the uk. we are keeping this very mild air. blustery wind, but it is where the wind is coming from that is important, coming all the way from sirs, from madeira, from the south, bringing the warmth northwards into the uk, bringing a lot of cloud. the cloud has been dinner across eastern parts of the uk, so there has been weak winter sunshine around. much more cloudy out to the west, where we have seen some rain. this rain is really gathering pace across wales, heading to the north west of england. that could push into parts of northern ireland on the south west of scotland by the end of the day. a very mild, though. those temperatures are 12 to 15 degrees once again today. through this evening and overnight, the rain continues northwards, getting up into the central belt of scotland. some heavier rain for northern ireland. then we see this shorter, sharper burst of rain sweeping eastwards across england and wales, driven by some quite strong wind once again. temperatures reall
millions of people will be playing video games over the christmas period. for many, it is just an enjoyable way of spending time online with friends. but for some, it can become an addiction, one that puts a terrible strain on family life. bbc news has gained access to the uk s only treatment facility for addiction to video games. our technology correspondent marc cieslak has more. having people around, you do feel a degree of embarrassment sometimes for the duration of the visit. he ll bejust upstairs gaming all the time and he ll be shouting and cursing. stephen and louise are describing life with their 16 year old son, who suffers from gaming disorder. until quite recently in the uk, they would have to have sought help privately. but now, the nhs has created a specialist clinic that uses therapy to help sufferers. hello, thank you for calling the national centre for gaming disorder. based in west london, it is part of the national centre for behavioural addictions. many fa
the victoria and albert museum in london is a treasure trove of beautiful artworks. some three dimensional wonders and some masterpieces so realistic you could walk into them. which is precisely what s about to happen in the painting gallery where, in amongst the turners and the constables, a kelly and a lewington are about to get stuck into some very modern art. there s a dancer and she is wearing pyjamas? or is that fashion these days? spencer chuckles that s the fashion. that s the fashion? don t you know don t you know about fashion? why aren t you wearing that? i ve got three sets of those. spencer laughs this is sonzai an augmented reality performance you can see using the hololens headset, and specifically designed to take place in this space. it s the brainchild of roland lane, who had dancer maeva berthelot s performance captured in a volumetric space and a cgi landscape built around her. it s also worth, if you can, taking a step back, maybe here, to see the who
train operator this morning said capacity is still good on the trains but they have actually seen a rising number of requests for refunds, which may be linked to people deciding to stay put and not travel. but it king s cross, lots of people still making the journey home. some advice for people if they are planning to travel by train. what about the roads? any advice? the roads are also about the roads? any advice? tue: roads are also really about the roads? any advice? tte: roads are also really important at this time of year, people travelling with families all over the country. the rac this morning said they expect the roads might not be as busy as we usually expect, because often we will see a big day when everybody has finished in the office and jumped in the car, you get a convergence of commuters and people with families on the getaway. this year, the guidance has been to work from home, so lots of offices have been closed and there are not many commuters on the road
and, yeah, we realised it was a gigantic millipede in the middle of this rock. time for a look at the weather. here s matt taylor. farfrom a tropical far from a tropical climate today, really wintry. it is the winter solstice, the days start to draw out a bit more fun today. but we saw temperatures well below freezing across the highlands and they will not write a great deal more through the rest of today. some sunshine across the highlands at the moment, some through wales and increasingly to southern parts of england and the channel islands. more over you will see most sunshine developed through the afternoon, but the vast majority know the story, it is cloudy and will stay cloudy and will stay rather chilly with some spots not getting above freezing and dropping quickly below as you head into the evening and overnight. overnight we expect more clouds breaks to develop, some lingering cloud. the temperatures from developing too much but a more widespread frost across scotla