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the light is changing and we moved to sunset. first up it is movie quiz — moved to sunset. first up it is movie quiz time. _ moved to sunset. first up it is movie quiz time. what - moved to sunset. first up it is movie quiz time. what do - moved to sunset. first up it is i movie quiz time. what do james movie quiz time. what dojames bond, starwars movie quiz time. what dojames bond, star wars and the latest indiana jones film all have in common? correct, they were all filmed in part at pinewood studios, a brilliant place, totally iconic with loads of stages and sets which have doubled for some of the most famous worlds in the world. another studios have moved into the virtual world. in collaboration with sony they have created a whole new filmmaking space and paul has been to find out more. at the world—famous pinewood sony have created a space to show off the potential of a new kind of studio. known as virtual production. it utilises a high resolution crystal led screen to display the sets and environments actors will work in. it combines the screen and lights with a cinema camera but also a virtual one. the lights

are changing and we have instantly moved to sunset. it is an abolition of traditional green screen a well—established method in modern filmmaking but also one that brings particular technical challenges. anything thatis technical challenges. anything that is reflective or transparent on a green screen environment is counterintuitive. it is a composition nightmare in postproduction. this is where the led technology complements. you can simply see through the glass and see the reflections of what is happening. the difference it makes in perception and how it affects your view of reality in terms of what is being in shot is dramatic, isn't it?- of what is being in shot is dramatic, isn't it? the studio liuhts dramatic, isn't it? the studio lights adapt _ dramatic, isn't it? the studio lights adapt with _ dramatic, isn't it? the studio lights adapt with light - dramatic, isn't it? the studio lights adapt with light from l lights adapt with light from the screen in the virtual objects on it can change with the click of a button. all designed and rendered on the game platform unreal engine. the backdrops are not photos. filmmakers are already using virtual production to make environment more immersive for those onset. from the prospect

of a similar geographer it offers us a new approach to what would traditionally have been green screen. the key difference, of course, is that we can actually see onset in real time the environment and famously that is what filmmakers have always tried to do, to try and shoot as much in camera possible. it always seems to be the best result. but the coolest trick is that the angles shift dynamically, an effect known as parallax. we can aet an effect known as parallax. we can get an _ an effect known as parallax. - can get an understanding of how the parallax works as the camera moves.— the parallax works as the camera moves. ~ , ., , camera moves. and you can see background _ camera moves. and you can see background moving _ camera moves. and you can see background moving with - camera moves. and you can see background moving with the - background moving with the camera. , ., y background moving with the camera. , ., , ., camera. yes, to try and maintain _ camera. yes, to try and maintain the _ camera. yes, to try and maintain the realism i camera. yes, to try and maintain the realism of| camera. yes, to try and i maintain the realism of us being in a 3d environment. at being in a 3d environment. at the heart of the space is one of sony's cinema venice cameras shooting and resolutions up to eight k. it shooting and resolutions up to eiuht k. , ., ., eight k. it is important to know what _ eight k. it is important to know what the _ eight k. it is important to know what the virtual - eight k. it is important to - know what the virtual camera needs to do in order to make the real camera as believable as possible. to

the real camera as believable as possible-— as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera _ as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera on _ as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera on top _ as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera on top of - as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera on top of the - as possible. to achieve this a tiny camera on top of the big| tiny camera on top of the big camera. tracking a smattering of infrared dots around the room. �* , , of infrared dots around the room. �* , room. because there is a pattern _ room. because there is a pattern they _ room. because there is a pattern they know - room. because there is a| pattern they know exactly room. because there is a - pattern they know exactly where the camera is. find pattern they know exactly where the camera is.— the camera is. and as for the virtual side _ the camera is. and as for the virtual side of _ the camera is. and as for the virtual side of things? - the camera is. and as for the virtual side of things? the i virtual side of things? the virtual side of things? the virtual camera _ virtual side of things? the virtual camera and - virtual side of things? the virtual camera and real. virtual side of things? tie: virtual camera and real camera work together in harmony. we know whether camera is moving and if the focus is changing and if the focus is changing and that will tell the screen how to look.— how to look. the white rectangle _ how to look. the white rectangle shows - how to look. the white i rectangle shows wherein how to look. the white - rectangle shows wherein seen the virtual camera is pointed and marks the area displayed on the big screen. bill and marks the area displayed on the big screen.— the big screen. all of this cominu the big screen. all of this coming together - the big screen. all of this coming together is - the big screen. all of this coming together is what. the big screen. all of this - coming together is what makes it look liveable when you use a real camera to record anything. behind the screen is whether processing power takes place. it is also where you can see how these high—res screens are put together. here we are in a dark room and it is not quite what i was expecting because there is a lot of smaller panels joined together here rather than being one screen as you could see from the front.

