an amber weather warning out have an amber weather warning out for snow for the north midlands and northern england. we expect snow up to 15 inches at high levels and between three and five at lower levels. as it engaged with the cold air it started falling as snow and this is where we have it currently. you will find the snow will push off into the north sea this morning but will continue across southern and central scotland, into the highlands and grampians. the warning for be snow gci’oss and grampians. the warning for be snow across the midlands, north midlands, and across northern england expires in an hour. we had a band of rain and wind moving from the west to east across southern parts of england and wales. thunder and lightning, and also some hail. as it clears, it will brighten up, but it will lead to further showers that could have a wintry element and

thunder and lightning. this morning, there goes the snow, continuing gci’oss there goes the snow, continuing across scotland. still quite windy, but not as windy as this morning and afair bit but not as windy as this morning and a fair bit of sunshine around. it will feel cold where we have the snow. something milder as we push further south. from friday into saturday, low—pressure drags away weather fronts with a new set coming in behind introducing rain and stronger wind. the first band of rain clears early and the second comes in across south—west england, gci’oss comes in across south—west england, across the channel islands, in southern counties, where it will be windy, but a lot of dry weather and some sunshine. showers in scotland and northern ireland, northern england, and in scotland they will fall as snow at low levels. as we move into new year's eve, sunday, we

start on a wet and windy note. this will push away allowing brighter skies. we see a curl of this coming into eastern scotland, bringing rain and more rain coming infrom into eastern scotland, bringing rain and more rain coming in from the west and between, dry conditions and temperatures between five and 12. if you are stepping outside for the midnight hour, it will be cold, not as cold as it has been. in the west and parts of the south, showers, but the further east you travel, the drier the conditions are likely to be but it will still feel cold. our headlines: heavy snow and icy conditions are expected to cause severe disruption to travel, in parts of northern england and scotland. glasgow airport has just suspended

operations. the rac says driving would be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst—affected areas. at least twelve people — including a one year—old baby — have been killed when fire swept through a new york apartment building. 15 people were also injured — some of them critically. apple has apologised after it admitted slowing down older iphones in order to protect their batteries. the company said it would never intentionally shorten the life of any apple product. the nhs is considering making mobile alcohol recovery centres a permanent feature in england. now at this festive time of year it's time to join the team from click for their christmas special. 2017 the year of curious cats.

haunting holograms and... trigger happy trekkers. time to look back on the year in tech and we could tell you about the all the technology news that's happening. the hacking, the launching, the automatic driving. but that would be like last year and the year before that. we would prefer the year before that. we would p refer to the year before that. we would prefer to share some unforgettable fem ryes prefer to share some unforgettable femryes from our —— memories from oui’ year as we femryes from our —— memories from our year as we brought you some extraordinary moments and we start with a personal highlight for me. in

october we travelled to japan and got rare access to see how robots are helping with the dangerous task of cleaning up the fukushima nuclear plant of cleaning up the fukushima nuclear pla nt after of cleaning up the fukushima nuclear plant after the melt down in 2011. scary? no. i've worn plenty of protective suits, but they have always been protect the environment from my body. this time it is different. we're going inside unit 5, which is

identical to the units which were wrecked by the explosions. as you can imagine it is really hot inside these suits. it is a confusing jumble of walk ways and machinery and it is difficult to appreciate somewhere in here is a seven storey tank of water. and now, it is time to go right under the reactor. hello, wow! they think what happens after the melt downs is that the molten fuel just burns after the melt downs is that the molten fueljust burns through the bottom of the pcv and came down here on to what is known as the pedestal. that is where they think the fuel is now. now, imagine trying to remote control a robot i through this after

