hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — arrives for a court hearing after being arrested and charged by police. it follows claims against him of sexual harrassment — which he strenously denies 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 has been found guilty and convicted of manslaughter, how can someone continue now convicted of manslaughter, how can someone continue now to be in denial about their reckless actions? a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — ollie. the cricket is under way again in barbados, i will have an update on the first test and all the details of today's semifinals at the australian open tennis. thanks and alina has all the weather — alina. it is beautiful, some beautiful

sunshine but we are looking at ice and snow but things look a bit milder. i will tell and snow but things look a bit milder. iwill tell you in and snow but things look a bit milder. i will tell you in half an hour. thanks alina. also coming up — re—drawing the map of the arctic — fears an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean — because of climate change. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has arrived for a court hearing in edinburgh after being arrested and charged. police haven't yet said what he's charged with. let's go over to the courts now. talk us through what happens now? alex salmond, former first minister of scotla nd alex salmond, former first minister of scotland and former leader of the

snp, the man who negotiated a referendum on scottish independence, arrived in the last five minutes at edinburgh sheriff court. he shook hands with a member of the public as he entered the court. police say he did not answer questions from the media, one reporter asking how he was feeling. he arrived for the court hearing that is expected to start imminently. this'll be a an appearance in private here at edinburgh sheriff court, that is normal in the stage in any legal receding here in scotland. we do not know yet what he has been charged with. what we do know is he was arrested, we understand he was arrested, we understand he was arrested and questioned and then arrested and questioned and then arrested yesterday and charged by police scotland, we do not know what those charges are but mr salmond has strongly denied any criminality and

any allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the scottish government investigation into sexual harassment charges, sexual harassment charges, sexual harassment claims made against alex salmond towards woman and were alleged to take place in 2013. he strongly denied any allegations of wrongdoing in connection with those claims. thank you very much. the family of a woman killed in a speedboat crash have accused the man responsible 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 on the run 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 into the police in georgia. he had been on the run for ten months. before he was arrested, he spoke to a russian television —— jordan 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 admin 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 georgian 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 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. 0ur reporter rayhan demytrie is in the georgian capital of tbilisi for us now. talk us through what happens in the next days and weeks in this process. we are expecting jack shepherd's lawyers here at the pre—trial detention centre at any moment now. they told us they will lease the client and will decide on this strategy. we also know from the lawyers that a court hearing is expected on friday, here, and in

this hearing a judge will decide whether or not to keep mr shepherd in detention while the extradition process is ongoing. according to georgian law mr shepherd can be held in detention for up to 90 days and the maximum period is most nine months. his lawyers are saying it is quite a lengthy process on extradition and there are a lot of formalities, and it might take several weeks before he is extradited back to the uk. 0f course, there were also reports he might fight back this extradition. that has not been confirmed yet by his lawyers. is that once they have met their client later this evening, they will decide on this. there is this exhibition treaty between the

two countries but it is very rarely, if ever, being used, hence the warnings this could take some time. you are right. it is not like people are extradited regularly between georgia and great britain, and that is one of the reasons why it might ta ke is one of the reasons why it might take a bit longer, but of course this bead of this extradition will depend on the cooperation between the georgian and british authorities. georgia enjoys good relations with the uk and we know there is a close corporation in this case. we have heard from the british embassy in georgia, they thanked the georgian police for the corporation and for being supportive in this case and they also said they are providing consulate assistance to mr shepherd. thank you for the update. new figures show a sharp increase

in the number of violent crime recorded by the police in england and wales — a rise of 19% last year. among the crimes on the increase — murders, knife attacks and robberies. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here... 0n the face of it is worrying and steep rise. a steep rise and also this is continuing what we've seen for five years into this is continuing what we've seen forfive years into england this is continuing what we've seen for five years into england and wales, violent crime is going up, murder and knife crime going up. the only good news is that gun crime appears to be coming down but if we ta ke appears to be coming down but if we take the figures in turn, first of all looking at homicides on which include murder and manslaughter. we see a 14% increase, over the 12 months. that is an increase of 90 more killings, almost to every week. that is a substantial increase. when you look at the picture for violence over all, this is a category that

will include low—level violence, harassment, pushing and shoving, some fairly harmless pub fights, that kind of things as well as more serious levels, that is up by 19%. that is a worrying increase in some of that maybe accounted for in changes in the way recent record a cts changes in the way recent record acts of violence. —— police record. knife crime has gone up 8% and affects many people in cities like london. it is mirrored by figures in hospitals who are recording the number of patients admitted with knife wounds. is any explanation with the figures, for an increase like that you wonder what is going on? are a number of different explanations. 0ne on? are a number of different explanations. one is the home office has come up with last year and is connected to the drug trade, the increasing gritty and availability of cocaine which is fuelling disputes between drug gangs and

