Of his record nine gold medals through no fault of his own. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, Serena Williams says britainsjohanna konta can be a future grand slam champion, after knocking her out in this good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a sharp increase in the number of Homeless People with more than half the councils in england recording a rise. On a single night last year more than 4,000 people were Sleeping Rough thats according to the government figures. It amounts to a 16 jump on the year before campaigners say its an appalling rate. 0ur Midlands Correspondent sima kotecha reports now from birmingham one of the areas with the largest number of Homeless People. As the darkness creeps in, the wind chill begins to bite. Those who have nowhere to go look for shelter. Volunteers roam the streets, making sure nobody has died because of the cold. One of those workers is paul aitken. The young man there, im just checking that he is breathing and he is ok
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
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