the headlines. a third case of the new omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the uk the government urges people to get their boosters and to follow new rules from tuesday on mask wearing in england. the government says pupils in year seven and above in england should wear masks in communal areas of schools from tomorrow morning. the south african president has criticised the decision to put the country on the international red list. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the wake of storm arwen. four european countries agree to deploy a plane to patrol the french coast to help prevent migrants crossing the sea to britain. and sir frank williams who created one the great formula one teams has died aged 79. coming up in a moment on bbc news it s sportsday but first, here s click. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this s
i want to bring you some news into us, at the bbc, and a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white. now, ava white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday, as the christmas lights were being switched on, and merseyside police have just announced that a 14 year old boy has been charged with her murder. we will of course bring you any more news, as we get it, but, a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white, she was stabbed in liverpool city centre, on thursday evening, as the christmas lights were being switched on. we can bring you up to date with the weather now. change is afoot. this is a warm front across scotland and northern ireland on monday morning. a widespread ice risk for parts of scotland and england. that front will be pushing outbreaks of rain preceded by hills snow and sleet in scotland in the morning and it gradually goes south and turns into patchy rain for northern ireland and into the f
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a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the thing that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that s currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on cryptocurrency. so, the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house or even a video clip. that proof is a unique token that is non changeable, non fungible it s a non fungible token, or nft. personally, i ve always been sceptical of whether nfts are a sensible idea, but there are plenty of people who ve bought into them, literally. ownership rights for some digital artworks have gone for millions of dollars, and collins dictionary has just made nft its word of the year. and just
speaks to this programme about the racism scandal that has engulfed cricket. it follows racism allegations by former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. i played for yorkshire county cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape or form cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape orform i am responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. broadway legend stephen sondheim, who was behind some of theatre s best known musicals including west side story, has died at the age of 91. it is saturday 27 november. our top story: the united states and australia have become the latest in a growing list of countries to impose travel restrictions on people arriving from across southern africa. it comes amid mounting concern about a new variant of coronavirus which has been named omicron by the world health organization. scientists fear it could pose an increased risk of re infection and current vaccines may be less effective. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more.