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. Hes fine, he is fast asleep, so im not going to wake him up. Paul is just checking up on a Rough Sleeper here. He says hes in a lot of pain, severe pain, in fact. So paul has called an ambulance to make sure hes 0k. He says he was stamped on by a couple of strangers in the middle of the night. Minutes later, a paramedic arrived and he was taken to hospital with suspected cracked ribs. He was discharged that day. As dawn broke, a Rough Sleeper expressed his frustration. Its horrible, of course its horrible out here. What are you supposed to do, you have no prospects, you know. It is horrible. It does torture you. And people walk past you like you are scum because you have had a problem in life. The future is bleak. Really bleak. There needs to be more help out there. Some charities blame council cuts for putting more Vulnerable People on the streets. Local Authority Budgets have been reduced by around 20 over the last six years. Which they say have led to fewer support services. Homelessness is affected by austerity, the cuts that have come down from nationally, the cuts to the nhs, local authorities and also those in terms of benefit caps, that has a huge impact on why people are on the streets. Birmingham city council are doing a lot to try to reduce this by partnership work, we are working with key agencies, we are doing outreach, surgeries, and we are actually listening to Rough Sleepers. At this centre, they come for relief from the cold. This place is funded through private donations. Paul, who was once homeless, came up with the idea. A lot of these guys in here are skilled people that need a break. Need an opportunity, need a chance. And i think we all deserve that. We all deserve to have a kick start again. And try to get our lives back on track. And thats why places like this are so needed. The government says by 2020 it will have invested more than £500 million on tackling homelessness. But with a further squeeze on Council Spending expected in april, there are concerns that hostels and shelters could be closed down. Forcing more people to live rough. Seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. Our home editor mark easton is here. What can be done about these rising numbers . It is not inevitable and we know with political will you can solve it, in 1999 the Labour Government said there were a certain number of people on the streets and they could reduce it by two years, and they did. They said they would eradicate rough sleeping once and for all, in 2008, they thought they could, and then in 2008 we have the financial crash, policies of austerity and Welfare Reform were introduced to deal with the economic crisis and critics say, as you heard, that exacerbated the homelessness crisis. The figures for those Sleeping Rough have been increasing rapidly over the last few yea rs. Increasing rapidly over the last few years. A couple of examples. Christchurch in dorset, no one star there in 2010 but today ten people are on the streets. No one slept rough there in 2010. In brighton, down 144, and that 4000 figure that we have been quoted, that is an estimate, probably underestimate of the numbers sleeping on any one night across a year. Tens of thousands of people are bedding down over the year. There have been schemes, the government is supporting a private members bill which will put a duty on local authorities to try and prevent homelessness. Something already exists in wales, and there is some money for that, some, but no one thinks this is the answer to rough sleeping and in the end you have got to find places for people to afford to find places for people to afford to be able to live in. Thanks for joining us. Now that he is President Donald Trump is wasting no time in returning to those pledges he made during the election campaign. Today he is announcing his plans for Immigration Control including the controversial promise to build a wall between United States and mexico. 0ur Correspondent james cook reports from the border between the two countries. Donald trumps vision of a fortress america was at the heart of his Controversial Campaign for the presidency. Now in office, he faces the challenge of pulling up the drawbridge, by strengthening and extending the existing barriers on his countrys frontier with mexico. Ultimately it will come out of what is happening with mexico and we will stop those negotiations relatively 0011. Stop those negotiations relatively soon. When will construction begin . As soon as we can physically do it. As soon as we can physically do it. A few months . I would say so, yes. Mexico continues to resist any effort to make it pay for the wall. Here in the Mexican Border city of tijuana, Business Leaders are worried about the impact on trade and sceptical about the president s plans. The problem is that the majority of americans are not really familiar with the border. And consequently the idea of a wall seems to be appealing. We already have one. We call it the tortilla curtain. But the truth of the matter is that, you know, i think that is a symbol. This fence at the Pacific Ocean is the very start of the