rory cellan—jones, bbc news. of the 18th century politicians who helped found the united states. on to secretary. in london tonight. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to meet the show‘s creator. # and he wrote his first refrain... america's founding fathers. an instant classic. # what's your name, man? the man behind the show, who's been compared to... well... are you the 21st—century shakespeare? not even close! and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights. i've written two musicals, so let's, everybody, chill out. # i'm past patiently waiting! of so many immigrants who are coming to the united states today. and so i used the music that i love to tell their story. a lot has been made of the multiracial cast. this is the story of america then told by america now. 200 somewhat years ago. like the way our country looks eliminates distance. he's not invincible any more. it's suddenly — these are real people. how nervous were you about bringing this show to the uk? i was not nervous at all. iii in the shadow of buckingham palace. up his outfit quite a bit. george iii might

here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.t valuable company. but after a couple of years, many iphone users say there's one thing they begin to notice. what have you noticed as your iphone gets older? it slows down and the battery goes. the battery life goes and it's slightly slower. the phone doesn't last that long and you have to update it. now apple has admitted that it does act to slow down some older models like the iphone 6s released two years ago, but it says that's not, as some suspect, to persuade people to rush out and buy new phones. apple says this move is all about making older versions of the iphone work more reliably. as the battery ages there's a risk, particularly in colder weather, that the phone suddenly shuts down without warning. the software update is designed to stop that happening by making everything runjust a little more slowly. but the software update in question happened last year. apple put out its statement only after this technology analyst identified what was going on with older phones. so i th

who better to ask than our tech guru, rory cellan—jones? hey, siri — turn on the christmas tree.re your tech predictions for 2018? sorry, i don't understand. luckily, i've invited two top pundits to help me look into our technology future. come in! hi! great seeing you! hello! go straight on through. rhiannon, where is social media going in 2018? is snapchat finally going to reach old people like me? that's a good question. what are you wearing, by the way? i've got your snap spectacles, rory, so i can snapchat on the go, take my pictures and upload them. that proved pretty, uh, unsuccessful, didn't it, in 2017? as far as we know, snapchat didn't sell half as many of their spectacles as they were expecting to, so i think they are still making a really big play for a more general audience — at the moment, it is still very much heavily weighted towards teenagers, kind of like the under—24s that are using snapchat. but on the sort of reverse side, facebook‘s membership isjust going up and up and up — something like a third of the world is now on facebook. now, how good is it at anim

. —— rory cellan joans. -- rory cellan joans. an apology from apple. yes and that is surprising. they say this in lengthy screed, there has been misunderstanding, we apologise. wow! usually lie just brazen things out. a week ago they were forced to say, yes, we are doing this, we are intentionally slowing down older iphones a whole range of older iphones. but they say there is a good reason and they expand on it and say it is about ageing batteries and say it is about ageing batteries and managing how they perform. our batteries give us less as we go on. phones have been shutting down due to the cold. it seems to have been more effective or had a bigger effect on people's phones than they expected, because a lot of people have been complaining, my phone's slowed down. the suspicion was that they were deliberately doing this to make us buy new models. yes that is the conspiracy theory, they are saying it is about batteries and they have not publicised you get a new battery, but it has been £79 and people haven't known about it. and they are saying in is in announcement they will s

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.ter where the remains of king richard the third were discovered. the amazing find put leicester in the global spotlight and finally solved the mystery of where the king had been buried. now the medieval site will be protected for future generations. amy harris reports. king richard iii's remains were found ina king richard iii's remains were found in a leicester council car park, which centuries before was a mediaeval monastery. remarkably, the greyfriars site has survived as the city developed around it and now its remains are in the spotlight. rented government protection on the advice of historic england. a very few of these are scheduled and protected in this way. in town and city centres. primarily because often the sites have been built upon, so the assessment and designation of it isn't the right to manage it. what isn't the right to manage it. what is incredibly unusual here is that the site has remained relatively open since the mediaeval period and has not been encumbered by

0ur techology correspondent is rory cellan—jones is here. let's start with uber.g more drama. this company that has grown into one of the most powerful in the world, still privately held, having all sorts of disasters. we had them accused of hiring ex—cia agents to spy on rivals. a trial which is supposed to be getting underway where they are accused of industrial espionage against google's self driving car division. that has been delayed? yes, because of new information. a dramatic day in court with a former uber employee coming in and spilling the beans about their use of covert surveillance on their rivals. rumbling on in the background is all of this app fallout from the hack. yes, we heard here in the uk, 2.7 million uk users probably had their information exposed during that hack 13 months ago, which we are just learning about now! surprise surprise. and more bad news on the actual numbers. they are trying to close this deal with softbank to ta ke close this deal with softbank to take a share in the company, but they had to share information of further losse

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.mmissioned a survey to give some indication of the scale of the problem, particularly among young people. it found that almost one in ten of 16 to 25—year—olds questioned, found themselves sofa surfing for over a month, and that more than a quarter had done it for over a week. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has this special report on britain‘s young hidden homeless. time passes slowly if you‘re homeless. for some, most days are spent waiting and hoping, waiting for the phone to ring, hoping they will have a bed tonight. so there won‘t be any further assistance? is there anything else we could look at possibly? all right, thank you for that. sam‘s local council paid for a room for a few nights as temperatures fell below zero, but with the nights becoming warmer sam‘s prospects have called. hi, my name‘s sam north, i‘m ringing up forjanet regarding the room. with the council withdrawing support, the 23—year—old who has spent time in prison and suffers from mental healt

