tom brada, bbc news. has discovered they were caused by a spectacular murmuration of starlings. neil mcdonald, who works at power firm sp energy networks, spotted thousands of birds "dancing" on overhead power cables. the starlings were causing the lines to bounce and the power to trip between them, causing power cuts in about 50 local homes in airth, near falkirk. you learn something everyday. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. the best of the weather today has been across more eastern parts of the uk, where it has been drier and sunnier. but we are seeing the weather changing from the west. and we have got this set of weather fronts coming in, the cloud already thickening up, and it is rain that is coming into western areas as well. through this evening, that wetter weather in the west will continue to push its way eastwards to many parts of the country. some heavier bursts of rain over the hills, but the rain does tend to peter out before it arrives across east angli

our reporter tom brada investigates. feeling confused? feeling confused ? let feeling confused?oss the world, no matter where they are from, use the same facial expressions to convey how they are feeling. the human face is amazingly complex. it has more than a0 different muscles, allowing it to paul literally thousands of expressions. add to this the geographical and cultural differences from country to country, person—to—person, and you might think that we would have little in common when it comes to how a user faces. have little in common when it comes to how a userfaces. yet research carried out by the university of california berkeley, as well as google, found the very opposite to be true. allen helped develop the technology and led the study. we looked at public videos that we re we looked at public videos that were posted on youtube, largely from people's mobile phones, to be registered in capturing everyday situations, we analyse 6 million videos in total, coming from iaa countries, and to analyse all of those facial expressions we had to build a machine learning algorith

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tom brada reports.n we celebrate christmas during the coronavirus pandemic? well, a woman in brazil has come up with a clever way to raise festive spirits while still keeping people safe. this is fatima sanson, every year she dresses up as mrs claus, handing out gifts and hugs to disadvantaged children in belo horizonte. this year she isn't giving up the tradition, but doing it all through a specially sanitised curtain. translation: i really liked mrs claus' hug, it was warm and nice, i liked it a lot. brazil has been hit particularly hard by the virus. there have been more than 6.5 million registered coronavirus cases and thousands of people have lost their jobs, meaning fatima's work is all the more welcome. translation: i hope that days will come in next year we can hug more, that we can feel that human warmth, because we need it. it's not just the families who are enjoying the benefits of the festive ingenuity. translation: i feel great as well, because of the pandemic, today was the first time i hu

tom brada reports.forgiving vertical drop to one side, it's a litter collection route like no other. it is this man's job to abseil down this mountain in china, cleaning up the waste left by tourists. yang and his gravity defying team, have learned dominic earned a fitting nickname by locals and media who refer to them as spider—men. translation: media who refer to them as spider-men. translationzlj media who refer to them as spider-men. translation: iwas a little nervous when i started but now it is nothing. yang's tea m but now it is nothing. yang's team was set up to deal with waste accumulating on the mountainside, an issue that is u nfortu nately mountainside, an issue that is unfortunately common at chinese beauty spots. but yang has noticed that visitor habitat started to improve. tourists are better behaved in our. when i started there was so much letter could pick ten or even 20 bags. now there is a lot less. it seems like yang and his team's perilous work is paying off. gosh, they are very bra

tom brada reports.cal drop to one side, it's a litter collection route like no other. this man'sjob is to abseil down the mountain, cleaning up the waste left behind by tourists. his gravity defying team have earned a fitting nickname from local media who refer to them as simply spider—man. media who refer to them as simply spider-man. translation: i have no fear. i was a little afraid before when ijust started but now, it's nothing. his team was set up ten years ago to deal with waste accumulating on the mountainside. an issue which is u nfortu nately mountainside. an issue which is unfortunately common our chinese beauty spots. but he has noticed that the visitor habits have begun to improve. translation: tourists are better behaved now. when i started there were so much litter that i could pick ten or even 20 bags. now, there is a lot less. it seems like he and his team perilous‘s work is paying off. they are brave people indeed. not sure i could do that. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ aaron saf

tom brada reports. it's the question millions of people are asking., a woman in brazil has come up with a clever way to raise festive spirits while still keeping people safe. this is the team, every year she dresses up as mrs claus, hanging —— handing out gifts and hugs to children. this year she is giving up the tradition, but doing it all through a specially sanitised curtain. translation: i really liked her hug, it was warm and nice, i liked it a lot. brazil has been hit particularly hard by the virus stop there have been more than 6.5 million registered coronavirus cases and thousands of people have lost theirjobs, meaning fatima was my work is all the more welcome. translation: i hope that days will come in next year we can hug more, that we can feel that human warmth as we need it. it's not just human warmth as we need it. it's notjust the human warmth as we need it. it's not just the families who are enjoying the benefits of the festive ingenuity. translation: i feel great as well, because of the pandemic, today was the first time i hug someone