the place has been mangled by an explosion — and do it in the dark. this is scorpion, its mission to hunt for fuel. time is this is scorpion, its mission to hunt forfuel. time is of this is scorpion, its mission to hunt for fuel. time is of the essence for any robot. the radiation will damage and disable its cameras. but the entire mission can also be upset by something far more basic. this is service hatch x6 and in unit 2, they were hoping to send a scorpion robot down this ramp to film the molten fuel, but it got caught half way down and they didn't get any footage or evidence of where the fuel was. in unit 3, the water's much higher. so they had to think of another way to get a robot in to film what was going on. that is where this came in. that is where the mini—sump fish came in. built to

get through this pipe, mini—sump fish is a tiny underwater robot. 300 klim kilometres away, i came face to face with the star of the investigation. after two months of practice in a dupe duplicate, mini—sumpfish practice in a dupe duplicate, mini—sump fish found melted clumps of material that could be fuel debris in unit 3. decommissioning the site could take a0 years and may cost eight trillion yen. those little robots have a lot riding on their tiny backs. ever wonder what had cats get up to

when no one's there? meet roxy and za ra when no one's there? meet roxy and zara who seemed agreeable to take pa rt zara who seemed agreeable to take part in some gadget testing. sorry! if you have ever wanted to watch, talk to or play with your cats when you're not with them, then this could help. once the device is connected to your home wi—fi you can log in anywhere you can get your phone online. there is a laser game to play, snacks and a function to make and share videos and cat snaps. this rather unusual set up works in a similar way. there is a camera to see the cats, also the ability to give them food where ever you are,

plus this toy which is apparently something that cats might like to play with. zara and roxy were possibly slightly intimidated by the jolting of the feathery thing! and the app was temperamental. it made set upa the app was temperamental. it made set up a tedious experience. the smart collar is available for cats and dogs and allows owners to keep track of heart rate and the position of the pet that could be beneficial if there are health concerns or an injury to keep an eye on. and there seems to be a game of cat and mouse going on, the latter played by a remote control rodent. although it actually consists of the mouse chasing the cat, which probably says it all about my day's filming! that

was lara with some disinterested interviewees. but you can't win them all. we will report from wherever we find a good story and there have been so many great ones, and so many successful ones in africa this year. backin successful ones in africa this year. back injune, dan went to tanzania to see the first stages of what could be a global revolution in education. we're travelling a long way from any town or city to visit some of the 200 children in a village in northern tanzania. we're booting up the tablet. the first one. the whole programme is in swahili. i think

they will need more tab tlts. —— ta blets. they will need more tab tlts. —— tablets. this village is one of 150 in tanzania chosen as the test bed for the global learning x prize. within a few months, a,000 tablets will be given out — the challenge to teach children to read, write and do maths. the most effective app will win $10 million. but the prize here will be much more valuable. older children can walk up to four hours to get to and from school. for younger ones that is too far. this seven year has been lucky to be chosen to take part in the x prize challenge. at the start she has not seen a tablet before and is not used to touching screens and when it comes to reading, she doesn't know more than one or two words, butjohn thinks the tablet will help her to

read fluently. the problem is that there are about 60 a hundred million kids with no access to school, because it ties far and you have 250 million more who go to school and leave without ever having learned to read or write. these are kids in different areas. kids go to school all over the world and they go and don't learn. and why is that? so thatis don't learn. and why is that? so that is the question that we're trying to address. in our greatest desire, every child on the planet has access to a world class education in the palm of her hand. we hope to be back next year to see how the teams get onment but now it is the time to say goodbye and we have bought biscuits to say good buy and the difficulties become clear. there won't be enough tablets for

eve ryo ne there won't be enough tablets for everyone to take place to. reduce jealousy, the tablets will be locked to only run the educational software. but everyone wants one. a village momma has been chose on the settle disputes and they will be asking important questions too. we are doing assessment of the sone and emotional —— social and emotional impact of such learning. we expect some criticism from that side. we are engaging with the psychologist educationalists to try to understand what does it do to the child, is that an option that is ethical. because children go to school and are socialised and it is no only the community of learning, it is learning to be part of group. just like back at home. now they have all got tablets. they're not really talking to anybody! that was down in tanzania. next we

