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roger federer reaches his first grand slam final in two years with victory over swiss compatriot stanislas wawrinka at the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may is expected to become the first world leader to meet america s new president this evening when she addresses republican congressmen in philadelphia. tomorrow, she will travel to the white house for formal talks. the prime minister is expected to tell her audience tonight that a sovereign, global britain wants to enhance ties with its old friends . but some politicians here have reacted to the meeting with misgivings, after mr trump said he supported the use of waterboarding in interrogations. here s our political correspondent, carole walker. theresa may says her meeting with president trump will be an opportunity to renew the special relationship, to discuss a future trade deal and the importance of strengthening defence and security cooperation. but how will she res ....
well on the way to 2 billion friends facebook gets more popular, more profitable and more powerful than ever before. plus, driving a brexit bargain why britain s the place to snap up a cut price supercar. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: a rare bit of good news for mexico s car industry but first. we start with facebook because despite predictions of a slowdown, the world s biggest social network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. they round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on earth. its massive reach has also of course raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have and the reliability of information that s shared on it. so let s give you an idea of how big facebook now is. by the end of last year, over 1.86 billion people around the ....
by a deal to plug the bhs pensions back by coal. £360 million to be paid. it endsa by coal. £360 million to be paid. it ends a long running dispute with regulators. newcastle take a big step into returning to the premier league. they go to the top of the championship. and the not so bonny banks of loch lomond why wild campers are no longer welcome. it looks like they are. cowell has the rest of the weather. happy st david s day. it is a chilly start, the risk of ice. already some rain coming into the south west. behind it in the south, it will become very windy later on. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has promised a new chapter of american greatness in his first speech to congress. he also appealed for unity, saying the time for trivial fights had passed. in an hour long speech he promised extra spending on infrastructure, the military, and pledged to tackle illegal immigration and terrorism. our corres ....
welcome to bbc news. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by angry headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. she was addressing the association of school and college leaders conference in birmingham. she insisted grammar schools helps disadvantaged children close what she described as the attainment gap. but the head teachers general secretary attacked the grammar school plans saying there was no evidence they would raise standards or improve social mobility. she also faced criticism from heads over schools funding, they say lack of money is pushing up class sizes and forcing them to cut gcse subjects. correspondent gillian hargreaves is at the conference for us. hargreaves is at the conference for us. between now and easter there will be a number of teaching union conferences. first this morning, headteachers here in birmingham. justine greening could have been left in no doubt about how strong their grie ....
welcome to bbc news. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by angry headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. ms greening was addressing the association of school and college leaders conference in birmingham. she insisted that grammar schools helped disadvantaged children close what she described as the attainment gap . but the headteachers general secretary attacked the grammar school plans, saying there was no evidence they would raise standards or improve social mobility. ms greening also faced criticism from heads over schools funding. they say lack of money is pushing up class sizes and forcing them to cut gcse subjects. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it and partly because it saves money for the shcool. the only reason we can survive is we are car ....