course to do. it is 1-1 with on course to do. it is 1—1 with aberdeen and dundee. a big shock at kempton in the king george six chase this afternoon, what a story this is, 28-1, this afternoon, what a story this is, 28—1, the winnerfor willie mullins, thejoint favourite. and second. more reaction to that over on the bbc sport website and you can keep up with the latest scores on this busy boxing day, some big games in rugby union's premiership, too, with leeds and leicester tigers at bristol bears but from me in the team, that is alljust what for now, goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines: tributes have been pouring in for archbishop desmond tutu —

the nobel peace laureate and veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid, who has died at the age of 90. the president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa, has said that the passing of desmond tutu is another chapter of bereavement in south africa's "farewell to a generation of outstanding people who have bequeathed us a liberated country". new coronavirus restrictions have come into force in scotland, wales and northern ireland — to try to limit the spread of the omicron variant. omicron is causing chaos for travellers — 7,000 flights have been cancelled around the world over the christmas weekend. now on bbc news, click celebrates christmas in style, with a host of christmas—related gadgets and a look back at some of their highlights of the year. it is clickmas! and here comes a festive feast of fun.

we have games, music, drinks and gifts. and we will even help you clean up afterwards. # merry clickmas, everybody.# welcome to clickmas 2021, which is already looking more expensive than clickmas 2020. at least it is not a virtual party. but have we got a clickmas for you! i say it looks more expensive — it will do once we switch on the clickmas lights. would you care to do the honours? i've always dreamt of being asked to turn on the christmas lights and i will go one better than that. are you ready?

definitely. five, four, three, two, one... ta—da! oh, my life! a clickmas laser? what could possibly go wrong?! and that is the best handwriting on click. by the way, have you bought all your christmas present? not yet. i still need to get some smellies for my dad and smellies for my mum. do your whole family smell? they do. i want them to smell better. i have a solution for you, but you will have to come with me to a christmas market. come this way. i warn you, the salesman is a bit of a wheeler dealer. rollup, rollup! i recognise that trader. it's nick kwek! hello, spencer. merry clickmas. and to you. what on earth have you got? this is the world's first artificially intelligent smart perfume. have a sniff of that. it smells like a mum,

but not my mum. it's very strong. the idea behind the ninu is that it is one size fits all because the last thing you want on christmas day is when you open up a perfume, and you don't like the smell of it. with this thing, you can choose what you want it to smell like. really? you control it through a bluetooth—connected app. how does that work, then? 0n the inside, there are three different canisters each with its own unique scent, and depending what you select on the app, then it mixes each together to create your own bespoke whiff. and it can create up to 100 different combinations for every can. sounds like a good deal. so, do you reckon your mum's present�*s sorted? unfortunately, this isjust a prototype. it will not be in the shops until next spring. then what are you here for, then? a small problem, but maybe i can fix it.

does your mum like click? of course she does. she's my mum, she's a viewer. exactly. so she may enjoy the highlights from this year. it was the year that began with a virtual consumer electronic show with all of the fanfare and frolics of... sitting in a a room alone. yes! but there were still smart pillows and smart earrings, smart blenders and smart masks. very topical. but we did get out and about. we went to ireland, iceland, finland and dubai—land. honestly, this is the greatest projection i've ever seen. we also saw virtual reality being used with life—changing results. it helped guide this family through their decision on whether to operate on six—month—old baby archie. the theatre is being prepared as, in a few minutes, archie is coming in for his surgery where a spring like this will be inserted into his skull through a small cut. it will immediately expand and start to change the shape of his head, and then continue to do so over

the next four weeks. at that point, it can be removed. invented by drjeelani 13 years ago, this technique has reduced operation time from three hours to a0 minutes, cut blood transfusion by 90% and provides more predictable outcomes. that piece had to be the most important part of the year for me, technology really making a difference. yes. 2021 was the year that 0mar tried out for a football team, but the ai scout said no. but things picked up for him, as he discovered he was the proud owner of a pokemon card worth a small third fortune. take this card. i got it in a pack when i was a kid. dark raichu, a secret rare. £850! meanwhile, chris put his feet up, all in the name of discovering the perfect posture. honestly, he can make anything look good. he is rocking this jacket.

