On the streets in england reaches the highest level since current records began. And, after his best performance in a grand slam today, britains kyle edmund stops at the semifinal in the Australian Open. Its 5 00. Our main story is that president trump, at the start of his visit to the World Economic forum in davos, has predicted a tremendous increase in trade between the uk and usa. He spoke after he held talks with theresa may and insisted that both countries were joined at the hip on military matters. Mr trumps trade policies, and his America First approach , are under scrutiny at the gathering of the worlds political and business elite. Its rare for a serving us president to attend the forum, and the president , who recently cancelled a visit to the uk, also rejected claims that there were growing differences between britain and america, no least on the global terror threat. Our correspondent Richard Lister has the latest. Sweeping in across the mountains, the first sitting us pres
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
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
To explain his presence. Tens of thousands of free water refill points will be set up across england in a bid cut the number of plastic bottles being thrown away. Three Million People fall victim to scams, tricked out of millions of pounds a year. So theres a new scheme launched today to warn people of the dangers and how to spot dodgy deals. Ill look at how it works. Im Still Standing after all this time. A long goodbye from sir eltonjohn as he announces an end to touring after 300 more concerts. And matt has the weather good morning. Nowhere near as work and indie out there this morning but cooler, most start dry but showers developing later. Details on that and yourfull developing later. Details on that and your full weekend forecast coming up. Thanks, matt, see you later. Good morning. First our main story theresa may will use a speech at the World Economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on Technology Companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material onlin