Katty. We will be speaking to a criminologist about the spike of crime in england and wales. That is all ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sports day. Sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up cilic ends edmunds remarkable run in melbourne. Not on the shortist and forced to apologise for sexists tweets why phil neville was the fas leading candidate for the england womens job. He fitted to 80 what i had been looking for, and the moment that i spoke to him, i was really sure from that first moment that he was the right man for the job. Why curling will be a Family Affair for the Scotland Team at the Winter Olympics. Yes it was unchartered territory for kyle edmund at this years Australian Open the farthest hes been at a grand slam, but the semi finals is where that journey ended for the british number two following a straight sets win by the world number six marin cilic this morning. Hywell griffiths is in melbourne. What 82 mac weeks it has been for kyle
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
That our species was living outside africa some 80,000 years earlier than previously thought. And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of serious Violent Crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. And official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. However, a separate survey based on peoples experiences rather than figures recorded by the police suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after meschak cornelio first tried out the bike he had been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a father to see his son dea
Resigns after it emerged that oxfam aid workers paid for prostitutes while working in haiti. Plus he used to be the president s of georgia that Mikhail Saakashvili and join the Ukrainian Government then he became a protest leader. To poland to find out why. The Winter Olympics are fierce winds have been making life difficult for competitors and. Bush should think events be taking place asshole. Welcome to the program the leaders of south africas ruling party the African National congress are meeting to decide the future of the countrys embattled president pressure on jacob super house been growing since december when he was replaced as a. And see lida by the countrys Deputy President still rather a seventy five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine is currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down the president could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeac
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