and here he is at the a! song contest. each of the 38 entries had to use some artificial- intelligence in the process. # can't you tell if i could fly.# that song there was by - a group called smorgasborg and, if you recognise the pixelated face, that's because it's click's - very own lj rich who has entered the contest. - how do you even get started i with creating a song using ai? when i work alone, the music always comes first, but when i work with other people, i normally feel inspired by their lyrics. and so, with this, it felt very natural to get the al to generate some lyrics for me. that's great. and it's our lj! mark managed a breakfrom gaming and went to the meta—verse. which is totally not a game. the meta—verse has been described as what comes after the internet. dan's done a little bit of driving — well, a lot of driving.

i've come to switzerland. and then he did something about his emissions by sucking a whole lot of c02 out of the air. paul went out to sea, sea, sea — to see what he could see, see, see. come on, keep it together! unlike its namesake, _ which took more than 100 pilgrims to the new world in 1620, _ the mayflower 400 will not have any people on board at all. and had his mind read. there we go. jen took us all the way back in time to pompeii. and all the way forward to the shopping delivery next week. this is the hive, and it's called that because the robots are operating like a swarm of bees would. but as this year draws to a close, friends old and new have been there by our side. i find you rather intriguing. can we be friends? i am not alive. i am a non—conscious machine. however, lam interested| in friendship and humans. did you get a christmas card from her?

no. typical. what a year it's been! it was lovely to be back in the same room. even if i couldn't hear a word you said. hello? we have done a lot this year, considering. we really have. maybe it's time for a break from tech, even for us. so we sent cristina criddle to the countryside for a bit of a digital detox. this is the cabin where i will spend the next few nights. i am here for a digital detox, to see if being with my phone makes me stressed. i use my phone a lot and, sometimes, ifeel like it can make me a bit stressed. i'm trying to keep up with social media, my friends, the news, my e—mails. i can't be the only one who finds this exhausting. i found out that the university of greenwich was doing an experiment into digital detoxes, and to see whether putting your phone away when you're on holiday can make you less stressed.

to participate in the experiment, you have to wear this tracking device that measures your activity levels, your heart rate, even how much you're sweating, to see how stressed you are. i had to wear it for a full day a week before i went on holiday to see what my stress levels were like on a normal day. i arrived at a cabin in the woods in a place near a town called pulborough. it was really remote and i remember pulling my suitcase up this gravelly path in the mud thinking, what am i going to do for a few days without my phone, without technology? just in this countryside cabin. right. goodbye, babies. there are also a few things they leave you in the cabin in case you need them. a map, a compass — i don't know how to use that — there was a torch and a brick telephone, in case of emergencies, and that was it. i locked my phone away and waved goodbye to civilisation. 0n the first night, i tried to go to a nearby pub. it was a 30—minute walk away

and i was using my map and navigating the country lanes and really excited to go, but then i got quite lost. if i'd had my phone, i could have looked at the directions, i would have known what time the pub shuts. next day, we found a pub and it was in the middle of nowhere and it was a really nice countryside pub. 0n the third and final day, we went to a local vineyard. they were having a harvest festival and it was really fun, and ifind in those experiences, you don't really miss your phone because you're just enjoying life. 0n the morning of getting my phone, i couldn't wait to get up and i was really anxious, just wanted to find out what my phone was going to say to me. and when i did look at my phone, it was fine. nothing had happened. in fact, nobody had really messaged me. it was a bit disappointing. a few weeks later, i went to meet wenjie cai, the lead researcher on the experiment, to chat through the results from my wristband, and ifound my stress