you can modernise it. the more pixels you add the more high—res the screen. the high-res the screen. the modular— high-res the screen. the modular design - high-res the screen. the modular design helps - high—res the screen. the modular design helps quick respect —— repairs done on the fly. respect -- repairs done on the fl . , , ., , , fly. this is how we put things together- _ fly. this is how we put things together. pull— fly. this is how we put things together. pull and _ fly. this is how we put things together. pull and then - together. pull and then everything is connected via a single connector so if anyone has an accident hit something on the wall or you might destroy or break one of the panels, we can replace the panels, we can replace the panel elegantly and quickly. i thought the whole screen would go off. that is amazing. the expandable resolution of the screen means that vast virtual worlds can be replicated in a relatively small studio like this one. this space is currently only being used to demonstrate the potential of the technology to filmmakers and others in the industry. that sony has a full—size vip studio up and running in paris, the first of its kind in europe. and on a considerably larger scale than the one at pinewood. with new technology also comes new challenges. the

main skill _ also comes new challenges. the main skill set _ also comes new challenges. the main skill set is _ main skill set is problem—solving. you cannot search on the internet why this does not work because you may be the first person doing it. what is the future for technology like this? used to review technology like this? used to preview visual _ technology like this? used to preview visual effects - technology like this? used to preview visual effects onset, | technology like this? used to l preview visual effects onset, a virtual creature and you need to see where your eyeliners. so it is a family of technologies that combines virtual and real world to aid filmmakers in the creative process and a collaboration. in a few years we will all be nvr or something.— we will all be nvr or somethina. , ., , , ., something. this has only been a small-scale _ something. this has only been a small-scale example _ something. this has only been a small-scale example of- something. this has only been a small-scale example of what - small—scale example of what virtual production can do. it is unlikely we will see the end of green screen or cgi in movies anytime soon but it does provide another tool for directors and cinematographers to achieve their vision.

staying with the creative industries, lots of people working in the artistic space turn to software for adobe to edit video or pictures of enhanced sound. the company, like many others, is adding artificial intelligence to its products and in this case, photoshopped to let designers make changes in just a few clicks. alistair is going to take a look. it clicks. alistair is going to take a look.— clicks. alistair is going to take a look. it will be super helful take a look. it will be super helpful for— take a look. it will be super helpful for photographers. | take a look. it will be super| helpful for photographers. it is really impressive. these l is really impressive. these designers _ is really impressive. these designers and _ is really impressive. these i designers and photographers is really impressive. these - designers and photographers are trying out new features in the photoshopped software. fine photoshopped software. one video i posted _ photoshopped software. one video i posted on _ photoshopped software. ole: video i posted on tiktok photoshopped software. i9: video i posted on tiktok was just adding a little extra to the edge because i had not quite cropped the image exactly how i wanted to so ijust added some additional background on the side and it also filled in the side and it also filled in the bottom of the women's dress. , , , ., . .,

