storm ciara is starting to ease, but it left major disruption, damaging gusts of winds, flooding rains, and significant disruption to power and transport, right across the country. it is starting to move its way steadily south and east into the near continent, taking damaging gusts of wind and rain south—east as well. behind it, though, a somewhat noticeable difference to the feel of the weather as we see cool air pushing down from the north—west. the winds will remain a feature as well and that will continue to drive in frequent showers, particularly across exposed west facing coasts, but many further inland. some of them falling as snow. icy stretches could be an issue in scotland with temperatures close to freezing by dawn on monday. so a treacherous commute here, and it does look as though we will keep plenty of isobars across the uk for the start of the new working week. a windy monday morning for all, plenty of showers rushing in from the west, and again, these will continue to be of snow above 100, 150 metres in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. a cool feel to the afternoon, 4—8 degrees and some of these showers across england and wales heavy with hail and thunder.

so it is certainly worth bearing in mind, for the early part of this week, frequent snow showers could be an issue across the northern hills. we could see some significant accumulations and strong winds, blizzard conditions and drifting very much a feature. that will be the story again on tuesday. it is almost spot the difference. plenty of showers, mostly of sleet and snow across the far north and a cold feel to things as well. further south, fewer showers around but still those temperatures struggling, 6 or 7 degrees. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, we see the isobars opening up a touch. a brief ridge of high pressure will allow for a quieter moment through the middle part of the week. wednesday looks likely to be the best day. fewer showers around, a little more in the way of sunshine, and more noticeably, lighter winds across the board. temperatures still, on your thermometer, will range from 4—9 celsius, but with clearer skies, that could lead to an early frost first thing on thursday morning. worth bearing in mind. it is not going to last, however. we do it all again, with more wet and windy weather

pushing in from the west from thursday into friday. an unsettled week ahead. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. storm ciara batters the uk with heavy rain and strong winds, causing widespread flooding and leaving thousands of homes without power.

i have been here eight and a half yea rs i have been here eight and a half years and this is the worst. never, never had this before. just a massive cloud burst and everything has all come down at the same time, drains were blocked instantly. much of the coast has been hit with roads left impassable, while travellers were left stranded, and there's further disruption to come. a fourth person in the uk has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at the royal free hospital in london history in the making in ireland, as sinn fein gains huge support, in the country's general election. and a spoiler alert, i am not really in the box, i am here. and coming up after the papers, the click team looks at hollywood's hologram industry.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are journalist and campaigner lynn faulds wood, and the pollsterjoe twyman, who is director of deltapoll uk. thank you for being with us. let's run through the pages that are already in. the telegraph's front page focuses on the attempts to trace a uk businessman believed to be a coronavirus ‘super—spreader‘. the times also has that story, saying authorities believe the man is from the south coast. the financial times also leads on coronavirus, as the chinese government struggles to encourage businesses in china to reopen. the metro's front page looks at storm ciara, callling it the "storm of the century". the daily express says more bad weather could be on the way, including snow. the daily mail's lead story says online chemists

are exploiting a shortage of hrt to charge people up to four times as much for the medicine. the guardian says the number of windrush victims that the government is aware of "could be the tip of the iceberg" — ahead of a planned debate in the commons tomorrow. just a flavour of the front pages. let's talk through the many bit more detail. the metro first of all, storm of the century. how did i know it is the stern of the century? because someone from it is the stern of the century? because someone from the met office said it is probably the biggest storm of this century. there is another one in the papers, but this is the biggest. we have 80 years of the century still to go. the great thing about the papers is that they are full of different stories. i thought at the storm would be on every front page, but it has not. it has been incredible. they might have damage that has been done. i think i saw earlier on the bbc news channel

that the back of a house came off in hawick in scotland, the bridge gas has, —— the bridge guesthouse. british airways flew in under five hours from the states, and a norwegian airdid it hours from the states, and a norwegian air did it enormous and spurious, that is the only positive. it was going at 800 miles an hour, at one that plane. i was not on it, soi at one that plane. i was not on it, so i can't. .. at one that plane. i was not on it, so i can't... we have stupid people going out on a surfboard, any waves near hastings, and having to be rescued be by the rnli. by the lifeboats. and the guys a swim back to shore and the my putter went back to shore and the my putter went back to its base. there are all sorts of terrible things happening —— the lifeboats went back to its base. we are going to get terrible wins in the south tomorrow and is now in ireland and scotland and the north of england tomorrow.

