in. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, is arrested and charged by police. it follows claims against him of sexual harrassment, which he strenously denies. mr salmond is due to appear in court in edinburgh this afternoon. we'll have the latest from there. also this lunchtime... jack shepherd — the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash — protests his innocence after handing himself in. her family accuse him of "unbelievable arrogance". he's been found guilty and convicted of manslaughter. how can someone continue now to still be in denial about their reckless actions? a steep rise in the number of violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales. a warning that, unless we cut down our use of antibiotics, a simple graze could be enough to kill. and fears an entire sea is being swallowed up

by the atlantic ocean, because of climate change. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, rafael nadal makes it look very easy at the australian open as he reaches his fifth melbourne final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has been arrested and charged. he's due to appear at edinburgh sheriff court this afternoon. police haven't yet said what he's charged with. they had been investigating complaints against him of sexual harassment, which he strenously denies. our scotland correspondent lorna

gordon is in edinburgh. lorna. yes, alex salmond, a very well—known figure in scottish politics, in uk politics, is expected to appear here at edinburgh sheriff court in just a short while, after the news that he had been arrested by police. alex salmond, a former first minister, the man who led the snp into government, led the drive for a referendum on scottish independence. a titan of scottish politics. arrested and charged by police scotland and expected to appear here at edinburgh sheriff court later. it's not known what charges he will face. the news comes a fortnight since the former first minister attended a hearing in scotland's highest civil court, the court of session, in edinburgh, when the scottish government conceded that its internal investigation into complaints of sexual misconduct against him was flawed.

that hearing focused on procedures followed, the substance of the allegations. not the substance of the allegations. a separate police inquiry into those allegations has been ongoing. mr salmond strongly denies any wrongdoing, any criminality. a former first minister of scotland requiring to take the administration of the scottish government to court to establish that point should not have been necessary, and the person who is responsible for that, that institutional failure, who is responsible for that, that institutionalfailure, the who is responsible for that, that institutional failure, the permanent secretary to the scottish government, should consider her position and take the appropriate action. there is considerable media interest in this appearance. mr salmond is expected to vigorously defend himself against any charges he may face. lorna gordon, bbc news at edinburgh sheriff court. well, when it comes to the legal

process here in scotland, proceedings are now live and, as a lwa ys proceedings are now live and, as always at this point in proceedings ina always at this point in proceedings in a scottish court, and appearances in private. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon, when asked about what is going on today earlier, said this will be a shock to many people but as police scotla nd to many people but as police scotland had said today, these are now live criminal proceedings and now, more than ever, she said, it would be completely inappropriate for her or anyone else, she said, for her or anyone else, she said, for that matter, to comment in any detail. mr salmond is expected at court here in edinburgh in the next short while. lorna, thank you very much indeed. the family of a woman killed in a speedboat crash have accused the man responsbile of "unbelievable arrogance". jack shepherd is expected to appear in court tomorrow in tblisi in georgia, where he turned himself in to the police yesterday. he went into hiding before his conviction for the manslaughter of charlotte brown. helena lee reports. this is the last photograph taken

of charlotte brown, on the left, that her family has of her. three days later, she was killed in a speedboat crash. this is the upturned boat moments after it happened. both jack shepherd and charlotte were thrown into the cold water. he survived but charlotte died in hospital. yesterday, shepherd, her killer, handed himself in to the police in georgia. he had been on the run for ten months. before he was arrested, he spoke to a russian television station and blamed charlotte's father for his decision to flee. charlotte brown's father is... he works in the prison system in the uk, i believe he is a civil servant of some influence. and this has been apparent throughout the whole process, really. so the cps initially decided not to prosecute. he appealed this. he was able to leverage his power in the system to get a qc appointed to oversee

the whole process, which is very unusual. my lawyers throughout have said this is very unusual. we can't believe this case is happening. but charlotte's father says that couldn't be further from the truth. i have had a very back—seat, low— key role for the last 18 months. nothing to do with this case — and i certainly have no influence or power over anything which has happened. charlotte's sister says she is shocked by jack shepherd's appearance on a russian television station. it seems like he has actually convinced himself that he is innocent in this situation. he has been found guilty and convicted of manslaughter. how can someone continue now still to be in denial about their reckless actions? this is a detention centre in georgia where jack shepherd is being held. authorities will begin extradition proceedings to get him back to the uk.

