from the eu to extend the leaving from the eu to extend the transition period because this new strain of coronavirus she says really should demand and command the full attention of the british government as opposed to also having these talks go along side that is, so these talks go along side that is, so what she is calling for is this kind of extension and so there we see the two issues quite clearly come together and i think that what we are seeing come together and i think that what we are seeing i'iow come together and i think that what we are seeing now with the brexit discussions is the this deadline has been missed in terms of the european parliament, still potentially a way around that but as ally has said, these sticking points really being a concern for a lot of the people who are not supported by brexit, what they are seeing now is a lot of people are talking about these new travel restrictions whilst evidently doubt will not merit in the same way ano doubt will not merit in the same way a no deal scenario but a lot of people are saying we are beginning to see what this is a breaking of the relationship with the eu might look like if the government are not

able to get a deal which i think really what it can i don't think the bill itself was necessarily going to be good to come and no deal scenario seems like it would be an absolute catastrophe. a sum by now i wish to end on. —— a sombre enough to end down. thank you both forjoining me. i hope we would have more time to talk to ally about his other life as a dj. the daily mail is offering something for you. that is it for the papers this evening. the midnight news is coming up after the weather. thank you for being with us. weather. thank you for being with us. goodbye.

hey, welcome to click! hope you're 0k. it is nearly the end of 2020 — insert cheering here — and for the first time since march, you and i are together at the bbc at the same time. hello, mate, how are you? it's great to see you, even though you still feel quite far away, but hey, things here are festive, it is feeling pretty cold, but we are together in the flesh. yeah, a bit more flesh than there was in march, let me tell you. hey, you've got legs! i'd forgotten! yes, i couldn't get away with slippers now! how was yourjourney here? you've travelled further than i have. yeah, i came up on the train for the first time in months. it was quiet, let me tell you! and in fact, that's what we're going to talk about first. you mind talking a bit more about trains? i'm fine with that. excellent, love a good train. you see, train travel might be different these days but some things never change and in the autumn and winter in the uk, trains face delays caused by something very natural but very difficult to deal with. 50 paul carter has been taking

a look at the solution to a very british problem — one that's been around since the victorian era. "leaves on the line" — it's that dreaded phrase that every british rail passenger is familiar with. it may get a few laughs but it's actually a bigger problem than many people realise. here at this test track in wales, they're trialling a new technology that has the potential, at least, to revolutionise our railways. existing methods of track cleaning have remained largely unchanged since the victorian era, but it's hoped that plasma could finally be the solution to an age—old problem. this new method involves blasting the leaves with a high—energy electrical plasma beam — basically, a bolt of lightning. plasma track hopes to attach these concentrated plasma rays to the front of trains, which will burn off the layer of compacted leaves.

the energy comes from regenerative braking on the train itself, or spare electricity from diesel trains. the safety aspect — there are a number of incidents that can occur when trains are struggling to brake, so things like station overruns, where the train fails to stop at a station because it's been unable to brake and stop in time. from the performance side, trains struggling to pull away from stations incurs delays. this disrupts the network and can cause knock—on delays for passengers elsewhere, notjust in the area affected. the plasma is generated from a high—energy electrical beam combined with compressed gas. the beam can be as hot as 10,000 degrees celsius but it doesn't melt the track because the train is moving so fast that the contact is fleeting and hits just the very surface layer. aside from lightsabers obliterating leaves on railheads, there's also less dramatic technology being used to tackle the problems caused by trees and bushes along railways. transport for wales have been

working with one big circle to fit smart cameras on trains that automatically record, analyse and report vegetation that could cause safety risks to trains, such as hanging trees obscuring signals or hazardous leaf falls. it's a constant battle as vegetation naturally changes every time a train runs a route, but the smart cameras track these changes. machine learning rapidly analyses the videos and provides early warnings so resources can be allocated quickly. for the past few weeks i've been trying eight phones priced between £70 and £379, to see what you can get for your money. all of these phones are android phones. the cheapest iphone costs more than any of these, but we have got contenders from nokia, tcl, xiaomi, honestly, it's been like a phone shop in here — as i work out what these phones can do and what, if anything, you miss out on. first, i wanted to test

their performance. generally speaking, the cheapest smartphones don't have the latest and greatest chips inside them, to keep costs down. so, i did some basic tasks on all of them — all of these phones were able to do these tasks with no problems at all, even the cheapest one, the nokia 1.3, although this particular phone was noticeably sluggish, and that made it quite frustrating to use. and i feel like that's falling at the first hurdle. and it doesn't have to be like that, because for £10 more, the alcatel phone was buttery—smooth. to push the phones a bit more, i played the hit game among us, and it wouldn't open at all on the nokia 1.3, but here it is running on the alcatel1s — absolutely no problem. the next challenge was to see if i could play fortnite, which is a much more demanding game, with 100 players online and 3d graphics. and the two cheapest phones straight up wouldn't even install it — they don't have enough memory. but it ran just fine on all the other phones, even the ones that the app warned weren't officially supported. and here i am getting

a victory royale on the tcl10l. i did one more test, this time with some cloud gaming on xbox game pass ultimate, and most of the heavy lifting there is done by the remote computer server, but this was pushing the three cheapest phones beyond their limits, the games just stuttered too much to be playable, but it worked beautifully on all the others, both with the touchscreen, or with the xbox controller connected. here's the report card — and it shows you don't have to go for a top—end phone for console—quality gaming. let's take a look at the cameras. that's an area that the premium brands focus a lot of attention on. in a cheap phone, i think ‘if this was my mum's phone, and the only way for her to send me pictures or videocall me — especially right now — would i be happy with the picture quality?‘ that's my measure of whether these phones take good photos. well, the pictures on the cheap nokia 1.3 were fairly poor. i don't think anyone's buying this for the camera. the rest of the phones all took what i would say are "satisfactory" shots that pass my mum test, with the tcl one here