ireland and scotland and the north of england tomorrowi ireland and scotland and the north of england tomorrow. i suppose one saving grace, joe, was that today was a sunday and people were not travelling to work and there was not the sort of rush hour. they were not travelling to work because there was no rush, but they were travelling home ina no rush, but they were travelling home in a lot of cases, so that has a real problem for people travelling from paddington and houston and various other mainline stations. very few areas of the country have a skate that at all. they met and talked about 500,000 houses with power cut—off, lynn rightly says that this is not going away immediately. we have yellow snow earnings coming and various bits of disruption —— yellow snow warnings coming. once russia hits tomorrow morning, it will be interesting to see how people are able to respond. and probably to get to work. -- ones rush hour hits tomorrow morning. all

sorts of things happening. if anyone has a trembling, please batten it down in your garden because they have been flying over onto railway lines. a lot of people wake up tomorrow morning finding that they have either gained or lost the trampoline over the night. but if you're on that train that has been hit by a trembling, you want to be thrilled by it. this is true. the amount of damage that has been because it is absolutely huge. there are trees falling on cars, so just everyone, for the next couple of days, be really careful, especially in the areas with heavy rainfall —— snowfall. the other big story of the day, the coronavirus, the telegraph, it is their lead study. let's talk about a british virus super spreader. a super spreader is defined, the article says, someone who does not show symptoms of the virus, but spreads it to other people before become ill. this is a big risk. people are being told to

stay home and self quarantine if they had been in those areas, but people may feel completely fine, go out and, as this person, a businessman in the south of england, thatis businessman in the south of england, that is the only myth information that is the only myth information that we have... writing, actually, he was in a pub in hove. we do not know that he is from brighton, he was on a ski trip and has been the place and it was only later on here that he fell ill. the number of people have been infected is likely to rise and if they do not know they are infected, they could spread to other people and, so it is a real, real problem. professor richard tedder from imperial college london said that we are truly flying blind, if it is the case that the coronavirus can be transmitted by those without symptoms. that is the

difference from sa rs those without symptoms. that is the difference from sars and other re ce nt difference from sars and other recent pandemics. the only reassuring thing is that sars killed one in ten, with as not with this. this guy cannot have known that he had it for at least ten days, probably longer. he went to a conference in singapore for several days, then he had four days in the skiing holiday in the alps, then he had another five days back in britain before anything short and then the other people he has come into contact, seven of them in switzerland that were affected, including a child, and they seem to have symptoms showing much quicker, so some people are going to take ages to show the symptoms. 183 people were on the flight that he took back from skiing. i mean, the

implications of this are enormous. we are going to going to the stage where anyone asking for a tissue is going to enter suspicion. just to put it in perspective, our medical corresponding keepsake that happy knowing people each year die from flu. exactly. -- keeps saying that half a million people each year die from flu. what you make of the emergence of sinn fein in the general election in ireland? emergence of sinn fein in the general election in ireland ?m emergence of sinn fein in the general election in ireland? it is still early days in the irish election because of their electoral syste m election because of their electoral system and the suggestion is that certainly the exit poll points to level pegging between the three main parties, sinn fein, fianna failand fine gael. traditionally, ireland has been dominated by the latter two and so for sinn fein to rise, having only in the last few decades even taken only in the last few decades even ta ken seats in only in the last few decades even taken seats in the dail, the irish

parliament, is incredible. and what you think has propelled them? there seems to be disenchantment with establishment parties and establishment parties and establishment politics. does that familiar? it is a pattern that we are seeing in other countries. like britain. but not only britain. the degree to which they can exercise power over the government that has formed really depends on the number of seats that they win and we will not know that very well and because of the way that the electoral system in ireland works. there is a really interesting story in the times, which had not tracked down yet, because although i subscribe, i cannot remember my password. 0h, because although i subscribe, i cannot remember my password. oh, you should have it written down somewhere! surely not! you should have a little password book. i'm going to have to get hold of that. because they have done a poll on who

thinks when ireland north and south will be united and there are 40% think in the next ten years that at the two island bits of ireland will be united. 60% altogether think that it will be in 20 years and only 20% think it will not happen. this is a big story, i think. think it will not happen. this is a big story, ithink. let's think it will not happen. this is a big story, i think. let's make one. we don't much time. i will push you to talk about the guardian's front page on windrush. this is a story that the guardian pioneered a lot of the reporting on the windrush scandal. what is merely saying no? this is the criticism of the government over the compensation to those people who were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants during the windrush scandal. only 36 people have contacted the home office for compensation and that means that they have paid out an average of around £1700, which is

