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
Cioss reference awards. If he did something wrong, cross reference it, make 100 certain it was a correct match and kill him. We will preview the runners and riders ahead of todays announcement. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We will be talking to nigel farage about the future of ukip. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is expected to call for an extra one hundred Million Pounds a week for the nhs at a Cabinet Meeting later this morning. Hell make his case when the Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, gives an update to his ministerial colleagues on how the nhs is coping this winter. Lets head straight over to westminster and get more on this from our political guru norman smith. A very good morning to you, norman. Why is the foreign secretary asking for more funding for health . why
Supporter and critic before 10am. And a court in liverpool has been told theres been a further decline in the condition of alfie evans, the baby at the centre of a legal battle about the withdrawal of life support. Well speak to his father whos fighting against the decision. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later in the programme, well hearfrom katie price. Shes talking to mps today to try and make online abuse a specific crime. As youll know, her son harvey has been subject to some really horrible abuse through most of his life. And well hear from lauri love the alleged computer hacker accused of stealing info from Us Government Computer Systems. Hes won his legal battle against extradition to america. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Plus, can i saw a ver
Yea rs take off in next hour. And it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. So what went wrong . Xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed b
Right. Once again it has got was gripped. It is tense in the latest womens match. More on that and all the sport coming up later. Sarah keith lucas has the weather. Calm for now . It is. We have got some rain in the east. Things are set to turn colder, perhaps even some snow showers later in the week. All the details in about half an hour. Also coming up. The big winner at the baftas ladies in black. The colour on the red carpet as the stars came out in support of the metoo movement. But for the best actress a need to address the dress issue. I have a little trouble with compliance. Good afternoon. There seems to be a broad acceptance that the Current System of university funding, whereby all undergraduate courses in england cost more than £9,000 a year in fees, needs to change. Students currently face one of the most expensive systems of University Tuition in the world. In the next few minutes, the Prime Minister will announce a review of education for over 18s. Labour has already sa