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
Back to the penins law. Look at the heavier shade of green. Thats where we are looking at heavy. It picks up as we get down toward union city. But the heaviest rain has been confined in the upper elevations where monterey has seen in excess of 4. 5 inches. The Santa Clara Valley just a quarter inch. More to come with a Flash Flood Watch along the coast for the coastal flood watch. But then right along the southwestern portion of santa clara and santa cruz we are looking at the potential for some flooding downwind of the debris flow of the loma fire. More on the forecast coming up. Carolyn. Thank you. As lisa said, the bay area is bracing for more rain today. Its a welcome site for many, but in the Santa Cruz Mountains, there could be flooding and mudslides in the loma fire burn area. Thats where we find abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley. Good morning, leslie. We are just off highway 17 off of summit road. The rain has picked up pace in the last hour. The big fear is erosion. There are
And the n poll that had hillary up 11 points. Can trump make a comeback. Republican Campaign Headquarters in North Carolina fire bombed overnight and burned out. Trump tweeted that animals had done it. He says its part of a totally rigged election with help from the media. Hes urging supporters to monitor polling stations. Ive got one more thing for you, more talk about a financial crisis, dead worldwide, that, says wellknown economist, samuelson, is a big problem. Were off and running, exciting times for politics and money and thats what we do, politics and money. Varney company is about to begin. Mosul, second largest city in iraq, the battle to liberate it from isis control is now underway, its started. There are up to 2000 isis fighters in the city. Reportedly theyve boobytrapped the whole place, anywhere from a million civilians in there as well. Colonel ralph peters will join us. U. S. Forces are a part of the battle for mosul. Remember this, a g. O. P. Office in North Carolina f