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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
also tonight. nearly a week after the typhoon in the philippines we report from one of the worst affected areas. you can see up there on the roof, it has been completely torn off like a can of sardines. 90% of the buildings here have been damaged. and is comedy in danger of being cancelled because of sensitivity over controversial subjects? we have a special report. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, three all premier league ties in the quarterfinals of the efl cup tonight, with tottenham and west ham looking to reach the last four. good evening. for the first time since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago the uk has recorded more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in a 2k hour period. despite that high figure the latest evidence from several studies suggests that fewer people are having to go to hospital with the new variant 0micron. but experts say they need more evidence before they can be certain. during the day the health secretary sajid javid an
in the diagnosis and treatment of tb. and, the healing power of sport the former servicemen who say it s given them focus for the future. a marker on day one of the new formula one season. he is fastest in both practice sessions ahead of the australian grand prix. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police investigating the westminster attacks say they made two further significant arrests overnight in the west midlands and in north west england. they ve appealed for information to trace any associates of the attacker khalid masood as they continue to build a picture of his movements in the months before he killed four people outside the houses of parliament. richard lister reports. posing for a school photo at the age of 1a, adrian russell ajao who would change his name to khalid masood one day and launch a murderous attack in london. the questions for police are why and who helped? most of the arrests so far have come as a result of the police operation in b
tells the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain during brexit negotiations. and plans for customers to receive automatic compensation by their phone company for problems with broadband and landlines. good afternoon. the union flag is flying at half mast this afternoon. around the palace of westminster life is beginning to return to normal and the roads have reopened, the traffic moving freely. police are telling us they are trying to piece together a profile of the westminster attacker, khalid masood. he was previously known as adrian russell ajao. they are appealing for people to come forward with information. in other developments, police say they ve made two further significant arrests in the west midlands and north west england. a total of nine people are in custody. one woman has been released on bail. the fourth victim of the attack, who died last night, has been named as 75 year old leslie rhodes, from streatham in south london one of three people killed by