displays itself on the streets with violence between drug gangs, knife attacks, and young people being drawn into that. that looks like thatis drawn into that. that looks like that is a factor. the police federation which represents his officers says this is about cuts to police numbers, 21,000 fewer officers since 2010, it is harder for police detect and solve crimes, to apprehend people and therefore, you have a spiral of violence. they have called it a terrifying spiral of violence to date. there are be other societal factors as well, it is very difficult to say it is one individual factor. is very difficult to say it is one individualfactor. there individual factor. there are probably many different factors. this is the crime rates. what about the clear out rates? they are different figures and they are not great. the previous set of figures show that the number of crimes detected is following, but it depends on the different categories.

the clear out rates for burglary tend to be low, for homicide, much higher but in general terms police are taking longer to solve crimes and they are solving fewer of them. 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 0'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 everyday. the leaders of some of the biggest unions heading into downing street to meet a conservative by minister. brexit of course, be subject. number ten seeking support wherever possible, even from those demanding the prime minister changes tack. the prime minister 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 a 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 is division about whether there should be another public vote or if more time is needed before brexit. we have to give a clear indication that the referendum results, which is only two years ago, that people are not trying to dismiss it by stealth, byjust looking for extension after extension. i think these awkward issues to find a week through. extension. i think these awkward issues to find a week throughm extension. i think these awkward issues to find a week through. it is a dilemma in for the labour leader who is hesitant about another referendum. we are not calling for an extension of article 50 but quite clearly, if theresa may once 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 sake, they wa nt demand another public sake, they want the labour leader on board knowing the do not have been numbers in parliament yet. at a time when the brit should be camping a people's vote, the leadership avoid answering that call. the problem for jeremy corbyn is if he comes at full frost for 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 do balance the demands of eight divided party, like the prime minister. the government says delays and second votes will only create more uncertainty and the. ‘s exit deal can be salvaged. timing is of the essence. those decisions are

real and we want to be certainty of the deal that the prime minister has to offer. parliament is still deadlocked and pulling in different directions and time is short to find a solution. you saw the general secretary of the tuc frances 0 grady in that report and she canjoin me from westminster now: you had a friendly chat? i wedded into those talks were good faith, it is important we have a chance to put the case which we have been talking about, that we need a new deal to putjobs and workers' rights first. i wanted a fear hearing but i wanted some action because there is growing concern that despite this extraordinary thumping defeat in the commons, the prime minister hasn't changed or budged on her red lines one iota. did you get a fair hearing bill? i always welcome the

opportunity for dialogue but i welcome more than warm words is hard action and at the moment, whatever way they voted, a lot of working people are feeling worried that their livelihoods are being gambled with and they are right. union spot with and they are right. union spot with those rights across europe's and those rights are in peril. after that historic defeat in the comments we heard the prime minister say she was in listening mode, she wanted to talk to people. do have the sense she is in that mode and there is a change in her perspective on this?” have to be honest, unions have been called in at one minute to midnight andi called in at one minute to midnight and i think if the prime minister wa nts to and i think if the prime minister wants to build good faith and trust, not just with us wants to build good faith and trust, notjust with us but wants to build good faith and trust, not just with us but across parliament, then i think she needs to send a very strong signal that she is serious, notjust about

listening but compromising, and by a strong advice to the prime minister would be to take no deal off the table, so that people cannot accuse her of running down the clockjust to get her away. with a deal that clearly parliament does not want or the country either. nobody was undue delays but we have to have some time for there to be genuine cross—party talks about what the country needs and wants for the future, and that does mean and includes the prime minister showing some compromise on these red lines and notjust always, a lwa ys these red lines and notjust always, always lying to her own heart rate in the conservative party and the dup. -- in the conservative party and the dup. —— her own hard right. in the conservative party and the dup. -- her own hard right. what

happens in there? when you talk to her face—to—face happens in there? when you talk to herface—to—face do happens in there? when you talk to her face—to—face do you have a sense that she is listening and absorbing the information and maybe thinking about her red lines or whatever, or are you sensing she will not bend on this? i generally hope she is listening but i did not hear anything that gave me confidence that our rights would be guaranteed into the future, and that is because she would have two shift edition in order to guarantee that. —— shift position. i am an optimist by nature but also a realist. i think she has a big decision to take and her priority currently is the unity of her own conservative party which is white chiquita indulging the hard right, but i do not think they will ever be satisfied. she had a choice. should keep playing to them or does