very small, considering the problems that have been caused by this. the guardian says it has spoken to many claimants are still heavily in debt asa claimants are still heavily in debt as a result of the problems caused by the home office and the home office was expecting to distribute between 200 and £570 million and so far they have distributed 62,000. there may be as many more people eligible for this. they think there are 15,000 people affected. and only 36 applied so far. —— 36 given money so far. there appallingly slow in this. a quick look, there are 200,000 women in the uk on hrt. we have had a problem for months with

this. i am have had a problem for months with this. iam not have had a problem for months with this. i am not on it, by the way, because i have cancer and i was concerned about it. possibly affecting me. that is supposed to be affecting me. that is supposed to be a shortage in some areas, two thirds of the drugs are in short supply. an awful lot of women rely on that, so they are desperate to get the drugs from anywhere and profiteers are cashing in. also watch out for counterfeiting, because they counterfeiters out there and at the most worrying thing to me is that if you do it wrongly, if you're not properly supervised, you could end up properly supervised, you could end up with blood clots, heart disease, and some cancers. this is really serious studies, so thank you to the mailfor serious studies, so thank you to the mail for highlighting it. serious studies, so thank you to the mailfor highlighting it. we'll serious studies, so thank you to the mail for highlighting it. we'll talk more about that. for the moment, thank you very much, that is it from the papers. lynn and joe will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any

evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, lynn and joe. next on bbc news, it's click. la, la, la, la land. it's oscars weekend, time for hollywood to give itself a pat on the back, and time for the rest of us to be

reminded there is a reason why the movie industry chose southern california to live and film in. and with the whole of glamorous la to choose from, they put me in a box. in a warehouse. although it is the coolest box i have been in for a while because, spoiler alert, i am not really in the box! i am out here. and that's virtual me and it is called portl. the box itself is real, of course, and the lights inside provide the illumination for the modified human—sized 4k lcd screen on the front. this can show pre—recorded video or live images of some loon messing about in front of a camera. what am i doing over there though? what's he doing? the same? oh, yeah, of course. i haveto say, i am impressed. ifigured out all these reasons

why somebody might not want to do a hologram, and i eliminated those reasons. that is why we developed this. first things first, these are not holograms. you know what i think about the term hologram. but these are the most realistic not—holograms i think i have ever seen. the key is that this part of the screen is transparent, so if the camera moves left and right you can see the background move behind the character and that really gives you a feeling that they are there and that this is a 3d image. a small piece of reflective floor and the shadow of the performer are also captured and sent to the booth, something that really adds to the realism. # send in the clowns... with thejoker leading the oscar pack this weekend with 11 nominations, it is not hard to see how the right kind of character inside one of these devices could have a film's marketing department going nuts.

i'd like to see every cardboard cutout standee in every movie theatre lobby replaced with a hologram portl. i want to go to a museum and then hologram einstein asks me a question. we could beam the next president of the united states from his or her own campaign office into all 50 states at the same time. with the ability to hear, see and interact with the audience in real—time. and david has another project on the go which is not live. pretty much exactly the opposite, in fact. one of the most famous things about the hologram industry is bringing back the dead. digital resurrections. guys like 2pac, whitney... these are people who never gave their consent while they were alive but they have all become super famous holograms in death. and what we are doing is we filmed half a dozen of the world's most famous icons while they're alive, so they could do the performance that they want to do. they hold the microphone they want to, they sing the way they want to sing.

it is not a body double and a cgi head, it is really them. it makes it less macabre and easier for the audience to get behind. and we have stuck them on a hard drive in a cupboard somewhere. and when the time comes we can access the content and send them on tour. and, actually, that idea is where we go next. because there is currently a trend in resurrecting dead celebrities. the technology exists to put convincing cgi versions of actors into film. of actors into films. and it's raising a lot of issues. you are tearing me apart! did you know that james dean only ever made three movies before his death in a car accident in 1955? did you also know that after his death his image rights have been handled by mark rosler at cmg worldwide. a boy, a kid was killed tonight! his memory, his image, his values still resonate with young

people around the world, struggling to understand themselves as teenagers, and the rebel personality of james dean. so it's always been important for the family that future generations remember who james dean was. managing the business affairs of dead celebrities may sound unusual, but it means that their estates get royalties from any paraphernalia that features their faces. and these days, that doesn't just mean mugs. we essentially want to bring james dean back so that he is an option for storytellers and for content creators to use him for traditional film, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, spatial computing, gaming, music, branded content. and the first james dean project will see a virtual version of this screen icon co—star in a vietnam war