levels after the trip were way lower than they were before. and actually, they only started to peak again as i went to pick up my phone from the lockbox. it's quite interesting, the anticipation of reconnecting actually caused more stress than the reconnecting itself. after the experiment, i went back to using my phone like normal and did other people find that as well? actually, a lot of participants made some changes in their everyday life. some of them left their mobile devices in the living room when they go to bed, and a lot of them read much, much more. i was very relaxed, but i was also on holiday in a beautiful place. i wonder how much of it is not having my phone versus just being on holiday? i think it's very different because when you go to a holiday, in a nice place, if you have your phone, it is distracting from the experience for you. but when you do not have your phone, you really have an opportunity

to really spend a great time with your companions. although wenjie said that my stress levels went down during the experience, and they did, i'm not sure if i would go on a digital detox again. i really like having my phone with me on holiday. i like to use it for photos, sharing my time with friends and, more importantly, looking things up, nice places to eat, and go and experience the holiday in the way that i want to. so, i don't think you need to go to a cabin and lock your phone away in a box to switch off. what you need to do is be more mindful. if you're out with friends, or in a beautiful location, try and put your phone away and forget about the notifications. live in the moment and just enjoy it. i could do with a break like that. especially when i go to ces in a few weeks. oh, yes. i tell you who would absolutely love a place like this. dan? he loves christmas and he loves buying good christmas presents. he does, yeah. this year, he has really done something special. he seems to be in germany.

what? yes, i'm on the hunt for the perfect christmas gift for you both. lara, you may have gotten something a bit sparkly, but... it didn't quite seem right. and, spencer, well, i considered a new look for you. but ultimately, i wanted to sniff out something that might surprise you both. and with a bit of science behind it as well. and my nose has brought me here, to munich. not to the shops around here, but to a start—up that has created this — a water bottle with interchangeable nozzles, and they have different scents. so you can have mango or cola or watermelon, and it makes the stuff inside the bottle kind of taste a bit...different. but what's inside isjust plain old tap water. christmas magic? well, according to the founder

of the company, no. the product is a body hack, basically. because we copied how our flavour perception worked for a certain part of it. so, when we taste something, we will taste our basic flavours through our tongue or over our tongue, but the rest of it is through our nose and it makes 80% of our flavour perception. it's a large part. and this part, we copied with our product. when you drink from our bottle, you will drink water and scented air, and the scented air will let your brain think it's drinking something with flavour, even though it's just pure water with no additives, calories, sugar or anything. now, i know that may seem like quite a lot to swallow, so i've sent a couple of these bottles back to you guys in london to do a taste test. and i know that it's unlucky to say cheers with just plain

water, but it's all meant in the best possible taste. merry christmas. both: merry clickmas, dan! we got a couple of these bottles here. i think you need to try one. i will give it a try. take a sip and see what you think. here we go. what fruit does that taste of? mmm! it's peachy! 0k! well done — i'm impressed. you try yours. what are you getting? 0k, it actually just tastes of water, but it smells of fruit. can you tell what kind of fruit? no idea. absolutely no idea. it's called grapefruity. i think it's a bit like fruit tea. i hate fruit tea. oh, well, that's gonna be a problem, then. it's all in the smell and not in the taste. yeah, exactly. but while we're in the festive mood, i've got a little game for us to play. right. now, pictionary is probably my favourite game... i know it is, you're a monster. ..as you know. indeed. but i can't draw — which, of course, is the irony of this — but the technology doesn't actually help with that. now, this is called the repaper, and the way that it works is you can use any pencil by attaching this little item to the end of it, or you can use the pen that comes with it,

then you don't need the piece of paper. but it of course connects to a smartphone. 0h, right! go on, then. this should be good. so let me draw something for you. you're saying this could be good, but you don't know what my drawing is like! it's gone wrong already. is it a banana? uh, not... a horse? ..nota banana. and i've clearly got this wrong, haven't i? but, um, there you go. is it — is it a nokia phone that was never, ever used because it wasjust the worst design in the world? that'll be it! anyway, this can be used for more sensible purposes. art, or some sort of work. which this is neither of. go on. this is — this is the remarkable... it's the first remarkable thing i've seen today, let me tell you. yes, and seeing as it's for more professional purposes, i'm going to hand it straight to you. right, so this is an e—paper. it actually feels like paper as well to draw on. right. i'm realising now that i'm just as awful as you. i tell you what, though, paper is quite cheap and i'm guessing this isn't. that's very true. any idea? it's a sock and a bath. so...