dress. its users artificial intelligence _ dress. its users artificial intelligence to _ dress. its users artificial intelligence to change i dress. its users artificial i intelligence to change how dress. its users artificial - intelligence to change how a picture looks adding bits, taking stuff away or even creating a whole new parts to the background. it is the latest software putting ai into people's hands. lode latest software putting ai into people's hands.— people's hands. we are exhilarating _ people's hands. we are exhilarating faster - people's hands. we are exhilarating faster than j people's hands. we are i exhilarating faster than we thought. project firefly, our foundational model for imaging is often the fastest beta stock that we added. we added generative fill and adoption has been inspiring for us and you will see as we keep introducing i think the pace of adoption and exhilaration is something that is very exciting. something that is very exciting-— something that is very excitina. , , :, exciting. this is some of the new ai exciting. this is some of the new al tools _ exciting. this is some of the new ai tools that _ exciting. this is some of the new ai tools that we - exciting. this is some of the new ai tools that we have i exciting. this is some of the i new ai tools that we have been working — new ai tools that we have been working on. new ai tools that we have been working on-_ working on. this is amazing. an bod working on. this is amazing. anybody can _ working on. this is amazing. anybody can do _ working on. this is amazing. anybody can do this. - working on. this is amazing. anybody can do this. i - working on. this is amazing. anybody can do this. i havel anybody can do this. i have been waiting for this is a photo shop user it usually takes a lot of work to remove all these people from vacation photos ijust all these people from vacation photos i just want to select

everybody i want to remove, thatis everybody i want to remove, that is all i'm doing right now and i don't have to be exact match i get there shadows, these people over here. again, super lucent all i'm doing is selecting them. i want to make it look like i am the only one here at this historic site. so i want to use what is generative film. i won't put anything in theirjust want to remove it. so this magic happens on the backend to remove these people. with a good internet connection it takes just 20 seconds or so for these changes to take effect. not only is he able to take away from his photo he can totally change the appearance and in the adobe express app he can even create unique images and graphics like this cake from just words. you have been

a designerfor years. how long a designer for years. how long would a designerfor years. how long would it have taken you previously to put together something like that? it would take all day — something like that? it would take all day and _ something like that? it would take all day and again - something like that? it would take all day and again i've - take all day and again i've been doing this for 20 years. where we are at now generating this type of content, i've not seen it in 20 years. so you don't worry that this may d skill people? it could but at the end of the day i am a designer so i really know what choices to make. personally i feel like i have spent less time pushing pixels around and more time making creative decisions. more time making creative decisions-— decisions. i've never met anybody _ decisions. i've never met anybody be _ decisions. i've never met anybody be they - decisions. i've never met anybody be they a - decisions. i've never met - anybody be they a knowledge worker— anybody be they a knowledge worker or a creative professional who has told me that they would like to take an hour— that they would like to take an hour to — that they would like to take an hour to do something that they can do— hour to do something that they can do in— hour to do something that they can do in five minutes and i am a firm— can do in five minutes and i am a firm believer in human ingenuity and this will augment human— ingenuity and this will augment human creativity. . i think it will— human creativity. . i think it will allow _ human creativity. . i think it will allow millions if not billions of people to engage in the field. but

billions of people to engage in the field. �* :, , , billions of people to engage in the field. �* :,, , , the field. but opening up this level of photo _ the field. but opening up this level of photo manipulation l the field. but opening up this| level of photo manipulation to millions of people comes with concerns about disinformation. fake and altered teachers being used to treat people and cause harm. :, , , :, harm. there has been a huge acceleration _ harm. there has been a huge acceleration in _ harm. there has been a huge acceleration in this _ harm. there has been a huge acceleration in this and - harm. there has been a huge acceleration in this and it - acceleration in this and it will keep exhilarating. are you worried about where it is going or are you confident that you have the right safeguards in place? in all of our products we have content credentials so when you create a piece of content you can digitally sign it. ithink content you can digitally sign it. i think the last step in the process which we still need to do is engage with the customer, the consumer who is consuming the content and training them to look for that content credential and understand who created this content and where that might have been altered. but the consumer has to say i want to see, i want to verify and then i will trust so i think that is still education ahead of us but the good news is that the