she tried to build a genuine cross— party she tried to build a genuine cross—party approach, which is what i think the party once. the day after the referendum my advice to the prime minister was we have seen the prime minister was we have seen the results, it is closed but clear, the results, it is closed but clear, the country is divided, bring in all the country is divided, bring in all the parties together as well as business, bring in unions, it will be hard but let's even we can hammer out a consensus for the way forward and have working people at the front of the queue for a change. when you are chatting there, . .. of the queue for a change. when you are chatting there,... i had a mug of tea. in terms of the chat, there are two issues presumably at the front. 0ne are two issues presumably at the front. one is the no deal and i want to know what you said to her about why you want to avoid that at all costs. but also the prospect of

delaying article 50, is that something that was discussed's again, the prime minister can speak for herself but i certainly argued, asi for herself but i certainly argued, as i said, nobody wants undue delay. there is now a matter of trust. is this about a nip and tuck, a few twea ks to this about a nip and tuck, a few tweaks to the deal but was defeated so roundly in the commons. that she really believe she can win back 230 boats on that basis? 0r really believe she can win back 230 boats on that basis? or is it about genuinely sitting down with those who don't always agree but we are all pragmatic people and we know this matters to real people and their lives, and certainly for her‘s jobs, as we sort with airbus and workers' rights like maternity and holiday pay. if she is serious about wanting a compromise she is going to

have two get everybody in a room and be prepared to make significant compromises herself to. it can just a lwa ys compromises herself to. it can just always be a case of taking, indeed it sounds like many members of on cabinet, it is clear that the house wa nts to cabinet, it is clear that the house wants to stop no deal. she has to give some sign that she is listening. any biscuits? no, you have to go to a different house for the biscuit. thank you forjoining us. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — arrives for a court hearing after being arrested and charged by police. 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'. a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales.

in sport the second day play is under way in barbados with the first test. england looking for two wickets to finish off the west india's innings. just over two years after being told she may never play again, this player has reached the open final. she's on the final in saturday. ned al —— refiner dell —— raphael madel will face another champion in the final. 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 of antibiotics in humans and livestock is very real. this is a worldwide problem which needs a global solution. dominic hughes, bbc news. don't forget — you can let us know what you think, tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. any good ones, we will read them out later. time for a look at the weather... it is not whether for swimming but a p pa re ntly it is not whether for swimming but apparently it is. it is very cold in the uk and for me

when he gets cold up at my players and have some hot soup. move out the way! the air temperatures about minus eight, the water temperatures probably not much more than that but there is a widget stunning cloud in beijing. so this isn't your back garden, this is beijing. i wish! they do this all the time, winters in cloud in beijing and the dive into the frozen water. apparently it is good for your hill fog. i would give us about 30 seconds before they would have to call for help. i wouldn't even dip my toe in. that is a stunning picture. it is beautiful, isn't it? lovely sunrise. we had snow and ice but

briefly we say goodbye to winter for a couple of days and then it will be backed by sunday. no beast from the east, just winds from the north. things are turning milder and we are seeing the mild air arrived into western bridges of wales, south—west england and northern ireland. this is courtesy of this warm front but ahead of it you can see his blue—collar is. we have got the colder air across many central and eastern areas and that is bringing wintry showers down to was kent and parts of sapphic. further west —— sapphic. further west it is getting close to double figures with the trend continue overnight with snow and ice across northern parts of scotland, some clearer skies will lead to a touch of frost, the breeze picking up as well and some light

rain and drizzle. debord is by dawn art nine or ten sources across western areas. further east, two to four celsius but a little higher than they have been recently. that mild airwill than they have been recently. that mild air will bring in a lot of cloud, patchy rain and drizzle. for northern barrowland, and other areas, it will be a breezy if not windy day. letters look at the temperatures because most of us will be in double figures tomorrow, tween nine and 12 celsius at a bit chilly for the northern isles. 0n nine and 12 celsius at a bit chilly for the northern isles. on saturday we are in the milder air because we're in between these fronts but at the cold front comes we will return to the colder conditions, but much of england and wales on saturday, it will be mainly dry. the best of the sunshine before the east you are. that bringing some rain into northern ireland and the western fringes of wales and some of scotland's. is installed with the northern highlands and your

temperatures five or six celsius, elsewhere nine or ten. as is cold front buys its light southwards in his words on sunday, there be colder conditions and the squeeze on the ice bars shows it will be windy on sunday, and given we are in the colder it will feel chillier by then so colder it will feel chillier by then so sunday is a messy day. cloudy with some longer spells of rain, could be wintry over at the higher ground of scotland and northern england. there might be gales for the western coast and it is a cold direction with temperatures on sunday not much higherfor some direction with temperatures on sunday not much higher for some than six or seven celsius. will feel pretty cold against a. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: former first minister of scotland alex salmond arrived at court in edinburgh after being arrested and charged by police. a man who was convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash protests his innocence after handing himself in to police in georgia. her family have accused jack shepherd of unbelievable arrogance. a steep rise in the number

