Its gold again, the triple triple usain bolt is to hand back one of his olympic gold medals because a team mate tested positive for a banned substance. And the woman in charge of British Vogue is to step down after 25 years at the heart of the fashion industry. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, Will Liverpool make it to their second wembley final in two years . Theyre playing southampton in the second leg of the league cup semifinal. Good evening. We start tonight with a Special Report on the marked increase in knife crime. An investigation for Bbc News At Ten has found that, last year, a knife or blade was used in a crime every 16 minutes somewhere in the uk. The number of incidents involving machetes has risen by over 60 in the past the years. The information was provided by Police Forces in england and wales. And records show there were at least 2,300 victims of knife crime last year aged 18 or younger, a rise of 45 over three years in england and wales. Our special correspond
A cheerleaderfor the British Fashion industry for 25 years, now she says she wants to experience a different life, away from vogue. Rebecca jones, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres emily. Tonight, on newsnight, we find out what the mexicans think about Donald Trumps proposed border wall and we speak to the playwright david hare about his new film on holocaust denial. Join me now on bbc two. Thats newsnight, starting over on bbc two. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jessica creighton. On a busy day of sport, heres what weve got coming up. Southampton reach the League Cup Final for just the second time in their history, after beating liverpool at anfield. Bolts triple triple is no more. The Sprint Legend is stripped of one of his nine olympic gold medals, through no wrong doing of his own. And konta well beaten in the Australian Open, but she vows to come back even stronger. Thanks forjoining us. As well as all of that, well have the latest from todays six nations launc
Usain bolts nine fold medals, at three different olympics, was unprecedented. Now, through no fault of his own, that history has been tarnished. The reason lies with this man, nesta carter, bolts team mate in the relay at the 2008 beijing olympics. His start propelled jamaica both to gold and to a world record. But last year, carters sample from these games was retested and today he was found guilty of doping. Under the ioc rules, the whole team is now disqualified. Its an outcome that bolt has feared for some time. I asked him about it back in august in his hometown of kingston. At any point, if i lose one of my medals itd be devastating and stressful, do you know what i mean . To know that, after all that hard work, this would happen. But i think the sport is in a really bad place now and the only place it can go right now is up. It must be hard as well because the triple triple is such a special achievement . Its very, very, very special, but well see. Fingers crossed. Sadly, whilst
Growth figures later. They are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store . In sport, a Wembley Final for southampton. They knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. It has taken tim peake to space and back. Now the Soyuz Capsule is going to be landing in london. Well be finding out why. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today is a cold start to the day. Weve also got a fair bit of cloud around. Some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. Wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. More details in 15 minutes or so. Good morning. First, our main story the us President Donald Trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. But he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring Back Techniques su
Protection measures in sports clubs. We will bring you all the details, including the extra Background Checks you might have to go through if you work with children. Do get in touch on that, it would be really interesting to hear your views, two loopholes they are calling for the government to close immediately. I would be interesting to hear what it is like trying to get a Background Check now if you work with children. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The us President Donald Trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. But he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring back techniques such as Water Boarding. Speaking to the american abc network in his first televised interview since becoming president , he also repeated his pledge to make mexico pay for a wall alon