building blocks are in place. for the photographers and designers that we have been speaking to, there is a nervous excitement about what they can do with this tech. it excitement about what they can do with this tech.— do with this tech. it will be interesting _ do with this tech. it will be interesting to _ do with this tech. it will be interesting to see - do with this tech. it will be interesting to see where i do with this tech. it will be interesting to see where it| interesting to see where it goes — interesting to see where it goes from here. i still think that— goes from here. i still think that there will be a need and a want _ that there will be a need and a want for— that there will be a need and a want for people to have natural images. — want for people to have natural images, though. i don't think, like. _ images, though. i don't think, like, family photography is going _ like, family photography is going to go away because, like i going to go away because, like i said. — going to go away because, like i said. we _ going to go away because, like i said, we are documenting memories and genuine emotions. and that — memories and genuine emotions. and that trend we have things like al — and that trend we have things like ai photographers, where everything is more documentary style. _ everything is more documentary style, that is what people are looking — style, that is what people are looking for. it will be fun. | looking for. it will be fun. i am looking for. it will be fun. am shona looking for. it will be fun. i am shona mccallum with this week's tech news. and sticking with adobe, the uk's competition watchdog says its initial probe into the company's purchase of design firm sigma has found it may

reduce innovation. the merger of the two design giants sparked a regulatory review adobe says it has no meaningful plans to compete in the product design world. meta has revealed threads, of twitter style app from the team at instagram. it lets users connect with instagram followers and friends, post text and video photo updates and may interoperate with networks like mastodon in the future. it is similar to — mastodon in the future. it is similar to twitter _ mastodon in the future. it is similar to twitter and - mastodon in the future. it 3 similar to twitter and that is strategic because it wants people who are coming away from twitter, who are fed up with a law must, to find something familiar and continue what they started elsewhere. the familiar and continue what they started elsewhere.— started elsewhere. the chinese government — started elsewhere. the chinese government is _ started elsewhere. the chinese government is tightening - government is tightening controls over the export of two key materials, gallium and germanium. that used to make computer chips. it comes after us efforts to curb chinese access to advanced microprocessors. and finally, a

robot conductor took to the stage in south korea to leave the country's national orchestra and its over 60 musicians for a live performance in front of a sell—out audience. billions of people around the world are now using apps to send super secure messages every day. what's up, i message, and read messages and signal all use a remarkable piece of technology called end to end encryption. 0ther to end encryption. other popular apps like telegram and messenger also offer the feature. but by the end of 2023, meta says messenger will switch over to full end—to—end encryption as standard. so all text, media and calls will be end to end. aha, text, media and calls will be end to end-— text, media and calls will be end to end. a privacy focused messaging — end to end. a privacy focused messaging platform - end to end. a privacy focused messaging platform has - end to end. a privacy focused messaging platform has to i end to end. a privacy focused| messaging platform has to be encrypted. messaging platform has to be encrypted-— encrypted. meta also plans to roll out for— encrypted. meta also plans to roll out for instagram - encrypted. meta also plans to roll out for instagram direct i roll out for instagram direct messaging as well, and twitter is also building end to end in its app. but as privacy

is also building end to end in its app. but as privacy experts to celebrate the trend, governments are increasingly worried. so why are they so worried. so why are they so worried about it? it's because of how clever secure technology is. i say isayiam i say i am the server of an internet company and these people are trying to send messages. sending readable information over the internet is a pretty bad idea. anyone who intercepts the messages could read it. so these days nearly all the information we share over the internet is encrypted, which means it is scrambled, and therefore protected from prying eyes. a bit like putting a note in a locked box, the messages are protected when they leave us, processed by the apps server and then sent on to the recipient. but with most forms of encryption, the company can unscramble this data, they have the keys to read messages. at any point, the company can open up any point, the company can open up our chat history and share them with others. for example, them with others. for example, the police. criminals are

routinely caught and prosecuted because police are able to access messages in this way. hackers or bad actors as well as sometimes able to access our unsecured data. end—to—end encryption goes a step further. messages are encrypted, but only the sender and the receiver have access to the keys. it's like sending a box that only you have the key to open. the messages are protected, even from the app company which means end—to—end encryption protects your text, media and calls from everyone. internet companies, hackers, even police. internet companies, hackers, even police-— even police. this means that --eole even police. this means that people can — even police. this means that people can truly _ even police. this means that people can truly exercise - even police. this means that | people can truly exercise their right to freedom of expression, right to freedom of expression, right to freedom of expression, right to privacy with out fear of surveillance either by the public sector or the private sector. at the moment we allow any kind of access to encrypted communication. there is no way to ensure that only the people that we want to be accessing these communications will do

