joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello. hello, sophie and grieving, gloomy with outbreaks of rain, but i wanted to imply there will be a bit of sunshine around too, its not all bad, but overall we will cool it a dump picture for most of us on thursday. mild, though, and if you look at the satellite picture you can see where the clouds are streaming in from the south—west, quite a broad area of cloud wrapping around an area of low pressure and you can see the mild atmosphere spreading all the way from the azores engulfing much of the uk. not the far north of scotland. earlierwe the uk. not the far north of scotland. earlier we had some snow across the highlands, but eventually it will turn to sleet and rain and after that it is just mild across the board. the morning temperatures will be around 10 degrees in the south of the country, probably ten in belfast, still cold in stornoway,

2 degrees command about that in lerwick. the morning forecast shows most of the heavy rain in northern ireland, parts of scotland, but to the south the rain should be easing and becoming more showery and it will wax and wane through the morning and into the afternoon. possibility of sunny spells, showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland tomorrow, and a few sunny spells developing in east anglia and the south—east. look at those temperatures, 13 or 1a degrees. still low pressure with us on friday, a couple of areas of low pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. i think friday, pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink friday, rather than an overcast day, we will have frequent to sunny spells here and there but also the possibility of heavier showers developing and we can see the rash of showers across the country. here are the temperatures, every bit as mild, if

not milder, up to 16, even across the north—east of england still, still chilly in scotland, around 8 degrees. the outlook remains mild into next week, lots of rain icons the, so pretty changeable. and that's it from us tonight. from the ten o'clock team, good night. bye—bye. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. and we start in the champions league, where there was no miracle in madrid as liverpool's european dream is over for another season. trailing 5—2 from the first leg against real madrid, it was always going to be a tough ask, and it was the spanish side who came closest to scoring first in the return leg. liverpool did have their chances — cody gakpo with their best effort — but it was real who finally made the breakthrough, karim benzema with a simple finish, as his side won 1—0 on the night and 6—2 on aggregate. they're into the quarterfinals. over in italy, napoli eased to a 5—0 aggregate win with another dominant display over eintracht frankfurt.

victor 0simhen scored twice to help them on their way to a 3—0 victory, sending the serie a high—flyers through to the last eight for the first time in their history. two games in the premier league tonight that had a big impact on the teams fighting relegation. crystal palace remain just three points above the drop zone after a 1—0 defeat at brighton. and southampton stay bottom after a 2—0 loss at brentford. nathan tella starred for burnley, as vincent kompany�*s side edged closer to an immediate return to the premier league. the forward scored a hat—trick as the championship leaders beat hull city 3—1. it moves burnley 19 points clear of middlesbrough in third spot and means the clarets need just three wins from their final nine matches to seal promotion. and there was a significant win for sheffield united in their charge for the second automatic promotion place. they beat sunderland 2—1 at the stadium of light, a victory which sees them move six points clear in second place. now to day two of the cheltenham festival, where energumene won the queen mother champion chase

for the second year in a row, coming home on a rainy day at the course, where our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. anything but a soggy performance from energumene, as he won the champion chase for the second year in the running. there had been questions about energumene in the build up because he didn't look too impressive in his last race, where he finished only third. but there was certainly no doubt he would win the race. it was an extraordinary performance from him, as he charged clear to win by some ten lengths. a brilliant performance from energumene — ridden by paul townend, trained by willie mullins. owned by the owner of brighton & hove albion, tony bloom.

all eyes on flooring porter, who is going for a hat—trick of wins. he won in 2021 and �*22 — can he win in �*23? he's not been in the best form over the last 12 months, and he'll face plenty of high—quality opposition, including another former champion in paisley park. so while energumene took the headlines in the big race of the day, it was also a day to remember for one teenage jockey. 18—year—old john gleeson, on his first ever ride at cheltenham festival, provided the fairytale finish to day two — by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland's team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year's women's six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. 0ur reporter sara 0rchard has been at the launch. we're in a very trendy corner of east london for this women's six nations

