victoria gill, bbc news. of consumers looking for relief from lockdown boredom. the number of people playing video games during 2020 was up 40% compared to before the pandemic. but will this success continue? and how does the industry plan on keeping the new gamers happy?. earlier i asked russ frushtick, co—founder of the games website polygon in new york, whether this success would carry on in 2021. yeah, i don't know we will maintain the 40% outrageous number it is going this year but i do think we will see many people that for the first time picked up gaming during the pandemic and won't necessarily put it down in the coming years. the percentage, whatever that will work out to be, will be higher than pre— pandemic and that is where the growth has happened. who have been the biggest winners and losers in the business? yeah, i think in terms of winners, nintendo is one of the biggest ones. it had a huge hit with animal crossing and came at a time when people wanted to connect with others in the timing was p

victoria gill reports.strial coastlines to pristine ice—filled waters, one 4.5—year study of the atlantic, exploring and taking samples from 12 regions of this vast ocean, has discovered a dozen species new to science. this creature is a zoantharian. it uses its tentacles to trap food from the water. the researchers also found shellfish and five new species of coral. these static sea bed—dwellers provide the food and shelter that's the foundation of hotspots of life in the deep ocean. you can think of them as underwater cities. the scientists say their atlantic—wide study is just starting to map out where the most important places for life are. we can still say that we know less about the sea floor of the oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or mars. a very small percentage of the sea floor is actually being sampled. that means that pretty much anywhere you go that's new, you're going to find new species, and they might be tiny little worms, nematodes or things like that, but certainly the divers

victoria gill, bbc news. to the roads for essential trips. up to three inches fell in worcestershire and staffordshire with lighter falls as far south as devon. some rail services have been disrupted and there's a met office yellow warning of snow and ice for much of england, wales and parts of scotland until tomorrow morning. let's catch up with the bank holiday sports news, with sarah mulkerrins. thanks, huw. manchester city's premier league match at everton this evening has been postponed, because of a further outbreak of coronavirus cases at the manchester club. the game at goodison park was called off by the premier league just four hours before kick off, following the latest round of covid testing. it follows earlier confirmed cases for gabrieljesus and kyle walker. manchester city have now closed their training ground and academy. leicester moved up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie rep

victoria gill reports.rial coastlines to pristine ice—filled waters, one 4.5—year study of the atlantic, exploring and taking samples from 12 regions of this vast ocean, has discovered a dozen species new to science. this creature is a zoantharian. it uses its tentacles to trap food from the water. the researchers also found shellfish and five new species of coral. these static sea bed—dwellers provide the food and shelter that's the foundation of hotspots of life in the deep ocean. you can think of them as underwater cities. the scientists say their atlantic—wide study is just starting to map out where the most important places for life are. we can still say that we know less about the sea floor of the oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or mars. a very percentage small of the sea floor is actually being sampled. that means that pretty much anywhere you go that's new, you're going to find new species, and they might be tiny little worms, nematodes or things like that, but certainly the diversit

victoria gill, bbc news.report. he's professor of marine biology at the university of edinburgh and leads the changing oceans research group. thank you for being with us. let's talk about the positives first of all. it's very exciting, isn't it, to discover new species? it's fantastic, it is every biologist‘s dream. as we heard in the report when you go to these places we discover new species but one of the really exciting things for us was unravelling how those special places work and the deeply choral is and sponge grounds are just like cities. they recycle waste, look after inhabitants and are super important in ways we did not anticipate before the project started. one of your collea g u es the project started. one of your colleagues said we know less about the ocean floor than the surface of the ocean floor than the surface of the moon or mars. yes, it's true, it's really ha rd the moon or mars. yes, it's true, it's really hard to get the information through the water, its as simple as that. we have to m