no less heartfelt. at st mary's near congleton, in cheshire, the church is big and draughty enough for everyone to space out. congregants had to book a pew, one per household bubble, to ensure social distancing. well, i think it is wonderful. i think the old place has been going for 1,000 years now, so we couldn't let it down and miss a christmas. we had to find a way. ijust think it's amazing this can be so safe to come and allow the older generation and younger generation to be part of each other. only the choir was allowed to sing. people have had to make special arrangements to come and make the church look beautiful. just... everything's happened, but in a different way. last christmas, no—one could have imagined the way this year's festival would look, or they would be praying for next year's celebratio

olwen williams, vice president of royal college of physicians in wales, says it's only the tip of the situation across wales is quite sobering. the number of people that are presenting symptoms of covid—i9 that not only require hospital admission but are so seriously ill they require intensive ca re seriously ill they require intensive care and more than 50% of our bed occupancy in intensive care is now due to covid—i9 patients, it's very worrying. meanwhile, hospital admissions for coronavirus have continued to rise across england. saffron cordery is the deputy chief executive of nhs providers, she explained the pressures hospitals were under. we are seeing a real rise in the pressure for hospital services, but also other types of nhs services as well, notjust hospitals, ambulance trusts in particular are coming under extreme pressure, our community and mental health services. everybody affected by the impact of covid—19 and talking to trust leaders overnight, they are under no illusions about how challenging this is at the moment and part of the issue is many more people coming thro