water, water and socks. and socks — yep, yeah. i think this may have something to do with the fact that chris fox asked us for our dirty laundry. yes! which is not as weird as it sounds. doing laundry is a time drain at the best of times, especially at christmas, when there is so much else to do. so i'm helping the click team with theirs. but i'm not going to wash all this myself, it is going to a start—up that hopes to change the way we wash. according to 0xwash, the way we do our laundry at home is wasteful, but by stacking up lots of little innovations at their modern laundrettes, they can make the process more eco—friendly. there are several ways this is supposed to be more eco—friendly. the first is over here — any heavily—stained clothes get blasted with compressed air and water. so you're not using loads of chemicals in the wash. then the clothes go into these fairly standard washing machines. and the secret, i'm told,

is using cold water, so that you're not wasting loads of energy heating up the water. how do you get clothes clean with cold water? use a special detergent that is automatically dosed from these bottles, and that creates ozonem which sterilises the clothes, and then the final extra step is right around the back — there is a filter to take out any microplastics that comes off the clothes, so that doesn't go down the drain. to put the service to the test, i have this wine—soaked tablecloth — no questions asked — a gravy stained runner straight from the christmas table and a pair of stinky old trainers, which are all off to go through the 0xwash treatment. of course, washing is only half the story. the items go through this heated roller and folder, which can dry sheets in seconds, using less energy than a tumble dryer. although at the moment, the company does still use some fossil fuel tumble dryers, which it hopes one day to remove from the process. one other thing i have to show

you is this japanese clothes steaming robot, which makes sure your clothes don't have any creases on them and also don't shrink in the wash. now, this is why i have worn this creased jumper, before any of you comment on it. so let's get this on here. that goes over the dummy. spinning around. and now, to make sure the shoulders are right, we enter gym mode and beef... beef up the shoulders. good. and then... that's me after christmas. there we go, release. ready to wear! oh, it's so warm! there you go! i'll have to get one of these for my kitchen! while the click laundry went through the wash, i went to meet

the founder who, after getting tired of washing his rugby team's kit at oxford university, decided to start the company. it's about £25 a month for a wash a week. isn't it going to work out cheaper to use a washing machine at home? when you take into account the washing machine you have to buy and the energy that goes into it, it works out about 10—15% cheaper. the big saving is in the time. you don't have to do it yourself, itjust takes the pile of laundry and gets rid of it. two days later and my laundry arrived, and i really cannot fault it, it really came out very clean. especially the shoes, which came out almost like brand new. the challenge for the company is going to be convincing people to give up the convenience of washing clothes home, especially for those unexpected christmas spills, when everyone has had a few too many. chris fox doing our laundry, which was nice! very kind, but i think he may have added red wine to the tablecloth. i wouldn't have wasted that. 0n the other side of town, paul carter has been to meet a very important guest.

when it comes to musical superstars, they don't get much bigger than bjorn ulvaeus of abba. he was talking to us about a new software solution. more on that in an upcoming episode. but i took the opportunity to ask his wider opinion on tech and music. we've seen technology evolving in music over the years. i wondered what your reflections on technology being used in modern music are? you know, when benny andersson and i were in the �*70s, we used to be in one little room, in a cubicle with a stand—up piano and an acoustic guitar and two guys singing some kind of gibberish. pop, english, swedish something. no recordings of that! 0h, shame! but to get a kick out of that, there had to be a really good melody.