land border between mexico and the United States, and President Trump has always said he wants to build a much taller, much better, much bigger wall, stretching all the way from here, nearly 2000 miles, to texas. This land is your land this land is my land but even in liberal california, there is backing for President Trumps hard line on immigration, not least from these supporters who call themselves the trumpettes. I think it is a good thing. I always say my scripture is ezekiel 22 30. I sought for a man who would build a wall. And i was reading that the other day and itjust stuck out in my spirit because we need protection. And i pray for america and i pray that god will shore up the border of our nation. The president s exact plans are not yet clear but it is reported he will sign orders suspending the arrival of refugees and halting immigration from certain nations where muslims are in the majority. Mr trump says this will be a big day for national security. It will also be a big test of his resolve. James cook, bbc news, on the Us Mexico Border. 0ur North AmericaEditorjon Sopel is in washington. This is part of a Security Agenda and we are learning more about what donald trump would like to do to make america safer. Yes, there is a d raft make america safer. Yes, there is a Draft Executive Order which sounds like a throwback to the george bush era, talking of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and extraordinary rendition, waterboarding. The kind of methods which can be used against potential terrorists outside of america, at guantanamo bay, reversing the policies which have been introduced by 0bama To Stop Torture which had been voted on by congress. This is controversial star. He will face opposition from republicans and democrats and even maybe his own Defence Secretary this is controversial stuff. Thanks. The Prime Minister says the government will, after all, publish a detailed Policy Document Setting out its plans for leaving the eu. Theresa may has been under pressure from labour and some of her own mps to lay out her plans in whats called a white paper. Legislation to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu is set to be introduced tomorrow. 0ur deputy Political Editor john pienaar reports. Remember him in the goggles . A once dominant pm out on his ear when britain chose brexit. What happens next . David camerons Doing Charity Work now, today visiting a medical research lab. Are you worried about defeat Prime Minister . Now, his successors got her hands full with the tactical battle for brexit. And today theresa may kept a half step ahead of her critics. Shed outlined her brexit game plan in a big speech. They wanted it in black and white. And as the time came for questions. A concession. She had held off promising mps a policy paper but now. I can confirm to the house that our plan will be set out in a white paper published in this house. Jeremy corbyn was caught on the hop. Could we know when this white paper is going to be available to us . But he ploughed on. Will they withdraw the threats to destroy the social structure of this country by turning us into the Bargain Basement she clearly threatens . But the Prime Ministers kept the initiative and the brexit paper is unlikely to tell mps more than they know now. It was an easy concession for theresa may to make but tory mps worried about brexit welcomed it. She is also keen to appear ahead of the game when she visits donald trump in the white house later this week. And she told mps she wont duck policy differences. Im not afraid to speak frankly to a president of the United States. Im able to do that because we have that special relationship. Mps queued to offer issues where she could take on the new president. He must abide by and not withdraw from the paris Climate Change treaty. President trump has repeatedly said he will bring back torture as an instrument of policy. When she sees him on friday, will the Prime Minister make clear that in no circumstances will she permit britain to be dragged into facilitating that torture . Will the Prime Minister tell President Trump that she is not prepared to lower our food and Safety Standards or to open Health Systems for privatisation . Her answer. She and her government would stand their ground. We will put uk interests and uk values first. Anotherformer Prime Ministers been in brussels. Tony blair knows getting close to the white house at the wrong time can end badly, and mps on all sides are anxious theresa may remembers that lesson. John pienaar, bbc news, westminster. Rescue teams in italy have found more bodies in the ruins of a hotel that was struck by an avalanche last week. In all 24 people were killed with five people still missing. 