the former head of extradition at the cps says shepherd is more likely to come home. i have no doubt that the conditions there are absolutely horrendous. if he fights his extradition, drags the whole process out, then he will have a really miserable time. i suspect one of the reasons he has handed himself in is he doesn't want to be a fugitive. and he just wants to get this over with now. do you have any message for a charlotte's family? for charlotte's family? the uk has an extradition treaty with georgia. the process could take months if shepherd fights it, which would prolong the agony for charlotte's family. helena lee, bbc news. our reporter rayhan demytrie is in the georgian capital of tbilisi for us now. what sort of extradition process are we likely to see now? jack shepherd is being held in this pre—trial

detention centre behind me. he is awaiting a court hearing which, as we understand, will take place on friday. and in this court hearing, a judge is expected to make a decision whether to continue keeping mr shepherd behind bars, in detention, while the extradition process is ongoing. the process, according to georgian law, he can be kept in detention for up to 90 days and bad process ca n detention for up to 90 days and bad process can be repeated. the maximum period that they can hold him here is almost nine months —— that process ca n is almost nine months —— that process can be repeated. so the speed of this process depends on the level of cooperation between the georgian and british authorities. and we have heard from the british embassy today, they thanked the georgian police for their support in this case, for their cooperation and they also said that conjure the assistance is being provided to mr

shepherd. we know that he is meeting his lawyers later today and his lawyers said that once they get all the documents related to this case, they will decide on their strategy. rayhan, thank you very much. rayhan demytrie reporting from to the —— tbilisi. . new figures show a sharp increase in the number of violent crimes recorded by the police in england and wales, a rise of i9% last year. among the crimes on the increase — murders, knife attacks and robberies. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is here. just talk us through these figures. of course, these figures make very bad reading indeed and this is up to the year september 2018. crime overall up by 7% and it is violent crime which has seen the most worrying increase. homicides are up by 14%. crimes of violence against the person are up by 19% and knife crime has increased by 8%. of

course, there has been a lot of focus on knife crime in recent months. in terms of homicides, there we re months. in terms of homicides, there were 739 cases of murder or manslaughter and that is up by 90 on the previous year, so that is nearly two more killings a week and that is the highest level since 2007. crimes of violence against the person include a a1% rise in stalking and harassment cases. police chiefs say some of this is down to the way police record crime, but they say there have been a real rises in violent crime and they say it has a devastating impact on victims and theirfamilies. police devastating impact on victims and their families. police of all ranks will say that if you cut officer numbers, and opposite numbers have gone down by 20,000 in recent years, you will see an increase in crime. in response, the home office has said they had listened to police concerns and say there are plans for up concerns and say there are plans for up to £970 million of extra money

for policing. june, thank you. theresa may has been meeting union leaders to discuss her brexit deal. the prime minister held talks with the tuc general secretary frances o'grady, along with the leaders of the gmb, unison and unite. mrs may is trying to get wider support for her withdrawal agreement, after its heavy defeat in the house of commons. from westminster, our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. it is not a site you see every day. the leaders of some of the biggest unions heading into downing street to meet a conservative prime minister. should labour support delaying brexit? brexit of course the subject, number ten seeking support wherever possible. even from those demanding the prime minister changes tack. the prime minister, frankly, has to stop playing to the bad boys at the back of the class and start listening to where i think parliament is, which is wanting no

deal off the table and more time for genuine talks to take place. but even among trade unions, there is division about whether there should be another public vote or if more time is needed before brexit, how long? we have to give a clear indication that the referendum result, which is, what, two years ago, two and a half years ago, that people are not trying to dismiss it by stealth, byjust looking for extension after extension, and i think these awkward issues —— ar awkward issues to find a way through. it is a dilemma for the labour leader, who was in milton keynes today to talk about crime. he is hesitant about another referendum and is yet to decide about whether to back efforts to get brexit delayed to avoid no deal. we are not calling for an extension of article 50 but, quite clearly, if theresa may runs the clock all the way down, mps are going to recognise the dangers of leaving with no deal.