whereas the songwriter today, he has got all his stuff. he has his computer and all of these wonderful sounds. and when he or she is composing something, it sounds wonderful from the word go. and i think sometimes, those song writers might become a little lazy, just to give up before the melody is perfect, just because it sounds so good. i think that's the advice i give to songwriters today — don't tell me you've written 100 songs this year. tell me you've written three really, really good ones. this is going to sound like a weird question, but do you think there is too much music these days? funnily enough, an app like tiktok helps. because someone finds a piece of music somewhere and does something funny with it, and that's like a trailer for that song.

because people get, oh, that's good. when does that come from? fleetwood mac is a good example. youngsters need something to prompt them to listen to music and, for them, all of the world's music is there and for them, whether it comes from the �*705 or now doesn't matter, as long as they like it. so tiktok is almost changing the way that we discover music? i think so, yes. pop music has always been tech driven. when benny andersson and i were, like, in mainstream pop, we listened to everything, every new tech gadget that was out there, we had to get it, every new sound, what's that? what's that? we have to get that. and you're still embracing technology now. iam! yes. i'm having an avatar built of myself from �*79, 1979, and i didn't choose that year, i think the ladies did. because they thought

they looked their best, and i agree. so i'm having that made, and that is going to be very, very interesting to have the old songs sung by these young avatars and, at the same time, there will be live musicians playing the music. so, the old voices, live music and avatars. bjorn, thank you so much for your time. that was paul talking to the mighty bjorn, how marvellous was that? and i'm afraid that is the end of clickmas 2021, and pretty glam. throughout the week, you can keep up with the team. find us on social media. thank you for watching, thank you for being with us throughout 2021 and a merry clickmas. happy clickmas.

hello. understandably, there's always a lot of talk about snow at christmas, and whilst there has been some, for many places, there hasjust been rain. and a lot of rain since christmas eve. this is the radar picture over the past few hours. this weather system has moved through, bringing rain. but as you can see, we have had snow in the pennines, the hills and scotland, and there was this very wintry scene this morning from county durham. for many places, it is the rain, the standing water and the spray making for difficult travel conditions. we keep a lot of cloud and further outbreaks of rain towards northern and eastern parts of england and on through scotland, as we go on through the rest of the afternoon. a very brisk south—easterly wind running into mainly scotland and north—east england, adding an extra chill to things. it's still mild

towards the south—west. here and into wales, it will brighten up gradually. there are still a few showers. we continue taking some rain, and some snow and sleet over the highest ground overnight. elsewhere, the winds will be easing, with a lot of low cloud and mist and fog around. whilst temperatures for many stay above freezing, you canjust see some blue in parts of northern england and scotland. and especially where you've got snow on the ground is where you will get a frost. into tomorrow, the northern and western isles having a cloudier day, with patchy rainor showers around. another weather system taking outbreaks of rain further north. northern ireland, some cloud and brighter spells as well. the far north of england, especially scotland, away from the far north, there will be some sunny spells to be had. quite windy, with outbreaks of rain to the south. that will go into monday evening. tuesday, another weather system taking an area of rain particularly across the central swath of the uk and windy towards the south of that. it will be quite mild here.

temperatures around 6 or 7 degrees in scotland and 12 or 13 to the south. if you think that's mild, another weather system bringing more rain across the uk on wednesday. it will bring some very mild air into the uk, and that is transported northwards on this south—westerly wind. blustery with rain, yes, but temperatures reaching into the mid—teens. quite widely around the middle of the week. it will stay mild and wet and windy for the start of the new year.

this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. tributes pour in for archbisop desmond tutu — nobel laureate and veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid — who has died at the age of 90. desmond tutu was somebody at the height of the anti—apartheid struggle, when nelson mandela and his leadership comrade is on the freedom struggle were locked up in northern ireland, rouse the faithful, inspired people. new coronavirus restrictions come into force in scotland, wales and northern ireland — to try to limit the spread of the 0micron variant. there were due to be 10,000 fans here at cardiff arms park today to watch the festive rugby derby,

they will now to watch from home, a total ban on