film called finding jack. so our intention is to put together a 3d virtualjames dean using all the historical data, images and pictures and video that we have had over the course of the last 64 years. we have watched motion and facial capture technology mature over the last 15 years or so, and it is now completely possible to capture an actor's performance and map their movements and expressions onto a different digital being. it has created monsters. it made robert de niro and will smith young again, and it has even allowed a film's production to continue after its star's untimely death. but the james dean project takes this idea to a different level. using a celebrity's likeness not because the story demands it, but because some dead

celebrities are bankable. it is not like you are creating a brand—new virtual being from scratch where you have to spend ample amount of capital to create the awareness for him. people know james dean. he is an icon. but this is much more thanjust blending old existing footage into new scenes. this needs to be a completely flexible, 3d, photorealistic, fully animatable, believable version of a person that can act in new scenes and deliver new dialogue. previous attempts at cgi actors have been mixed and i wonder whether there is a certain quality threshold that you orjames dean's estate has to insist on? our expectations are very high. so the virtual assets that we create will evolve over time. this is not a one—time and it's perfect. it will evolve.

so ourjames dean that we will release for this movie may be a little different than the james dean we release at a later date. but of course there is more to an actor than just their face. that is just one part of the entire performance package. unsurprisingly, some actors have themselves expressed their annoyance. sometimes it is very easy to use a digital asset to promote what you were trying to get viewers to see, versus hiring actors to promote content. that costs additional capital. so basically you've said living actors, human actors are a bit of a pain, and you would rather work with avatars? to some extent. he laughs. it is easy to work with deceased celebrities.

oh, jenny, you are so cute! she is said to be the world's most realistic robotic animal, and i can tell you she feels pretty real. that nose almost feels wet and squidgy. and these dementia patients at las vegas‘ prestige senior living facility seem pleased to meet her. you are a good dog. she is awesome. you look real. look at those teeth. jim henson's creature shop was responsible for the lifelike look, feel, movements and behaviour that have been built on top of this sensor—embedded voice—controllable bot. there is a great deal of research on the benefits of live animal therapy for seniors with dementia. it helps soothe behavioural and psychological symptoms

and reduces their need for certain medications. the problem is, many seniors can no longer safely care for or have a live animal around them. it's a dog! i thought it was a real dog! this is really quite a strange experience because the dog does almost feel real and sound real. and everybody seems to be feeling that. but is that right? there are people that, despite explaining to them that it is a robot, actually still believe that it is a real dog. we've looked at that from an ethical perspective, and we are very concerned about not tricking them but on the other hand, you know, if it gives them comfort, that is really the goal. they like to suspend disbelief. they like to be able to relate to it as if it is a long—lost pet that they may have known in an earlier time. i would like to have you. i would let you sleep in bed with me. and she could be solving a problem here that has already been identified.

we started a while back, having dogs come into our community because we felt like the dogs were a method of helping with loneliness and... what we found is that we have to pay just as much attention to the dogs as we do the human. she clearly did bring joy though and i can see the benefits of her being designed to sit on laps or raised surfaces rather than creating a tripping hazard on the floor. other breeds and a cat are in development, but i was left with one real issue... i feel really bad that we have to take her away from them. and that is it for the short cut of click in hollywood. the full version is up on iplayer and is waiting for you right now. if you would like to join us throughout the week, you know where we are, facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we will see you soon.

hello there. it really has been a thoroughly miserable day, hasn't it? and although storm ciara is starting to leave the shores of the uk, it does look as though the week ahead will remain very windy indeed, with a frequent rash of showers, some of them turning to snow on northern hills because it is turning colder. we can see the first signs of that over the next few hours in scotland with some snow showers here, and as temperatures fall close to freezing there could be some icy stretches first thing in the morning. fewer showers further south and these will be of rain, but nevertheless, it will be a windy start for all of us because as ciara eases away, we still have plenty of isobars on the chart, driving in a frequent rash of showers and the wind direction coming all the way up from the north, so colder air floods

right across the country. so we could have blizzard conditions for a time across scotland, northern ireland and the hills of northern england as well. further south, some of those showers could be heavy and squally. top temperatures disappointing, 3—8 degrees.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11:00: storm ciara batters the uk with heavy rain and strong winds, causing widespread flooding and leaving thousands of homes without power. i've been here 8.5 years and this is the worst, never had this weird four. a massive cloudburst and everything has all come down at the same time. the drains are blocked. much of the coast has been hit with roads left impassable, while travellers were left stranded, and there's further disruption to come. a fourth person in the uk has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at the royal free hospital in london. history in the making in ireland, as sinn fein gains huge support