launch, where the players and the captains have been talking a lot to social media creators, having their photos done, mixing with journalists and reporters as well about how they'll go in the championship this year. one of the big talking points is the fact that every country taking part for the very first time will have either professional or semi—professional players. and for scotland, they are the earliest country on that journey, having only given out their contracts in december. feeling slightly less tired all the time, which has been really incredible, in terms of the impact it has on your training. i think i've got more out of the last year, really, in terms of individually, for my training, than ever before. it's definitely growing. they've put in the challenge squad, so we have six players coming - from that this year. so hopefully that will grow. and develop rugby in wales. all of the young girls, actually... i remember growing up and i wanted

to be a professional rugby player, and i thought it would never happen in my lifetime. now girls can have that and see it and feel it — and boys as well. i got dads saying, "thank you." and mums. yeah, it is amazing. one of the big talking points today has been the news that came out of ireland, it was splashed all over social media channels, and that was the single fact that they'll no longer play in white shorts. they got together with their kit sponsor and decided that navy blue was a better option for them. why? quite simply, it's to give them confidence that women when playing in those white shorts on their period. i talked to the ireland captain. i feel as a female athlete, that shouldn't be a concern you have when you walk out onto the pitch, and the negative reaction that there would be if something happened. like, i think it'sjust a whole scenario that is controllable and we've made that change, we've made that less of a concern or to not have as much of a concern

for a female athlete. you can see it on social media, everyone is really relishing the change and the girls are all really happy as well, so it's only positive for us. the jewel in the ground this year is arguably the final match between england and france at twickenham. it'll be the very first time it's a stand—alone women's fixture at that venue. they've sold 36,000 tickets, but there are hopes that number will rise significantly once the tournament gets under way on the 25th of march. and finally, we have some tennis for you, but it's not great news, sadly. there'll be no british winner at indian wells this year, as cameron norrie�*s run in california ended with an error—strewn defeat against american frances tiafoe in the quarter—finals. norrie, who won the tournament two years ago, was the last brit standing and was well below his best, the british number one with 28 unforced errors, losing 6—4, 6—4 to the 14th seed.

and that's all your sport for now. for more on older stories, go to the website, but for me, marc edwards, and the bbc sport team, goodbye. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. here's something that's hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media

is in getting their name out there. yeah, we're at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change — look at you down there! i know — and for reference, this is our true social standing that you're looking at right now. and what's weird is this isn't even the strangest thing i've filmed recently. it is a fundamental law of the universe that nearly everything looks better in slow—mo — something that the the slow mo guys have been proving since 2010. three, two, one, go! their 1a million youtube subscribers regularly watch gav and dan slow things down as they blow things up. no—one stand in front of the cannon for obvious reasons. dan is ex—military and weapons trained, which means he can do this sort of thing.

you, on the other hand, can't. and today, i've come to gav�*s studio in texas to add to the list of silly things that he's filmed in... speaks slowly: ..slow motion. yeah, this is either stuff that we're about to film with or just leftover stuff that we've already done. like, that's what's left of a newton's cradle after dan shot it. i like the one that stayed on — it's quite nice. spencer chuckles this is probably 500 mousetraps. this is when you threw dan into these mousetraps? yes. they way they all just sort of triggered from the outside inwards, just amazing — and that was all within, you know, a few milliseconds when that happened. right, here comes the science bit. now, whereas normal video cameras record something like 25 still images or frames per second, gav uses cameras that capture thousands per second. if you play these back

at 25 frames per second, that's where you get your slow—mo. these days, even phones can shoot at 1,000 frames a second for only a fraction of a second. yes. so, what would your tips be for what works well in slow—mo and what you need to think about when you're trying to set up a slow—mo shot? if you can shoot 1,000 frames a second on your phone, just point at everything. spencer laughs i love anything with liquid. like, a water balloon is the classic subject — it's what everyone does first — but i still find it fascinating that you pop a water balloon, the rubber whips out of there almost immediately, even in slow—mo, and then, you'rejust left with the shape — you're left with a big glob of water. i think the most important thing for shooting slow—mo, especially when you're getting towards 1,000, is you need the right light and you need lots of it. so, for example, undera regular incandescent light bulb orjust like a lamp that you might find at home, chances are you're gonna see the flicker rate of the electrical grid and it looks really unattractive in slow—mo, it's really distracting to see all the lights doing this.