here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. is this about selling more iphones?bout managing the performance of all iphones, where their lithium batteries get gradually less effective. in cold weather their phones can shut down without warning so what they are doing through a software update is gradually lowering the performance of the phone, putting less strain on it so the battery is less effective than doesn't shut down. it seems a good enough explanation but a lot of people are not impressed it has taken apple more than a year to come clea n taken apple more than a year to come clean about this. thank you. official photographs of prince harry and his american bride—to—be, meghan markle, have been released by kensington palace to mark their engagement. an intimate black and white portrait of the couple and a more formal image of them holding hands were taken by fashion and celebrity photographer alexi lubomirski earlier this week at frogmore house in windsor. birmingham has been confirmed as host of the 2022 commonwealth games. the city's bid was the only one

but some are warning the bubble is set to burst, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones explainscy which is the future of money or a dangerous bubble built on hype. but the value of bitcoin has soared more than threefold this year. and alessandra sollberger is one of the few people who has made serious money from it. as you can see, in 2012 it was about $9, that was for around 400 bitcoins. and fast forwarding we are at about $18,000. she's sold a lot of her coins to fund her nutrition business but still has a feud. but still has a few. you have a dozen or so, what is that worth? 0ne bitcoin is worth around $18,000, so you do the maths. that kind of story has sparked a gold rush. at this london cafe there is a bitcoin cash machine, you put in £20 notes and a tiny fraction of a bitcoin is transferred to your phone. what happens to you if they all go to nothing tomorrow? i'm holding, i will hold it. i have faith it will all go back up, even if it collapses i will hold it. unlike a normal currency, bitcoin is not controlled by any central bank or governments. instead it depends on a

but some are warning the bubble is set to burst, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones explainsital currency which is the future of money or a dangerous bubble built on hype. —— there is some flash photography. but the value of bitcoin has soared more than threefold this year. and alessa nd ra more than threefold this year. and alessandra sollberger is one of the few people who has made serious money from it. as you can see, in 2012 it was about $9, that was for around 400 bitcoins. and fast forwarding we are at about $18,000. she's sold a lot of her coins to fund her nutrition business but still has a feud. you have a dozen 01’ still has a feud. you have a dozen orso, still has a feud. you have a dozen or so, what is that worth? 0ne bitcoin is worth around $18,000, so you do the maths. that sort of story has sparked a gold rush. at this london cafe there is a bitcoin cash machine, you put in £20 notes and a tiny fraction of a bitcoin is transferred to your phone. what happens to you if they all go to nothing tomorrow? i'm holding, i will hold it. i have faith it will all go bac

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. about 4% of the country that is left in the slow lane but it gets all the more frustrating for them as it goes on. ofcom worked out recently there is something like 1.1 million homes and businesses across the uk just not getting the kind of broadband they need to do simple tasks. so, from 2020 they are going to be given a legal right to a minimum service of 10 megabits per second, what's called a universal service obligation, that still not that fast. ofcom reckons superfast broadband is defined as 30 megabits per second. berget into that 10 megabits a second is going to be quite a challenge, the government must work out which companies will do it, what technologies they are going to use to do it and it will not even then end up covering absolutely everyone. will be a maximum cost. if you live up the mountain and they work out it will cost thousands of pounds you will still have two whistle for your broadband, i'm afraid. rory, thank you very much. a brief look at some of the day's ot

our technology orrespondent rory cellan—jones is here. and that means what?ty fla ky to something which has been seen as pretty flaky by traditional finance industries, something used by criminals to hide their traces are possibly by people to money—laundering. now you can bet on the future of bitcoin, you can work out what it might be worth in a month, on a traditional exchange, and the reaction has been to bet it will continue to rise. that has been going on for 18 months, a bubble people are expecting to burst. everyone in finance says this is too good to last. but they had a split view. they want to have some stake in it but are concerned it is a dangerous phenomenon. the other worrying thing concerning regulators is lots of ordinary people who can't afford to lose money are saying this looks good, i had better get in. stories of people borrowing money to invest, properly not a good idea. the football association has launched an investigation after an altercation following the win by manchester city at old trafford yesterday. there were reports of water a

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is here.s derby, will reflect on the fact it was the result that almost certainly ensured that manchester city will finish this season as champions, rather than the milk or the cut eye. simon, thank you for keeping us up—to—date. that isa you for keeping us up—to—date. that is a all the sport for now, more in the next hour. bitcoin has beenen the rise of late. let us do a reminder and explainer in more detail about what it is. yes, it is something of a mystery. it isa yes, it is something of a mystery. it is a virtual currency invented by a man called some years ago, we don't know who he was, its a piece of software, and it is created by a process called mining which involves com pletes process called mining which involves completes solving ever more complex mathematical problem, that process, was causing a lot of concern at the moment, that process of creating bitcoin is using vast amounts of electricity, as enough as the whole of ireland uses in a year, so, it is a complex process and and it

joining me is rory cellan—jones, our technology correspondent. give us a bit of background to this.hey are doing it deliberately to make me buy a new one. i thought this was largely conspiracy theory, but apple has come out and said it's true. but what they are doing is they issued a softwa re what they are doing is they issued a software update last year in fact that deliberately slows down the operation of older models, and they say that's because older models have older batteries, and lithium iron batteries really slow down over the yea rs. batteries really slow down over the years. what can happen, especially in cold weather, is those phones can shut down without any warning. they say that this slowing down of the whole system puts less strain on it, and therefore you don't get that sudden shut off. it smooths things out. so you get a more reliable but a slower service. how long has this been going on? and why have they not admitted it before now? well, this is apple, to the call, if you will pardon the pun. it really wants to control the message. it didn't want this message to