so, because it is effectively a security vulnerability that could be misused by a range of bad actors and malicious actors whether state or nonstate, which is why it is important to not enable any kind of access at all. �* :, , at all. but as ever with technology, _ at all. but as ever with technology, privacy - at all. but as ever with | technology, privacy and security collide. the so—called five eyes countries are all against the technology. japan, india, turkey, bangladesh, brazil and the european union have all expressed concerns as well with some exploring laws to control the apps. in countries with strict internet rules like china, many end—to—end encryption products are already banned. end-to-end encryption products are already banned.— are already banned. what is concerning _ are already banned. what is concerning is _ are already banned. what is concerning is that _ are already banned. what is concerning is that if - are already banned. what is l concerning is that if platforms make the design choice to roll out end—to—end encryption, we risk losing the vast majority of that data that is used to find perpetrators and protect children. �* , :, find perpetrators and protect children. �* , . ., children. it's a debate that has raged _ children. it's a debate that has raged about _ children. it's a debate that has raged about four - children. it's a debate that| has raged about four years, with neither side wanting to budge. with neither side wanting to bud . e. :, with neither side wanting to budre. :, .., with neither side wanting to bud.e_ :, ,

with neither side wanting to budre. :, , ., budge. you can see that there is harm, correct? _ budge. you can see that there is harm, correct? i— budge. you can see that there is harm, correct? i concede i is harm, correct? i concede that there _ is harm, correct? i concede that there are _ is harm, correct? i concede that there are trade-offs i is harm, correct? i concede l that there are trade-offs and that there are trade—offs and that— that there are trade—offs and that there are trade—offs and that there are challenges to law enforcement, and of course my heart — law enforcement, and of course my heart goes out to the big... i'm my heart goes out to the big... i'm not— my heart goes out to the big... i'm not so— my heart goes out to the big... i'm not so interested in your heart, actually.— heart, actually. any security forces and _ heart, actually. any security forces and politicians - heart, actually. any security| forces and politicians around the world are calling on tech companies to introduce some sort of technical back door into end—to—end encrypted apps. i wait for police to gain access to messages, if they suspect criminal activity. another solution is something called client side scanning. peaches and videos are scanned while in app —— on app while on the sender's device to check against a database of illegal material such as child abuse material. client side scanning was famously suggested by apple to combat the spread and storage of child abuse material, but the idea was dropped after a huge backlash from privacy campaigners worried about the potential use of the technology by criminals or oppressive governments. in spite of the concerns more and more companies are turning to

the tech, saying it is crucial to protect customer data. and one thing that is true but never really talk about by the technology companies is that end—to—end encryption takes away a big chunk of the thorny and costly issue of content moderation. if they can't see what their users are sending to each other, they can't moderator. —— moderate that was joe. no that wasjoe. no matter how well—intentioned our reuse and recycling programmes are, we're still creating hundreds of millions of tons new plastic every year. so we clearly are quite a long way from solving a plastic problem.— plastic problem. there is definitely _ plastic problem. there is definitely no _ plastic problem. there is definitely no simple i plastic problem. there is i definitely no simple solution, but what some companies are doing with a spot of science could be pretty mind blowing. we are a generation demanding change — we are a generation demanding chance. ~ ~' :, change. whether we like it or not, change. whether we like it or not. we're — change. whether we like it or not, we're going _ change. whether we like it or not, we're going to _ change. whether we like it or not, we're going to have i change. whether we like it or not, we're going to have a i change. whether we like it orj not, we're going to have a lot of plastic for the foreseeable... while it definitely has its negative