yeah. so, shoot outdoors under the sun — the sun doesn't flicker — or get massive lights like i've got, which is the more expensive option. laughs but after spending a day being a guest slow—mo guy, i have learned this — you don't always need elaborate stunts to make great slow—mo. sometimes, your best prop is right under your nose. blows air through closed lips laughs pretty good from what i saw. thank you! laughter it almost looks as though, like... laughter continues i've filmed this a few times on a few different people and this one is just really good for some reason. lara: i am going to remember that

image for the rest of my life. - and interestingly, that's not the last we've seen of gav, either — he's gonna be back in a couple of weeks�* time to help us film something very cool in slow—mo. cooler than that? surely not? even cooler than that. anything to forget that. our next story, though, is about preserving memories — those of our loved ones, particularly our elderly relatives. yeah, and someone who has his fair share of stories to tell and wants to make sure they live on forever is hollywood legend william shatner, and nick kwek went to meet him ahead of his 92nd birthday. los angeles — the city of angels, where everyone wants to get in front of the camera. camera shutter clicks welcome to the storyfile studio. 0h, check this out! this start—up in the heart of hollywood will give you that opportunity. it'll record your entire life story. get in the hot seat. ok, here we go. here, customers are asked hundreds, sometimes thousands, of questions over several hours and even several days. and the idea is that once you've passed away, anyone with access can ask you anything and you'll answer them.

tell me about your eyebrows. chuckles these eyebrows are quite extraordinary. the concept has attracted someone with more than their fair share of stories. an absolute pleasure and privilege to meet you, sir. how are you doing? hi, nick. how are you? you know this place quite well. you've been here before, right? every nook and cranny, every crease and crack i know. just think of what the possibilities are of what you and i are doing right now. why did you record yourself? i ask myself that question day in and day out. i mean, artificial intelligence is fascinating for everybody. the discourse now is, is it coming alive? will it be the equivalent of our human creativity and devilishness? or is it stilljust mechanical, so 0k, why don't we just pull the plug? that's why i'm here.

do you think that other people using storyfile's technology even come close to, like, what you can do in the way that you can tell stories? like, who cares about people that are not william shatner? everybody has a story. were there any questions you were asked where you thought, i'm not going to answer that, i don't want to go there. i don't recall ever saying "i'm not going to answer that", because... a lot of this is for publication, it's i'm dead, so... laughs as well as playing back answers straight, for some clients storyfile is putting artificial words into virtual mouths. we don't call them deepfakes because they are not a hack of somebody�*s identity, they are done in an authorised way often with that person's estate, where we will recreate the character using their archives, their videos, their voice and create an absolutely lifelike version of that individual, say for a museum or a family trust. is there a danger there that

you might misrepresent them or perhaps convey a different side of their personality they never actually had ? are we capable of being able to misrepresent somebody? yes — in the same way that any, you know, film—maker could do that when making a movie or whatever. we created an a a! ethics policy and an ai ethics committee and advisers, external advisers. some people will be watching this thinking, oh, i'm not sure about communicating with a loved one after they have moved on — and is that a healthy thing to do? we as a technology company can't determine how people are going to live their lives when their loved ones have gone, any more than we can with a book or an album or anything else. that's not to say we are not responsible, what we're saying is that each of us has different ways of thinking about our loved ones when we are gone and dealing with grief in different ways. while the notion of chatting

with the dead is certainly bewitching, arguably as a! advances, an ethical tightrope lies ahead. but for bill, this technology could enable him to boldly go where no—one has gone before. it is the oscars this weekend — and 13 years after the original avatar movie cleaned up at the awards, the sequel is finally here. avatar: the way of water is up forfour 0scars, including best visual effects. so it is time for us to meet the team behind the scenes. to me, the film is all about the characters. i hear her heartbeat. we are able to bring the performance of these great actors onto cg