probably being my favourite. of course, the front—facing camera has never been more important with all those video calls we're doing. as with the other shots, the cheapest phone took a fairly low resolution selfie, and the alcatel one was slightly better. and the rest of the phones took nice, sharp selfies. let's talk about features. what do you lose to keep the costs down? the two cheapest phones don't have nfc for contactless payments, none of the phones have wireless charging, although some of them do have fast charging, so you can top up your battery quickly. and while all but one of the phones had a fingerprintreader, the samsung and oneplus phones had it embedded in the screen, which is a bit more fancy. i want to touch on software updates, because buying a cheap phone shouldn't come at the expense of your security. so i asked all these companies how long they intend to provide security updates for these devices. so, what conclusions can i draw from this? well, if this is going to be somebody‘s only phone for taking family pictures or staying in touch

with video calling, then i would say it's probably worth leaning towards the more expensive end of this scale just for that better camera. but if you want something really basic for sending e—mails or messages, and browsing the web, the alcatel1s proves you can do this for under £100. chris fox there, proving that you don't need to break the bank to get a great smartphone. now, as we've said, this is the first time in nine months that we haven't recorded our bits together over zoom — i can't think how many video calls we shared since then — thousands, millions! a lot! but i think that you've missed the trick. really? throughout the pandemic, tv presenters, singers and reality tv stars have been making personalised videos and charging a fair bit for them. they've been using apps like memo or cameo. how much do you think i could charge, then? i don't know — you would have some stiff competition. snoop dogg and caitlynjenner have been doing it, some of the biggest names have been charging up to £2,000. cristina criddle has found finding out more. ever wondered what happened to lindsay lohan or the child actors from harry potter? well, they're at home — like us, but they're making personalised videos for their fans.

this is t? tom felton. i'm lindsay lohan! i've been looking at new platforms which let you order a video from a celebrity. you can ask them to film whatever you like, but it comes at a price. and if you want a good one you're going to have to pay quite a lot. hey, what's going on, man? this is your boy, akon. for around a fiver you can get a video from a celebrity you don't really remember — from big brother, or you could have singers like h from steps. hello, there, you lovely lot. celebrity drag queens, you can get animals from the zoo, you can even get rap royalty snoop dogg. get your shoutouts, let's go! it's really easy to do. all you have to do is send a script to the celebrity, they then film it on their phone and they send it back to you, and people are buying these for all sorts of reasons, whether it's a birthday, christmas, congrats on your newjob, and some really weird ones. we're your favourite talking dogs! and we're here! so, why would celebrities do this? i mean, what's in for them?

i definitely think this is the new kind of autograph. social media has democratised a lot of this and made the connection go more directly from the fans to the followers. we definitely have seen the desire to send more heartfelt messages, and cheering—ups for isolation, but also on the celebrity side, many feel they want to give back, against covid, for instance. and also just be there and connect with their fans. i think many have more time on their hands, now. singer lily allen is even using hers to make a new album. and you can get a video from her £300. so, i'll be using these funds to finance my musical output. of course, websites like these are a prime opportunity for pranking. carole baskin from tiger king, the netflix series, well, she got caught out on cameo. she was asked to film a message for paedophiles jimmy savile and rolf harris. now, the companies say that these instances are rare and celebrities can always decline a request if they want to.

so, memo let me try out the service with sven—goran eriksson, who is a former england football manager, now turned memo star. his videos are 50 quid but he donates it to charity. first of all, it keeps up my english, it's a nice way to keep in contact with the england fans. so, given his expertise, i thought i'd get him to see what he thinks of lara and spencer's football skills. hello lara and spencer! i have seen some old clips of you, both of you, playing football. lara, your distraction tactics... stephen, look over there! ..are good, but the co—ordination is awful. spencer, and you, you can barely kick the ball without falling over, that way you can for sure keep yourjobs. yeah, i am happier on the sofa than on the pitch, it has to be said. but we've just been critiqued by the great sven, how about that! 0h, brilliant, but never mind our lack of skill.

why were you wearing a suit? when have you ever known me to dress appropriately for anything? ok, that is true. anyway! that's it for the short version of the programme. the full—length show can be found on the bbc iplayer. next week, it's our click—mas party. now, it's gonna be different this year, but we are having that party, online, and we would love you tojoin us. that's right, and throughout the week, you can keep up with the team, as ever, on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon. bye— bye!

hello. the chances of a white christmas are looking slim for us. but it should not be wet. it should be dry and chilly by the end of the week. there is more rain to get out of the way. particularly what across parts of england and wales to the first part of monday and the rain moving to northern ireland into scotland. something a little drier behind was still some pulses of rain in seven counties. brightest guys for northern scotland with sunny spells with showers as well. turning witchery of the high ground and a chilly day and with showers as well. turning witchery of the high ground and a chilly day in northern areas and a chilly day in northern areas and a chilly day in northern areas and a very bald one or 15 degrees. due monday night, for the rain across the south. clear skies with a scattering of showers and it will get quite chilly, 2 degrees for edinburgh and glasgow. more like 11 from london and plymouth. we see more rain in the south on tuesday and wednesday, drier but still cooler for all of us by the end of week.

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