side effects, it is important to recognise it as a pretty amazing material that has enabled so much. aha, amazing material that has enabled so much. a ma'or issue is that au— enabled so much. a ma'or issue is that all the i enabled so much. a ma'or issue is that all the plastic i enabled so much. a major issue is that all the plastic that - is that all the plastic that has ever been created still exist in some form somewhere. 0ne exist in some form somewhere. one of the companies that is revelation is saying —— revolutionising plastic has been creating products that will biodegrade in certain conditions. like in heat, air, moisture or sunlight. the aim is to return the material back into nature. as much as they possibly can, anyway. the plastic alternative has been around for a few years now. it is used for food packaging and some cups. but now the company is moving into a slightly different type of material. in fact replacing what is used in some products that you might not even know was plastic on the first place. think facemasks. women's hygiene products, orwipes. facemasks. women's hygiene products, or wipes.— facemasks. women's hygiene products, or wipes. what we are doinr for products, or wipes. what we are doing for wipes, _ products, or wipes. what we are doing for wipes, diapers, - doing for wipes, diapers, teabags, doing forwipes, diapers, teabags, they all have their unique use case, if you want, and also time frame within which we would want

biodegradation to happen. haifa biodegradation to happen. how does the transformation process actually work?— actually work? there is three core things- _ actually work? there is three core things. the _ actually work? there is three core things. the time - actually work? there is three core things. the time controlj core things. the time control piece, that is a self—destruct part so at our point of manager we can dilate up or dial it down, ina we can dilate up or dial it down, in a couple of weeks it is taking it from its plastic like state into its wax —like state. but that's not where it stops. though then we are doing as we make that wax grow in fungi and bacteria that is the way we are able to get those materials fully back to nature in less than a year.— in less than a year. while these seem _ in less than a year. while these seem just - in less than a year. while these seem just the i in less than a year. while | these seem just the same in less than a year. while i these seem just the same as in less than a year. while - these seem just the same as the plastic version. they feel the same, they look the same, but once they start to transform, thatis once they start to transform, that is when things are very different. and this is what it looks like. it is very, very soft and apparently, is completely harmless. it looks like powder, but sort of disappears. i like powder, but sort of disappears-— like powder, but sort of disa ears. . :, , :, disappears. i wanted to show ou how disappears. i wanted to show you how a —

disappears. i wanted to show you how a biotransformed i disappears. i wanted to show. you how a biotransformed wax look like and felt like versus micro plastic. and that's what you've touched a bit before, and we have put that in this file to show you how it behaves when you heated slightly. now it is completely melting and you can see the other bit of plastic is completely the same. as i would expect, it stays just the same. it as i would expect, it stays just the same.— as i would expect, it stays just the same. it looks the same. just the same. it looks the same- and _ just the same. it looks the same. and as _ just the same. it looks the same. and as i _ just the same. it looks the same. and as i take i just the same. it looks the same. and as i take this i just the same. it looks the i same. and as i take this one, it flows like a candle. what you will have in nature is that you will have in nature is that you will have a bottle, by transforming and becoming a wax and that wax will then be fully biodegradable, like a banana peel or apple core, by nature. we have looked at other companies before who are trying to solve the plastic problem, what is it about your products that means they can actually do the job? that means they can actually do thejob? igrate that means they can actually do the “ob? ~ :, that means they can actually do the “ob? . , , , that means they can actually do the “ob? ~ . , , , :, the job? we have published more -a ers in the job? we have published more papers in the _ the job? we have published more papers in the space _ the job? we have published more papers in the space than - the job? we have published more papers in the space than anyone i papers in the space than anyone else, we put our data to be out —— out there to be regularly reviewed by experts in the field but what we're trying to do is create something that is of moving the needle on 100