are off to germany with kate who has found an elevator that goes sideways. the picturesque town in germany, home to fierce dogs, chocolate box buildings and a 2a6 metres tower housing the tallest observation deck in germany. but this tower is notjust about great views. built by an elevator company it has 12 lift shafts. one is used to transport passengers to the top, the others to test the latest in elevator technology. inside the area, in the core of the tower, only area, in the core of the tower, only a few people have the chance to see what we have built and what is running there. an elevator without ropes. this is something

revolutionary. instead of steel ropes the cabin is carried by linear motors, which drives the bullet train injapan. as well as eliminating the speed and height restrictions of today's tech, it allows passengers to travel sideways as well as up and down, just like in charlie and the chocolate factory. behind the scenes, we change this exchange a 90 degrees. get prepared for the horizontal movement, while people are entering and leaving and as soon as the doors close, we can go sideways to the next shaft. this is the most important thing we come back to, circulating system. reinventing. using this circulating pattern means the lift shaft could hold ten or more cabins. much more efficient than the single up ride

today's elevator is limited to. it will only become more important when we look at elevator is reaching perhaps 1000 or more metres into the sky. that was kate going sideways. so are we. we are often the place where china makes the world's tech, where china makes the world's tech, where last month i got exclusive prelaunch access to see how a new smartphone is born. they make loads of phones in this factory. to keep ita of phones in this factory. to keep it a secret from all the other workers, everything happens behind the blue shroud of secrecy. are you ready? thank you. come in. welcome to production line 27. the phone

sta rts to production line 27. the phone starts life as a tiny camera and then gradually assembled around this production line, which means by the time it gets to the end, it is a fully featured phone, just about there. this is the reason china has come to dominate electronics manufacturing. a ready supply of a disciplined, relatively low—cost workforce. each person has one uniquejob that workforce. each person has one unique job that requires concentration, speed and precision. a single speck of dust in the camera lens and the finished phone would be rejected. what i have found most surprising is it is all people. i would have thought with this high pressures “— would have thought with this high pressures —— precision job would have thought with this high pressures —— precisionjob these would have been built by machine but it's pretty much all humans. this is where an unlucky few phones are

pulled off the production line to check extreme tolerance. that breaks my heart. elsewhere, the test phones escape that big plunge, but instead are dropped 5000 times each. others have charging ports wiggled and buttons pressed 10,000 times. with the launch over, it will nervously await the first reviews and, more importantly, the advance orders. they will decide whether these people will be joined by hundreds more, or not. a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain in china. now it is time to leave earth for a few minutes to remember how the click crew explored the final frontier in vr. virtual reality game star trek

bridge crew brings together four players each taking a different role on the bridge of a starship. that is brilliant. incredible. my goodness. we are warping. that's pretty, isn't it? we get have time for sightseeing as we receive a distress signal from the stricken vessel. my vessel has lost power and life—support systems are exhausted. engineering. can you transport the survivors back? i don't know. laughter. it is at this moment the action ta kes a it is at this moment the action takes a turn that will appeal to

star trek super fans. ds one cruiser. target it. target destroyed. it feels it is social vr at its best. communication is a must, if you don't have it, you will not complete the mission. great for team—building, we felt like we had our lives on the line for a minute. a sticky moment, we pulled it back and kept it together as a crew and the result was a successful mission. thing we love to do on click is look at how things might change significantly in the future and one area we think is about to pop onto the scene and possibly on too many people'splates is laboratory grown

meat such as burgers and steaks and fish. back in july meat such as burgers and steaks and fish. back injuly cat visited san francisco to see what is cooking. i have come to the laboratory in silicon valley to visit impossible foods who claim to have invented the food of the future, a meat without meat, made entirely of plants. impossible foods found the key ingredient that gives meat its characteristic iron taste is a molecule found in those living things and especially in animal muscle. luckily it is also found in plants. this is your magic ingredient, plant —based blood. plants. this is your magic ingredient, plant —based bloodm provides the explosion of flavour you get. the difference between white meat, chicken, with a beefburger. the company has recently flipped the switch on its packing

