Once homeless, came up with the idea. The bus will offer people hope and opportunity, some support from a postal address, to be able to register with a gp, doctors, being able to acquire id and have somewhere safe to store personal belongings, so all of the basic, fundamental things that anyone requires to live. Rough sleeping is often a sign that people are struggling to get help with Mental Health and drug and alcohol problems, as well as having no home. Ministers say they are committed to ending the problem by 2027. Its going to be difficult. Now all the weather prospects. A much quieter today, with storm georgina out of the way. The best brightness in the east, with plenty of blue skies, sent in by a weather watcher in leicestershire. These showers largely focused around this feature, heading east through the day, with the heaviest showers in the west. Moving through this evening and overnight, they gradually push further east, beginning to fizzle out in the west, allowing temperatures to fall away, and perhaps frost to begin the morning in some parts of scotland and northern ireland. In the south and northern ireland. In the south and east, temperatures not as cool. 0n and east, temperatures not as cool. On friday, this area of High Pressure in charge of our weather, keeping things largely dry and settled, with a northerly wind direction, so it will not feel particularly warm. A touch of frost for some of us in the north and west. The cloud quickly breaking up to allow for more brightness. Plenty of sunshine and it wont feel too bad with light winds, despite not feeling particularly warm. Get afternoon. You are watching bbc news. Good afternoon. The dream run is over for kyle news. Good afternoon. The dream run is overfor kyle edmund. He was beaten in straight sets by world number six marin cilic. It was edmunds first grandstand semi. He showed signs of mixing with the wells best. From east yorkshire, to melbourne, kyle edmund, in every sense, has come a long way. His arrival has been a surprise to some. Now, could his extraordinaryjourney continue . To go further he would have to stand his ground against marin cilic that is anything but easy. The travails of this tournament seemingly now taking their toll, kyle edmund outplayed from the start. The first set lost, there was to be some encouragement, first from his coat and then a disputed line call, a lengthy row, and fora disputed line call, a lengthy row, and for a moment it seemed like the spark he needed. That took him towards a tie break. But once again the challenge of marin cilic was proving too much. Having come so far for edmund there was now no coming back. The croatian at times quite brilliant. The young britsjourney atan end brilliant. The young britsjourney at an end but everything suggest there is plenty still ahead. The womens trophy will have a new champion because neither simona halep nor Caroline Wozniacki have w011 halep nor Caroline Wozniacki have won grandson before. Simona halep came toa won grandson before. Simona halep came to a cracking semi against angelique kerber, winning the decider 9 7. I tried to be very calm. Today it was like a roller coaster, up and down. I didnt give up. Not even a ball. What matters is that. Because if you dont give up you can win the match in the end. I did it really well and im proud of myself, actually. Applause rightly so. David horsey has a two shot lead after the first round of golfs dubai desert classic. He had a nine under par round of 63. An impressive first day for him. The field includes two time winner rory mcilroy, who was only two back on seven under par. Chris paisley and Tyrrell Hatton are also on seven under par. Ahead of the fourth 0di in australia, moeen ali has been talking about the determination in the camp. England looking to avenge their ashes defeat with a whitewash in the one day matches. This is the one series we really wa nt to this is the one series we really want to whitewash. Especially in australia. I dont think weve ever been 3 0 up here before. It is something all of the guys are. After the ashes, you know, even the one day boys are keen to win this 50. Bad news for england before that match because they will be without Liam Plunkett for the remainder of the series after he pulled out with a hamstring injury during their win against australia on sunday. Paula radcliffes mixed gender race world record could be broken by kennys by a kenyan athlete. Her record had stood for 15 years. Athletics world governing body recognises two world records, mixed gender and women only. Last year she broke Paula Radcliffes women only time. Thats all the sport for now. Find out more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website. I will have more in an hour. Thanks very much. New data on how secondary schools in england are performing has been published. Some schools which had previous been high up the League Tables have seen their scores fall but in some cases, that could be down to a big change in how schools are judged. 0ur resident numbers man the bbc news head of statistics, robert cuffe told my colleague Carole Walker about the new system. The government are trying to measure the schools rather than the kids. If you think of the old measuring, how many pupils get five gcses, that is a measure of the teacher, but also a measure of how academically inclined the kids were when they came in. You can see that on this graph. It shows when you take a look at the schools who took in a lot of high achievers, high flyers, early on, they account for most of the schools on the right hand side. Most of the schools who are the top performers. Under the old gcse style measure. The schools on the left, who are not taking in many high flyers, they dont do nearly as well. They account for a tiny proportion. In the new system thats different. If you look at the value added to the kids by the school, you see that gap has flattened out. It hasnt gone away but it has improved significantly. It isnt as tilted towards schools who are taking in a diverse range