there is pressure from within his own party. some have teamed up with tories to demand another public say. they want the labour leader on board, knowing they don't have the numbers in parliament yet. at a time when labour should be championing a people's vote, the leadership avoids and suffering that call. the problem forjeremy corbyn is if he comes out full throttle behind the idea of another public vote, or a long delay to brexit, he risks alienating those labour supporters who voted to leave. he is struggling to balance the demands of a divided party, just like the prime minister. the government says delays or second votes would only create more uncertainty, insisting that the prime minister's brexit deal can still be salvaged. timing is of the essence. businesses face decisions in terms of their day—to—day planning and those decisions are real, and they want the certainty of the deal the prime minister has to offer. but parliament is still

deadlocked and pulling in different directions. and time is short to find a solution. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, the chief executive of the plane—maker airbus has said a no—deal brexit might mean his company moving its factories out of the uk. tom enders says continuing uncertainty over brexit is a "disgrace" and that britain's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice. our business correspondent theo leggett is here. strong words, then, from airbus. absolutely. i think, frankly, for airbus, the gloves have come. this was a company that, even before the referendum, was explaining why brexit itself would be a bad idea. last year, it warned that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic for the company but now we are getting even stronger language than that and warnings that other countries would be very happy to take the business making wings for airbus planes, currently done in broughton in wales. i think the reason for this

is that in the past, no—deal brexit was seen as is that in the past, no—deal brexit was seen as something theoretical that probably wouldn't happen. now, with the impasse in parliament, it is looking more likely. i spoke earlier to catherine bennett, the company's uk earlier to catherine bennett, the compa ny‘s uk boss earlier to catherine bennett, the company's uk boss and asked her why he airbus had chosen to speak out in such relatively undiplomatic terms now. we felt we were getting to a crunch time. there were a lot of false allegations that a managed no—deal could work and we just wanted to be clear that, for us, it would be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing and satellite parts could potentially get held up. for me, as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing a great international company, like airbus, being affected. that was the uk chief of airbus. obviously people who favour a hard brexit will accuse the company of scaremongering. they have done this in the past. airbus said they have 14,000 in the past. airbus said they have 111,000 employees in this country,

another 110,000 jobs rely on them. can they afford to take that risk? thank you. and later in the programme — if you're baffled by all that brexit jargon you're hearing these days, we'll be explaining it as part of a special day of coverage across bbc news on tv, radio and online. stay with us for that. our top story this lunchtime: alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — is arrested and charged by police. he'll appear in court this afternoon. and coming up — ditching milk. why a growing number of young people are embracing dairy alternatives. in the sport, just over two years after being told she may not be able to play again, petra kvitova reaches the australian open final. scientists meeting in norway are warning that climate change

is redrawing the map of the arctic. in what researchers claim is the first sign of a major modern climatic shift, they say the barents sea, which has been part of the arctic ocean for 12,000 years, is being swallowed by the atlantic. from the norwegian arctic, our environment analyst, roger harrabin, reports. sea ice, formed in the high arctic. it helps create a cold, fresh surface layer that acts as a cap on warm, salty water beneath. but with climate change there is less sea ice getting to norway's barents sea. the north barents sea has been dominated for 12,000 years by sea ice flowing down from the high arctic. now that flow is diminishing and the character of the sea is changing fast. soon, researchers say, the region will have no sea ice at all.

so it will no longer be part of the arctic. it had an arctic type of climate for the last 12,000 years. we are probably witnessing the first modern example of a rapid climate shift where the arctic shrinks in response to global warming. scientists say the barents sea could effectively become part of the atlantic in as little as a decade. let's imagine this is the north barents sea. this blue layer here represents the cold, fresh water flowing in from the high arctic. it is forming a cap on this layer of clear, warm, salty water coming in from the atlantic. but now the high arctic is changing, look what's happening. we are going to use this to give you a very simplistic demonstration. that, in a sense, is what's happening. and it's having a profound effect. research from ships over 50 years in the barents sea shows that the cold

surface layer has been steadily mixing with the warmer layer beneath. the more it mixes, the warmer it gets. and the warmer it gets, the more it mixes. but what does the warming mean for creatures that live in the barents sea? this researcher says species like this brittle star could struggle to survive in warmer waters. these creatures may also be sensitive to warmth. it is a snail giving a piggy back to an anemone. this sea slug loves too. so does this remarkable squid. if too many species are lost to the ecosystem, no—one knows what will happen. everything is depending on each other. so if you pop the ecosystem in one place, there will be a cascade of effect all through the ecosystem. this is a special part of the world where the sun is just returning after a two—month absence.