factory as it wraps up production and it will eventually make a million burgers a month and the next aim is to move into chicken, pork and lamb. but it is one think of being a scientist enthralled by food tech and another to be a chef, using ingredients produced on your carefully crafted menu. wheater too much meat in general so it is a good way to get as close as possible to how it looks and tastes. it is the only one he has on his menu and he sells 250 of these burgers per week. at this stage it looks like a novelty for silicon valley diners to spend, but the truth is in the tasting. it is about to happen. it is really good. the texture is

just like meat. it does not taste like minced beef. like mushrooms. but i know there are no mushrooms. what comes across talking to rocco is how important it is for customers that the flavour is close to meat while being ethical. what if you could serve up animal flesh without a creature being harmed? that is what several companies, including this small tech start—ups in silicon valley, a re this small tech start—ups in silicon valley, are working on. they plan to grow fish from stem cells. they take a small sample of cells from the real fish a small sample of cells from the realfish and a small sample of cells from the real fish and culture a small sample of cells from the realfish and culture it a small sample of cells from the real fish and culture it up. a small sample of cells from the realfish and culture it up. one cell could become one tonne of fish meat but they are not there yet. we will be on the market in three years with products that are a new version of fish. in five to six years we

will have steaks and phillips, like you eat at the supermarket, like a fish you see in the ocean. —— fill its. kat hawkins reporting in the summer. from california to the netherlands, when dick witnessed a dance with a hologram effect. —— nick. today's dancers are working with a new medium for artistic expression, taking two excerpts from their show and adapting it to include holographic projections. their show and adapting it to include holographic projectionsm is almost an imax experience. every detail is carefully crafted. they project a falling white giant and dust onto a backdrop, playing with the themes of light, dark and destruction. technology needs to

embrace the art. it needs to help, like a glove to the art. the holographic illusion is created with the help of two high—end projectors and a special lightweight mesh screen. by playing out videos on the front mesh and back wall it creates an optical illusion of 3d depth. for performance, it is good to work with because they concede projections on this side while they are on stage performing. with other systems you do not get that. dancer into position, stand—by lighting, music, cue projection, and action. applause after a ll

after all that globetrotting, i have to say there is no place like home. just no place like home. there's no place like home. yes, banks, voting systems and the nhs were not the only ones under attack in 2017. even in my own castle i had my hands full with this lot. we even lost our first guest on the show. i'm sorry, ken. and in 2018, we will be going back into battle, reporting from where ever we find the best tech from around the globe and at home. we will see you next year. good morning, a mixture of rain,

sleet and snow moving in. snow will be the biggest hazard and there is an amberwarning in be the biggest hazard and there is an amber warning in force to be prepared across the south pennines region this morning and snow falling elsewhere into central and southern scotland, even down to low levels but gradually the snow, rain and sleet will move eastwards and things improving in northern england but further showers of snow in scotland and later in the north pennines. in the south, rain clears, and temperatures getting into high single figures but cold in scotland and far north of england. tonight, rain spreading into wales,

south—west england, which means it will be a wet start to the weekend but gradually drier and brighter weather, particularly on sunday, although the risk of showers on the last day of 2017. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: warnings of ‘likely‘ delays to road, rail and air travel and possible power cuts as snow and ice affects large parts of the uk. in the last few minutes glasgow airport has announced it has re—opened after snow caused it to suspend all flights. it advises passengers to check with their airlines. at least 12 people are dead — including a baby — after a fire at an apartment block in new york's bronx district. apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones — it says the move was intended to prolong the life of the phones. also easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy a&e units. the nhs considers making mobile drunk tanks

a permanent feature in england.