0ur rome correspondent James Reynolds has been speaking to two people who survived and they say its like being born again. How many of us will ever know what its like to come back to life . On saturday these two people were appalled from the hotel. The couple had been trapped underground for 59 hours were appalled. This afternoon we met them at home, they tell be what happened when the avalanche it. Translation tell be what happened when the avalanche it. Translatiosz tell be what happened when the avalanche it. Translation it felt like a avalanche it. Translation it felt likea bomb, avalanche it. Translation it felt like a bomb, i felt glass exploding and it felt as if an entire wall had hit me. Somewhere underneath these tonnes of snow and debris, they were jammed together in a tiny space. Translation i looked at Vincenzo NibaliIsi Translation i looked at Vincenzo Nibali is i was panicking, the first thing he told me was, we have got to become. Wejust thing he told me was, we have got to become. We just have to wait. I touched him to see if we were ok, if we we re touched him to see if we were ok, if we were injured. We were lucky, we we re we were injured. We were lucky, we were alive. I thought we would be trapped for a week, i did not want to tell her. After two days rescuers made contact with them. Translation when we heard a rescue it was as if an angel was talking to us. As if someone an angel was talking to us. As if someone had come to pick us up literally from under the ground, i was born again. It was a miracle. I feel as if id been brought to the world for a second time. And this time not by my mum, but by god. They survive, but many others died. One week on, rescuers continue to search for those still missing under the snow. James reynolds, bbc news, central italy. Our top story this evening the thousands who sleep rough on our streets latest figures on homelessness in england show its more than doubled since 2010. And still to come the woman who was told to wear heels at work or go home, turns out shes far from being alone. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News usain bolt is stripped of one of his nine olympic gold medals, after his teammate nesta carter was found guilty of doping, at the 2008 beijing olympics. British scientists have identified 14 new developmental disorders affecting children. They sequenced the genes of thousands of children with rare, undiagnosed conditions from across the uk. Pinpointing the genes responsible should lead to a greater understanding of the serious disorders which affect the development of the brain and body and might eventually lead to treatments. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. Caitlin, so nice to meet you. A big moment for these two families, meeting for the first time. Ten year old tamika and nine year old caitlin have the same newly identified Genetic Condition called cdk 13 disorder. There are only 11 known cases in the uk. The girls are so alike, they could be sisters. Living so close, we could have easily bumped into each other. We could have gone home with the wrong child. Looking at them, it would have been easy. They are so similar. Its quite amazing to finally come across somebody who also has a child so different to anybody elses child and, yet, here we are and they are like twins. They are. To look at them, they are so similar, arent they . The developmental disorder affects the girls learning and communication. Tamika has good language skills, caitlin has only a few words. It gives me hope, as well. Seeing tamika talking so much. It definitely gives me hope that caitlyns speech will form. This is where caitlyn and tamikas Genetic Condition was identified, at the Wellcome Trust institute near, cambridge. They mapped their genes and found an identicalfault in their dna. But the mutation was not passed on by their parents, so how is that possible . Each of us inherit half our dna from our mother, through the egg and through our father in the sperm. Sometimes, when those genes are passed on, spontaneous mutations occur that cause rare developmental disorders in children. The older the parents, the more likely that is to happen. Scientists here have identified 14 new developmental disorders calculated that one in every 300 babies will be affected by a spontaneous Genetic Condition, not carried in their parents dna. In the uk, that amounts to around 2000 children every year. The research, in the Journal Nature provides reassurance for many families all over the country. The discoveries end the long odyssey that these parents have had trying to find the underlying cause of the childs condition. It provides them with the risk of future pregnancies. Which, for these conditions, is actually very low. And it provides opportunities for research into the causes and possible therapies that might be applied. Katja was told last year that she had not passed on tamikas Genetic Condition. And that gave her confidence to have another child, timo, who is unaffected. Both families say being part of this research has been hugely rewarding. Its like belonging to a club or a new found family. Yes. It has felt like weve been for the whole nine years that theres been no one else out there. But, now, knowing that there are other families its all changed. All changed . Yes, completely. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Laws to prevent women being discriminated against when it comes to dress codes at work arent being enforced properly according to a group of mps. The report was commissioned after a receptionist was sent home for not