the profound changes here may be influencing the uk's weather. scientists can't be sure yet. but they say they are struggling to keep up with the human impact on the planet. roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic. donald trump has agreed to delay his annual state of the union speech until the partial shutdown of the us government is over. democrats had said the event couldn't be staged securely with so many federal workers away from work. let's speak to cbs news correspondent marc liverman, who's in new york. is this a climbdown by the president? it's really ha rd it's really hard to say because president trump's supporters still stand behind the man they are elected. the state of the union was due to be scheduled for next week. yesterday afternoon the house speaker revoked the president's invitation to address congress next

week. the president supposedly yielded to the speaker. he said he looked forward to giving a great state of the union address in the near future. nancy pelosi state of the union address in the nearfuture. nancy pelosi responded by saying, i hope that by saying your future, you will support the package to end the shutdown. earlier in that day, the president was looking at other alternatives to delivering the state of the union. at one point the white house was looking at delivering it in writing 01’ even looking at delivering it in writing or even from the oval office. in the end president trump changed course and chose to follow nancy pelosi and not hold the address on to shutdown is over. nancy pelosi had initially told the president to delay his marks are sighting security concerns because of the shutdown which affects the department of homeland security. all of this is happening is more than 800,000 federal workers continue to go without pay and it is only getting worse for them. they are going to miss a second paycheque tomorrow. a lot of them having to turn to food banks, donations, just

to get by. they continue to struggle just to pay rent. and again, with no end in sight on this shutdown. thank you. a simple graze could kill you — that's the warning today from the health secretary, who says the overuse of antibiotics is making infections harder to treat. matt hancock wants a 15% reduction in the amount of antibiotics that are prescribed over the next five years. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. antimicrobial resistance, in other words the ability of bugs to stop drugs like antibiotics from working, is a serious threat. experts say if unchecked, within three decades drug—resistant bugs could kill 10 million people around the world every year. for the first time in man's history, life expectancy will fall dramatically. derek butler lost three members of his family to drug—resista nt superbugs. he now campaigns to raise awareness. a lot of people would probably think it won't affect them. that is exactly what i thought before we started losing the first

member of our family. and i realised this now became my problem and it is everyone's problem because we will all need antibiotics in the future. and if we cherish our children's future, then we must act now. the fear is that if antibiotics stop working, even minor infections from just a simple cut could prove fatal. unless we get a grip on resistance to antibiotics, people will die from these things. and antibiotics won't be able to save them. the uk government is renewing efforts to reduce our current use of antibiotics, which has already fallen, down by 7% since 2014. but the number of drug—resistant infections has increased by more than a third. so now the government wants to cut human use by a further 15% in the next five years. for example, by reducing the number of people picking up infections. drug companies will also be encouraged to produce new antibiotics. they will be paid on the basis of how valuable the drugs

are to the nhs rather than the sheer quantity that are sold. this is a great plan. it is a world first. it is a plan that looks to address antimicrobial resistance, not just here in the uk but globally. and if we get this plan right, we can save millions of lives worldwide in the future. gps have often faced demands from patients to be prescribed antibiotics that are not appropriate to treat a sore throat, for example. but doctors say the message on the overuse of antibiotics does seem to be getting through. i'm actually finding that patients are really themselves becoming concerned about resistance. certainly mothers who come with small children don't want their children to have antibiotics. so, it is a journey that we are on together with our patients. the threat posed by the overuse antibiotics in humans and livestock is very real. this is a worldwide problem which needs a global solution. dominic hughes, bbc news. a growing number of young people

in the uk are embracing alternatives to dairy products. a new survey suggests more than a quarter of them have cut their dairy consumption in the last couple of years. but the research shows little change in attitudes to dairy across the population as a whole. here's colletta smith. i'll have a mocha, one shot with oat milk, please. yeah. soya, nut milk, oat milk — whether in a coffee shop or a supermarket, we're being confronted by a host of different tastes. while the vast majority of homes still have dairy as an important part of their diet, our survey has highlighted a different picture for people under 24. camilla was runner—up on the apprentice and has a business selling dairy free milk. she doesn't see it in direct competition with the dairy industry. people that have had diary for their whole lives will struggle to take it out.