million ton per annum problem. they are continuing to develop the technology and while there is no silver bullet, there are alternatives being worked on. founded by 22—year—old jacob nathan, one company is looking to change the way plastic is broken down. igrate to change the way plastic is broken down.— to change the way plastic is broken down. ~ , , , broken down. we design enzymes that break down _ broken down. we design enzymes that break down plastic _ broken down. we design enzymes that break down plastic waste i that break down plastic waste and the resulting chemicals that we make from that, we can manufacture into all sorts of products like paints, clothing, fertilisers, cleaning product and ultimately new plastic. the beauty of biology is that it enables us to carry out chemical reactions at very low temperatures, so we can use enzymes that enable these sorts of chemical reactions to happen at very low temperatures and pressures to break down those plastics into those building blocks to make these new plastics again. there are two sides to this equation, one as we make way too much of the stuff, and the other as we don't actually know what to do with most of it once when i'm using it. even if we stopped making plastics tomorrow, we still have 10 billion tons that

ijust still have 10 billion tons that i just sort of sitting around taking up space, and we might want to do something with that. that's pretty impressive to see bits of backup just turn to wax like that. bits of backup 'ust turn to wax like that. ~ ., , , like that. when it was still in top form _ like that. when it was still in top form i — like that. when it was still in top form i was _ like that. when it was still in top form i was tapping i like that. when it was still in top form i was tapping it i like that. when it was still in top form i was tapping it to i top form i was tapping it to check it was solid, it was, normal couple.— check it was solid, it was, normal couple. that's it for us this week. _ normal couple. that's it for us this week, thanks _ normal couple. that's it for us this week, thanks for - this week, thanks for watching and we will see you soon. bye. hi, i'm alice catch up. tonight a sentence, changes to scottish drug laws and the swedish city hosting eurovision 202a. but

first, dangerous muscle building drugs are being sold illegally. a bbc investigation has found. doctors say it causes 0racle dysfunction. they are found in drugs and several bodybuilding supplements around the uk and online. the food standards agency says that selling them is a criminal offence. the bbc approach all the shops approached in the investigation, experts say there is confusion about the regulations. some other stories now. the man who killed 26—year—old el edwards outside a pub on christmas eve has been

jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 48 years in prison. he he opened fire with a submachine gun, l was a innocent bystander. the scottish government wanted a criminal old drugs for personal use. drugs such as heroin and coke would not become legal uses would be offered support and treatment rather than becoming prosecuted. now ten seconds of getting your groove on because the swedish city of malmo is the hoser maxxia's eurovision. it has hosted eurovision. it has hosted eurovision before in 1994 and 2014. you're all caught up an hour. hello there. we closed out our working week on a hot and increasingly humid story, in fact many areas across the country seeing temperatures in the mid— to high 20s, peaking in the southeast with 30 degrees as an afternoon high.

that means temperatures not falling very far at all, so the start of saturday morning is going to be quite an uncomfortable one, quite a muggy one, temperatures in london, well, sitting at around 20 degrees already — that's 68 fahrenheit. and with that humidity, unfortunately with this weather front pushing in from the southwest could trigger some sharp thundery downpours as we go through the start of the weekend. so a dry, settled sunny start for many, but here is that front and you can see the brighter colours denoting the intensity of that thundery rain. large hail not out of the question as well. it sweeps quite quickly north and east, so behind it there will be some sunshine, and in actual fact across parts of east anglia we could still see temperatures into the high 20s. but still some of these showers quite torrential, large hail not out of the question and certainly the potential for a lot of rain in a short space of time. so as we move into scotland, temperatures into the mid—20s, probably that rain not arriving in the far north and east

of scotland until the end of the afternoon. as we move into sunday we are still under this influence of low pressure, a bit more of a breeze driving in the potentialfor some showers as we go through the day. so for the second half of the weekend, some rain easing slowly away from the northeast of scotland, potentialfor some sharp thundery rain to move up from the near continent across east anglia and southeast england. we will have to keep a close eye on that, still some level of uncertainty in the forecast. top temperatures, 17—23 as our overall high. now as we close out the weekend into next week, low pressure never too far away — it looks likely that as we see these areas of low pressure moving their way steadily eastwards we lose that southwesterly flow and drag in more of a northwesterly. so our week ahead looks quite unsettled at times. they will be some sunny spells but temperatures have the potential to just be a little bit disappointing. so, next week, a little bit tricky. it looks likely to be fresher with some sunny spells, but still the risk of some sharp, blustery showers.

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