Their prey become more agile so they can escape at the last minute. And does this womans face look familiar . It turns out the basel mummy is a distant relative of borisjohnson. Good morning. Its january the 25th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Official figures show that recorded crime in england and wales rose by 14 in 2017. In the 12 months to last september, knife crime rose by 21 , sex offences by 23 and robbery by 29 . Knife crime rose by 21 . However, the separate crime survey based on interviews with 35,000 households suggests that crime continued to fall. Lets speak to david jamieson, the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands. Thank you forjoining us. The figures in the West Midlands, 431,000 total recorded crimes, and thatis 431,000 total recorded crimes, and that is an increase in line with whats happening across the country. What do you put it down to . Crime has risen in the West Midlands in accord with the rest of the country. We have lost over 2000 of our uni
Begins tomorrow with High Expectations in scotland as they face wales this weekend. Good morning. Its friday 2nd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has insisted she is delivering what the british people want on brexit, amid pressure to set out where she stands on britains future trade agreements. Speaking at the end of a trade visit to china, the Prime Minister said britain would not face a choice between a free trade deal with the eu after brexit, and striking deals with the rest of the world. Downing street says billions of pounds worth of deals have been signed during the three day visit. Earlier, the Prime Minister spoke to our Political Editor Laura Kuenessberg and said her trip would help boost British Trade prospects after brexit. It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control of our money, our borders and our laws. Its exactly what we are doing. What i am showing in china is how we can ensure that we actually enhance our t
Here ten years, and 100 games, anyway, so its been brilliant. Pied england coach eddiejones has named his team for their title defence against italy in rome on sunday. The surprise selection is worcesters ben teo at outside centre. The headline here is the selection of ben teo at outside centre. Many thought it would not be fit, but he went off to australia to get the rehab funded out of his own pocket, and he is ready to play his first game since october. His selection at number13, game since october. His selection at number 13, with Jonathan Josephs dropping to the bench, gives you some insight that he is looking for the powerful figure some insight that he is looking for the powerfulfigure in the midfield. Courtney laws and Chris Robshaw in the back row. Alec hepburn will make his england debut from the bench, and there has been so much talk about the missing players, but ultimately, most of englands big guns are here, as they go to rome fully loaded, as they look to start off these
Calm after the storm, lucy . It certainly is. A quieter day on the cards. But there are heavy showers to look out for. Ill have more of the detail also on extreme weather temperatures across the globe. Also, water on tap plans to set up thousands of free water refill points in a bid to cut the number of plastic bottles that we use. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im simon parole board coy. Just a couple of hours ago in a bbc interview theresa may said the uks relationship with the United States was as strong as it ever has been and right now, shell be finding out if thats true as she talks to donald trump for the First Time Since their transatlantic twitter spat over extremism. Theyre both in davos in switzerland for the World Economic forum. Shes just finished a speech there telling her audience that britain is at the forefront of Digital Business and ai. She also told the Big Tech Companies to clean up their act. We need to go further, she said, to prevent the spread of harmf
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 temperat