but why take it out if you can have, you know, your oat milk latte when you go out with your friends? there is no harm in having both in your diet. while we're seeing some people say they have cut down on the amount of dairy that they eat and drink in the last couple of years, the survey also shows almost exactly the same percentage of people say that they have increased the amount of dairy that they eat or drink. that would certainly explain why sales of non—dairy milk of increased without seeing a fall in milk sales. traditional milk sales are fairly static, but there is huge growth in the non—dairy variants. so our almond milk sales have doubled in the last 12 months, and our coconut milk sales have trebled. this is how they should be going into the herd in about two and a half years' time. but she's gorgeous. she was bornjust before christmas, hence the name holly. fiona is a dairy farmer in bolton and says that while the industry faces plenty of challenges, she's not worried about shifting habits in her generation. ijust think it's

a trend, to be honest. like a lot of things, trends come and go. whole milk is very nutritious and it's great for the body. i think the secret to carrying on farming is to open your farm up, show people how honest you do farm and tell it locally, to use local consumers. i mean, what can be better for the environment that knowing that your food miles have gone just the distance from your house to the farm? for now, fiona is happy to put in the hard graft to convince her peers to deep milk top of the menu. colletta smith, bbc news. back now to brexit, and are you baffled by all the jargon that's constantly bandied around by politicians and journalists? well, all day, bbc news is breaking down the language about brexit that is routinely used, but rarely explained. chris mason is at the university of befordshire in luton. hello. to answer your question

directly, yes, i find hello. to answer your question directly, yes, ifind myself baffled by some terminology around brexit andi by some terminology around brexit and i am paid to understand it and spent pretty much every waking hour breathing brexit. it is a challenge, communicating some of those terms. i am hearing this jungle communicating some of those terms. i am hearing thisjungle ofjargon that we have assembled on the subject of brexit and the complications around it. every second sentence complications around it. every second sentence some complications around it. every second sentence some terminology is used that is a real struggle to understand. let's be honest, when you have that kind of terminology it is baffling and occasionally a smidgen boring. today we run a supercharged mission to explain. brexit has turned out to be a rather messy business, full of words, sayings and jargon bandied around. but when we boil it all down, do we know what on earth most of it means? what is the backstop? what was in

the prime minister's withdrawal deal? and away from westminster, how much of a grasp do people have of it? i have been to luton market to find out. it's very frustrating because you are getting comments from people from all over, all different types of politicians from all persuasions. three years talking about brexit. nothing coming out. confused because it is changing every week. nothing is actually happening. are you following closely? i try my best. not really. i try my best all the time but still iam i try my best all the time but still i am stuck. it is hard work. the fa ct i am stuck. it is hard work. the fact is people here are typical of many. the lack of knowledge of no deal and its implications is felt around the country. people have very little understanding and some people don't even know about it as a concept. we have a small group of

people who are worried about the implications and have picked up news stories about running out of important drugs, and a small group of people drawn to the idea of no deal because of its simplicity. but they also have no understanding of they also have no understanding of the indications and what they might be. they think it seems like a simple way out. what does no deal actually mean? a no—deal brexit would mean the uk leaving the european union and cutting ties immediately. if mps do not approve theresa may's deal or another plan, there will be a no—deal brexit on there will be a no—deal brexit on the 29th of march. the uk would initially follow world trade organisation rules to trade with the eu and other countries. the blunt truth is there as an endless assortment of jargon truth is there as an endless assortment ofjargon and bucketfuls of bafflement. quite probably, plenty more to come. if you find yourself something of a loose end this afternoon, let me