of kids. What does this mean for parents who are trying to decide where to send their children . It should be easier. It is telling you what the school is doing. The government found that when they showed this new measure to parents they were finding it tricky to get their heads around it. Its a new metric, a new number. The important thing for parents to bear in mind is that this measure is telling you, roughly, if i take my kids, put them in this school, how many grades would they get on average better, than if i put them in a different school. Once you hold that in mind it is easy to think about the measure and bring it in with all of the other things you think about when picking a school. Itll be a significant measure of how teachers are performing, as well. Yes, and for schools. The government are using this as their primary measure to assess how schools are doing. That changes the way teachers think about things. Under the old system where it is about getting over the c threshold, teachers dont get recognised for the progress. But under the new system that does get recognised. Shifting the goalposts in that way can be helpful. But on the downside, if one of your kids has a total exam blow out, and they completely underperform compared to how you expect, that can wipe out the progress a lot of other children in your class have made. There are positives and negatives to the new system. The law of joint enterprise where someone can be convicted of murder even if they did not inflict the fatal blow is being debated by mps in parliament. Two years ago the Supreme Court ruled that the law had been wrongly interpreted for more than 30 years. Sally halsalls son alex henry was convicted in 201a forjoint enterprise murder. Speaking on the bbcs Victoria Derbyshire programme earlier, sally said she wrongly believed the law change would see fewer cases being brought to trial using the law. I thought theyll get it through the Appeals Court quickly. Hell come home. And so will all of the other prisoners, all 750 of them, we support. Not guilty by association. That hasnt happened because you have had to prove that there was a substantial injustice. How difficult is that prove . It is an impossibly high legal burden. Usually where there has been an error of trial, the court of appeal will look to see if the conviction is on safe. If the conviction is unsafe. That means looking and understanding whether it might reasonably have made a difference to the jurys verdict. But the court will look to see whether the defendant, the appellant, has proved that the change in the law 100 would have made a difference. Under the current law you can be convicted for your mere presence at the scene. If presence continues to be enough, how can we prove the change in the law would have made a difference . Why is it required for an appeal to prove substantial injustice for the joint enterprise law, as opposed to any other criminal offence . They look at the principle of certainty. The idea is that there is a final point where the law is the law and nobody can appeal past that point. That is why we have a 28 day time frame in which someone can appeal based on an error of law. Anyone past the time frame, to uphold the principle of certainty, has to prove substantial injustice. But does it seem unfair, unequal, compared to any other attempts to appeal a crime . It seems unjust. It is injustice. Basically the court are saying anything short of substantial injustice, regardless of it being still an injustice, is ok. Which is ludicrous, considering it is called the justice system. Right. In terms of todays debate in the commons, what are you hoping for . A change in the law. Im hoping my son will come home. But there are so many families that have joined the growing army of ourcampaign group. Because they havent stopped convicting people under the net ofjoint enterprise. Most recently we have had a flurry of 13 and 1a year olds getting life. For many young people, most of the cases, they are minimum mandatory sentences. My son got nine years. He has to serve every single one of those before he can even consider getting parole. Her son was convicted in 2013 for a joint enterprise murder. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first the headlines on bbc News Donald Trump touches down in davos, ahead of meeting theresa may at the World Economic forum. Violent crime has increased by a fifth in the past year according to the latest recorded figures for england and wales. Shops, cafes and businesses are to offer free water refill points in every major town in england within three years. In the Business News the boss of the leading us bankjp morgan has told the bbc it could cut its 16,000 uk workforce by more than a quarter if financial rules diverge after brexit. Speaking in Davos Jamie Dimon said thousands ofjobs could go if brexit talks failed to produce an outcome close to the current arrangements. Britain is still at the front of the queue for a bilateral free trade deal following brexit, according to us treasury secretary steven mnuchin. Hes said that as soon as the uk is ready, the us will be prepared to negotiate an attractive trade deal. It follows worries that britains special relationship with the us was strained. Sky plans to offer all its channels and content available online, meaning customers will no longer need a satellite dish on their property. The pay tv broadcaster already offers some channels online on its now tv platform as well as catch up services. It comes as its operating profits were up 2a in the second half of last year after it attracted 365,000 new customers. In the run up to the brexit referendum the boss of us bank p morgan warned that a vote to leave the eu could result in a,000 ukjob cuts. Jp morgan. That threat seemed to fade to between 500 1000 jobs but now boss jamie dimon, speaking in davos, has said if the deal isnt right the figure could start to climb again. We love working in london. We have lots of people with huge efficiencies. There are huge efficiencies. There are