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laura bicker reporting there.in. michael mcintyre's christmas special, on bbc one, was the day's next most watched with six point1 million viewers. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, explained why the queen's annual speech has come top again this year. that is not that surprising. it is traditional to sit and watch the queen at three o'clock. and that advantage of being on multiple channels, not just bbc advantage of being on multiple channels, notjust bbc and itv, but some of the sky channels as well. michael mcintyre with 6.1 million. most people watched the queen on bbc one. the bbc did dominate the ratings as far as the top ten are concerned. ratings have been going down consistently for ten years. ten yea rs down consistently for ten years. ten years ago, 14.3 million watched wallace and gromit, a matter of loaf and death. that is twice as much as any programme yesterday. we are seeing a downward trend. the seven—year—old american girl, whose phone call with president trump on christmas eve went vi

laura bicker reports now from seoul on a movement known as "escape the corset".ike thousands of other graduates, is paying for a professional photo shoot for herjob applications. translation: the people who hire me do not know who i am, they have tojudge me be based on how i look on the photo, so i want to give them the best version of myself to make a good impression on them. women are expected to look a certain way. especially those who seek success. translation: it's ok that your head is slightly tilted, but your facial expression is the most important. these pictures go to boardrooms across seoul — still dominated by men with the power to hire orfire. but some have decided to battle against the idea of what it means to be beautiful in south korea, in a feminist movement which has grown on social media. lina bae, who once gave make up tutorials, decided she'd had enough of the 12—step k—beauty routine. translation: i think lots of korean women are wearing an appearance corset. they also have this immense fear of what is shown to others. i heard a woman feel es

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.rom the philippines, where beauty pageants are a national obsession. in many western countries they are increasingly seen as outdated and criticised for objectifying women — not so in the philippines. the bbc‘s howard johnsonjoins us now from the capital manila. how has this when it gone down over there? -- this win. this is a huge result of the philippines. people are going crazy on social media. it has stopped traffic on the streets and break the internet. we have seen you keep all is offering discounts on treatments as catriona gray moved through the different stages. what we have seen also is president duterte can achieve their dreams and they can come true. it can show that people who live hard lives, can achieve their dreams. a princess lifestyle. it is popular among the overseas workers as well. it's not the first time this title has been awarded to a woman from the philippines. adding three previous winners, by my count. i'm just wondering how popular the actual beauty pageant

from seoul, laura bicker reports.y want to be professional gamers. they practise for hours in rooms known as pc bangs. the competition is so tough, there's no time to stop for dinner. in this arena, you're a fighter, a hero, a winner. but it's having a real impact on this new gaming generation. these teenagers are just a few of the hundreds who've had to undergo a digital detox treatment. their passion was becoming an addiction. translation: i tried quitting by myself but my friends kept seducing me back to the pc bang. translation: when i played games, hours and hours would pass, so that's when i felt i was addicted. i felt that i wished someone could help me. they're taught to care for others and taken to a retirement home where they even put on a show. singing the aim is to help them interact in the real world, develop a human connection before their symptoms become much worse. choi was brought to this special hospital by police after he spent 96 hours playing in a pc bang. he's had one—to—one therapy with doctors

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.ng over christmas at a hotel in hull suddenly cancelled without reason. a local charity, which had organised the accommodation, said the group had been discriminated against by the hotel. following much criticism of the decision, the hotel has now changed its mind and says the homeless people can stay after all, as danny savage reports. christmas last year at a hotel in hull. people here summed up the season of good will to all by paying for a load of rooms for the homeless to stay in, on christmas eve and christmas day. it was for two nights. but it felt like a lifetime, you know what i mean. mark was one of those who benefitted. when we got to the hotel it was a godsend, couple of nights in a bed, didn't want to get up for the day, you know what i mean. because it was that special? it was that comfortable, i didn't want to get up. this year 28 homeless people were booked into the royal, but over the weekend the hotel cancelled the booking. they say alleged trouble at last year's even