characters and have audiences still react, that's the amazing part for me. what does her heartbeat sound like? and so for that we wrote a whole new neural network— based facial system to understand a little better what the actors are doing and to give the animators a finer level of control over their faces. a lot of times you think effects and you think big scale, and that is all part of it as well, but we also like to make sure that the small intimate moments work, because those are really where the audience gets to understand and know the character. you are very hard on them. i'm theirfather, it's myjob. every day is a school day, studying what water looks like at different depths, you know, if you are one metre under, if you are 50 metres under, what happens to the light depending on how clear the water is,

we looked at water from all around the world to see which types would play best for the film. the sea is your home. you have that expansive canvas to work with. but then you also have the big dramatic things that happen, the hunt. strong heart. the battle scenes. you have all of that on one side and then you have families understanding how to live together, and sometimes working and sometimes not. like, it's all very familiar. i see you. i think the great thing about science fiction is it lets you see what is kind of normal to us but in a new light. so maybe you think about it a little bit more than you would otherwise. this family... ..is our fortress.

that's it for the short version of the programme. the full—length show can be found on iplayer, as well as a full size spencer. yes, here i am. thank you for watching! and we will see you soon. bye-bye. hello there. we continue to see some big swings in temperatures from one day to the next, and we've got more of those around the corner. the first signs of a change on wednesday. we're actually in this halo you can see in the skies above lincolnshire. that's high cloud working in, and that's this high cloud on the satellite picture. it is a set of weather fronts with some very mild air, particularly to our south—west here, and that is on the way.

we started wednesday with a frost, temperatures down to minus ten, but temperatures rising wednesday night and well through thursday, with highs expected to reach around 15 degrees celsius. so in terms of maximum temperatures, we go from around seven or eight to around 1a or 15 degrees celsius. you will notice that huge jump heading into thursday, but you'll probably also notice quite a bit of rain falling on you, because it is going to be a wet day. the rain could bring some localised surface—water flooding. the brightest weather probably in northern ireland, but heavy showers and thunderstorms working in through the afternoon. temperatures widely14 or 15 celsius so it's going to be a lot milder across all of the uk, perhaps with the exception of shetland, 0rkney, where it continues to be cool. thursday night, the worst of the rain will ease away for a time, but there will be plenty of showers across western areas. a mild night and a mild start to friday, temperatures for most between seven and ten

degrees celsius. friday, there may well be fairly persistent rain in eastern england, so quite a cloudy and wet day here. further west, the showers will be pretty heavy, merging together to give some longer spells of rain. but the rain looks set to be quite heavy at times, perhaps with some thunder around, as well. temperatures still very mild, 16 degrees possible in newcastle as we end the working week. now, the weekend, the same area of low pressure is still with us, but it will be gradually weakening, the next one coming in towards sunday afternoon. so, weather—wise, saturday looks like being a cloudy day with further outbreaks of rain. the rain could be quite heavy in scotland and northern ireland, perhaps with some thunderstorms, maybe a bit of hail mixed in here. further south, rain at times, perhaps something a bit brighter just for a moment or two for east anglia and south—east england. temperatures ten to fourteen degrees so still mild for the time of year.

the second half of the weekend, a better chance of seeing sunshine, especially during sunday morning. however, it will cloud over quickly across western areas, with outbreaks of rain back to northern ireland and reaching wales, western england as we go through sunday afternoon. so the weather turning wetter. it will be a bit cooler, temperatures around ten to 13 degrees celsius. now, taking a look at next week, well, as that area of low pressure pulls away, we start to get these northerly winds moving back in. the north of the uk will see the biggest drops in temperatures. it stays quite cool in lerwick and probably cold enough for snow on some high ground in northern scotland. the further south you come, the more likely you are to keep temperatures into double figures, although things get a bit cooler towards the middle of the week. it looks like it'll be pretty wet, and some parts of the uk have already seen over a month's worth

of rain, so it looks like this month is going to be quite a wet month for most of us, probably wetter than average. bye for now.

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