huge efficiencies for the eurozone, as well. But if they say there wont be reciprocal relations, we will have to get rid of those jobs. How many . I dont know, it would be a lot. It would be more than a000. I dont know, it would be a lot. It would be more than 4000. This feels more like a bite than a bark. These are big tariffs on things like solar panels and washing machines, has donald trump started a trade war . |j dont agree. He has raised a lot of trade. Some areas need to be modernised. For the rest of the world, tariffs, nontariff barriers, both legitimate issues. I urge authorities around the world, if there are legitimate issues they should be fixed. The apprenticeship levy is not working thats according to employers groups who say they cant cover training costs and there is too much red tape. Provisional figures published by the department for education show there is a 26 fall in the number of people starting apprenticeships in the uk. The levy is a tax on Large Companies intended to pay for training at Smaller Companies. Mark dawe, chief executive officer, association of employment and learning providers. Hejoins me now. Explain to me briefly, what is the apprenticeship levy and why isnt it working . M briefly, what is the apprenticeship levy and why isnt it working . It is pa rt levy and why isnt it working . It is part of a wider apprenticeship policy. It is a transformational policy. It is a transformational policy. Levies on Larger Companies with payrolls of over 3 million. That raises 2. 5 billion of tax, which is put into apprenticeships, which is put into apprenticeships, which those Larger Companies can then draw down on but also funds apprenticeships for Smaller Companies, as well. What are the issues . Why are employers groups saying it just isnt issues . Why are employers groups saying itjust isnt working . The numbers are down, as you see, 26 . But more worryingly they are down 38 at level two, which is the gcse level. That is worrying because this government is behind both productivity and social mobility. It is having a devastating effect on social mobility. Larger companies are starting to pick up numbers but it is the Smaller Companies around the country which are the bedrock of apprenticeships that are being hit and they are walking away from apprenticeships and something needs to be done about that. You mentioned productivity. Thats one of the reasons why the government is keen on getting these apprenticeships going. The aim behind them seems to be good. Everybody seems to agree with that. The process doesnt seem to be working. What needs to change . There are fantastic opportunities. There are fantastic opportunities. The process needs to change, as he said. All those under 2a should be free. At the moment smaller employers are having to pay a contribution which has never been done before. There needs to be flexibility in the approach to training. And hundreds of providers who are good or outstanding, are being affected by this flawed process , being affected by this flawed process, and we need to get back to them. The target is 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020, will they be able to hit that target . At the moment, no. There were 115,000 stars. By average they need 175,000 sta rts stars. By average they need 175,000 starts per quarter. Thats just stars. By average they need 175,000 starts per quarter. Thatsjust not going to happen unless they make some of these changes. Thank you very much. In other Business News hornby, the model train maker, expects underlying losses to be larger than expected after it decided to stop offering large amounts of stock at discounted prices to retailers and outlets. The firm says some Retail Partners are taking longer than others to accept the new approach. Drinks giant diageo says half year sales rose 1. 7 to £9. 6 billion, but currency movements and other issues including a later Chinese New Year and a ban on selling alcohol near indian highways curbed growth. Profit before tax rose to £2. 2 billion in the six months to december 2017. The number of mortgages given out by uk banks has dropped to its lowest level for nearly five years. Uk finance said there were just over 36,115 mortgage approvals in december, the lowest number since april 2013. The drop occurred despite a reduction in stamp duty for first time buyers, which took effect in november. Two canadian marijuana growers have agreed to merge and create a £a. 2bn company. Aurora cannabis is buying smaller producer cannimed therapeutics after a takeover battle between the firms. Canada plans to legalise Recreational Marijuana beforejuly. Before we go, lets take a look at the markets. The ftse is up, and it would be up further if it werent so affected by the strength of the pound. We have had a real was sentenced over the last few days. It is also to do with dollar weakness, lots of issues around the protectionist views. The euro was doing well. Pound is the strongest, the dollar is the weakest, the euro is somewhere in the middle. The pound and euro, quite good, but the euro is stronger than the dollar. Take a look at brent crude, up to 71 per barrel. Those Rising Oil Prices could have an impact on inflation. Thats it from me. Thanks very much, see you later. The family of a scottish sikh man detained in india say they fear his case could drag on for years. Jagtar sinthohal was arrested last november. The indian Authorities Say he is being held under suspicion of funding Political Violence which he denies. Bbc Asian NetworksPoonam Taneja reports. Leafing through an old family album and reminiscing about happier times. When their son travelled from scotland to marry his bride in india, they thought there would be many more such moments. Thats all changed when police in punjab arrested the 30 year old on suspicion of funding Political Violence. If he was involved, then why is there no proof . There must have been some kind of evidence that they have got that they are talking about. Allegedly they had said it was bank statements. To date