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. now, how do you give fossils a future?and washington's smithsonian institution in the us, have set out to do. they're digitally recording millions of fossils in their collections, many of which have been hidden away in drawers for decades. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill, has the story. so, we're in our brachiopod collection. tucked into thousands of drawers, the entire history of life on earth. and there's dozens of things in every box, in every drawer. wow! yes, yes. there are a0 million fossils stored here at the smithsonian museum, and a team is carrying out the mammoth task of digitally recording every single one. we have drawers here in the collection that haven't been opened in decades. the data held within the museum drawers is trapped, and we are bringing that trapped data out into the light. we're mobilising it for research. photographing and logging the details of each specimen in this collection alone will take an estimated 50 years. but it is part of an effort by institutions around the world to create

from seoul, laura bicker reports.n south korea many kids don't want to be sports stars, they want to be professional gamers. they practise for hours in rooms known as pc bangs. the competition is so tough, there's no time to stop for dinner. in this arena, you're a fighter, a hero, a winner. but it's having a real impact on this new gaming generation. these teenagers are just a few of the hundreds who've had to undergo a digital detox treatment. their passion was becoming an addiction. translation: i tried quitting by myself but my friends kept seducing me back to the pc bang. translation: when i played games, hours and hours would pass, so that's when i felt i was addicted. i felt that i wished someone could help me. they're taught to care for others and taken to a retirement home where they even put on a show. singing the aim is to help them interact in the real world, develop a human connection before their symptoms become much worse. choi was brought to this special hospital by police after he spent 96 hours playi

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.y when the competition resumes in february. manchester united face french champions paris st—germain and liverpool will play bayern munich. manchester city and tottenham have also drawn german sides, with city facing schalke — and tottenham facing the current german league leaders borussia dortmund. a hotel has been accused of discriminating against homeless people after it cancelled their christmas booking suddenly. a charity in hull had paid more than a thousand pounds for rooms for 28 people on christmas eve and christmas day. but they were told they couldn't now stay after allegations of theft and damage at the hotel last year. another hotel has now stepped in forfree, as danny savage reports. christmas last year at a hotel in hull. people here summed up the season of goodwill to all by paying for a load of rooms for the homeless to stay in on christmas eve and christmas day. it was for two nights, but it felt like a lifetime. mark was one of those who benefited. when we got into t

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.ople who end up getting addicted to gaming is really no surprise. yeah, our kids are getting addicted to, you know, they're smartphones, right? ispend my life trying to tell my 12—year—old poppy to get off her smartphone. she was addicted to some games for a while but that sense of collectivity, as you see, it is hard to give it up. we've created something we can't manage. but this is serious addiction, as if you are addicted to addiction, as if you are addicted to a drug. i suspect your daughter is probably not in that category! no, thank goodness. a best—selling british chef says she's had to tell us tv stations not to airbrush out what she calls her "sticking out" stomach. nigella lawson accused them of hating fat and said it was "pernicious" to assume everyone will be "grateful to be airbrushed thinner". and she's not the only celebrity who's asked the media to leave their body alone. back in 2003, kate winslet was said to be unhappy with some digital retouching on the cover of go

laura bicker reports now from seoul on a movement known as escape the corset. 6etting getting the rightes are paying for the professional photo shoot forjob applications. translation: the people who hire me did not know who iam,i people who hire me did not know who iam, i have to people who hire me did not know who i am, i have tojust be people who hire me did not know who i am, i have to just be based people who hire me did not know who i am, i have tojust be based on how a look in the photo so want to give the best version of myself to make a good impression on them. the men are expected to look a certain way. —— women. especially those who seeks success. translation: this picture is go to seoul dominated by men who have the power to hire and fire. but some are questioning the idea of what it means to be beautiful. but this woman, who once gave make up tutorials decided she had enough of the 12 step beauty routine. translation: i think lots of career women have an immense fear of what the show to others. i heard a woman feel shameful when they hear they are ugly. i was like that as we

from seoul, laura bicker reports.nd welcomes the south korean officials as the train from seoul crossed the border dividing the two countries and arrived at panmun station in kae—song. the ceremony included laying some railway sleepers and putting up joint road signs. the south's president moonjae—in and the north korean leader kim jong—un agreed earlier this year to work towards connecting the peninsular's transport systems. south korean engineers have spent the last few weeks inspecting hundreds of miles of the north's railways to check the work needed to modernise the network. it's thought it will take billions of dollars of investment. translation: we are very much aware that the re—connection of our railways and roads means more than just physical reconnection. people and supplies will come and go through the routes and interchange cooperation in various fields. but this ceremony is as far as the two koreas can go for now without breaching strict economic sanctions designed to target the north's nuclear weapons p