they have not produced those bank statements. That was in november last year. Since then the investigation into him has widened and he is being held in a high securityjail. His family in scotland say they are worried about him. Children are always asking the same thing. When is he coming . But we dont have any answer. Translation what is he being blamed for . He has been held for 90 days and we still do not know what they are going to do with him. If he has done something wrong, then bring forward the case so we can contest it. Sikhs across the uk have campaigned for his release. His family say he is only a peaceful activist who went on marches for sikh courses. On marches for sikh causes. But he also went on a website which has people who are identified as militants by the indian government. Looking at that website, it is sympathetic to people that the indian authorities would described as militants. If there was any issues, then i dont think the uk government would have allowed any of the materials on that. We have a freedom of expression in the uk which we can use. The Indian High Commission in london says that he is being investigated over the aiding and abetting of the murders of seven people, and he is being dealt with under due process of indian law. But almost three months after he was arrested there is still no decision on whether to charge him. Poonam taneja reporting there. Scientists in the swiss city of basel have solved a decades old mystery over the identity of a mummified woman and it turns out she is a distant relation of one of our most well known politicians. Imogen foulkes has the details. Back in 1975 workmen were renovating this church in basel and they made an unusual discovery. The body of a mummified woman. She had been buried right in front of the altar and was wearing good quality clothes. She was also quite plump. That indicates a wealthy lady. But although there are many clues as to basels historic merchant families around here, there didnt seem to be anything to indicate who this lady was. There were a couple of hints. For one thing, the body was riddled with mercury. Mercury was a common treatment for syphilis in the 18th century. Whats more, basel historians knew that members of the bischoff family had been buried around here. But it wasnt until the 21st century, and dna testing from the mummys big toe and from a living member of the family that the mystery was finally solved. Anna catarina bischoff, she married a church minister. She contracted syphilis, its believed, while tending patients with the disease. Her mercury treatment finally killed her. There is one big twist to this story, anna had a daughter, also called anna, and she married a man. And that couple are the distant relatives of borisjohnson. We will try to get hold of the foreign secretary for some reaction to the news. Lets check out the latest weather prospects. Storm georgina is out of the way. A much quieter day of weather today. Behind that, more in the way of brightness, plenty of sunshine here in this photo sent in from leicestershire. Not everybody is seeing the brightness, there is plenty of cloud in pembrokeshire. Quite heavy showers working their way east as we move through the day. Largely around this feature. We have pressure waiting in the winds, which will move in on friday and settle things. We will continue to see these showers working east. Some of them are heavy. The odd rumble of thunder not out of the question. This evening and overnight, showers continued to work east. They will fizzle out into the early hours. Western sky is beginning to clear. With clear skies that will allow the temperatures to fall away. A touch of frost possible. In the south and east, where there is more cloud, it will not be quite as cool. This High Pressure will come in. We will see a northerly wind direction, meaning friday is looking cool, but largely dry and bright. A cold start to the day. Tebbutt is close to freezing. They tucked below imrul places. Temperatures close to freezing. A touch below in rural places. Where we have the cloud it wont be as cold, around 6 degrees in london. The cloud will break up throughout the day, brightening up with sunny spells and plenty of dry weather with light winds, it will not feel that bad. Temperatures not particularly warm, a maximum of 9 degrees. Waiting in the winds, our next weather front, which will approach as we move into saturday. Saturday will be milder and wetter. Starting to track the air in from the south west. Which means whilst we will see milder temperatures itll also be cloudy with outbreaks of rain working east through the day. Particularly heavy in the north. But it brings milder air and temperatures creep up to a maximum of 11 degrees. That milder air continues as we move through sunday. Another mile day on sunday. Again with plenty of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. The rain heaviest in the north. Temperatures reaching a maximum of around 30 degrees in the south east. Moving through to tomorrow, High Pressure coming in, settling things, meaning try and bright weather and itll turn milder and cloudy into the weekend. A maximum of around 13 degrees in the south east. Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy, today at 2pm. Theresa may tells World Leaders in davos that a post Brexit Britain will be at the forefront of global business. As what we leave the european union, the uk will continue to be an advocate of free trade. Right now shes meeting us President Donald Trump saying the uks relationship with america is as strong as ever. A surge in recorded crime in england and wales. Its up 1a per cent last year with the highest number of killings and murders for a decade. Rough sleeping in england has increased for the seventh year in a row its now more than double the figure recorded five years ago. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katherine downes. Theres disappointment at the australian open. Yes it is over and out for kyle edmund in australia. He lost the semifinal down in