of violent crimes, including knife crimes, recorded by police in england and wales re—drawing the map of the arctic — fears an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean because of climate change. the chief executive of airbus says it's a ‘disgrace' that this businesses can't plan for brexit and warns the company may have to make "very harmful" decisions for its uk operations in the event of no—deal. and if you're confused by terms like no deal, we're here to help. shortly, we'll be breaking down the brexitjargon with our political correspondent chris mason. sport now on afternoon live with 0lly foster. taken me to barbados. i would love to. it is the second day's play at the first test between the west indies and england. it only got going about half an hour ago,

four or five hours got going about half an hour ago, four orfive hours behind. it is beautiful and semi at the kensington 0val. jimmy anderson was the star of the show yesterday. four wickets late on on the, everyone has been marvelling how he keeps on doing it. but they just need marvelling how he keeps on doing it. but theyjust need a couple more wickets before they go into bat in their first wickets before they go into bat in theirfirst innings. the wickets before they go into bat in their first innings. the west indies have just nudged their first innings. the west indies havejust nudged along their first innings. the west indies have just nudged along to 282 — eight. they are going along quite well. their cricket social is well worth a look. you can get hold of that through their bbc sport website. now let's talk tennis. they're women's final on saturday is looking like a corker. blisteringly hot in melbourne as well. they had to close the roof at one point because the temperatures

we re one point because the temperatures were nudging over a0 degrees. the final is going to be between the us 0pen final is going to be between the us open championship iommi saga, and the two—time wimbledon champ, petra kvitova. it is notjust the title on the line on saturday but whoever wins that is going to become the women's world number one as well and you just feel the neutral in the crowd and around the world will be backing petra kvitova because of what she has been through over the last couple of years. at the end of 2016, she was the victim of this terrible knife attack in her home in the czech republic. tendons and nerves in her playing hand were so badly damaged, doctors feared she would never be able to play again at the top level, but here she is in a grand slam final. to be honest, i am still not really believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird, to be honest, as well. i didn't know even if i could play tennis again. it wasn't a nice

time to be dealing with everything. it wasn't only physically but mentally i was very tough as well, it took me a little while to believe again. the other headline from melbourne is that rafa nadal is through to his fifth australian open final. it's ten yea rs fifth australian open final. it's ten years since he won his only title. he might have expected a tougher match but he raced through 6-2, 6-a, 6-0. he is tougher match but he raced through 6—2, 6—a, 6—0. he is looking to become the first player in the open era to win each grand slam at least twice. he will face either novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play each other tomorrow. no dial on 17 grand slam titles, looking to go just two behind roger federer. it is the second league cup tennis —— semifinal tonight. tottenham take a slender lead to chelsea at

sta mford a slender lead to chelsea at stamford bridge. no harry kane or delhi alley. they have both joined spurs macro lengthy injury list. they know it is going to be a really tough one tonight. they have got some top players. for me, one or another that is going to play against us is going to be tough because we are going to play a very good team in chelsea and it is going to bea good team in chelsea and it is going to be a tough second leg. we started with some sunshine, will end with some snow. a british pit have when their second medal at the para alpine world championships in slovenia. they finished five seconds behind the slovakian gold medallist. they took bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday.

that is all the support for now. i will be back after three. 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. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at the university of befordshire in luton. good afternoon. i think we have both been guilty, just once or twice in the last few years, of may be occasionally baffling ourselves, let alone anyone else, about some of this terminology around brexit, so we thought we would escape westminster, that may be patch of grass i know you have been treading on recently, college green, opposite parliament, and come out and talk to people about the terminology around brexit. i am going to introduce you to ourjungle

brexit. i am going to introduce you to our jungle of jargon, brexit. i am going to introduce you to ourjungle ofjargon, but first, i have been out and about in luton. basically trying to do a bit of explaining. 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 due luton market to find out. it is very frustrating because you are getting comments from people from all different types of politicians, all persuasions. from people from all different types of politicians, all persuasionsm is three years talking about brexit, there is nothing coming out. confused, because it is changing every week. nothing is actually happening. are you following it closely? i try my best but not

really. it is hard work. it is hard work, yes. and the fact is, people here are to couple of many. the lack of knowledge of no deal dot we are going to take you to edinburgh. alex salmond has appeared in court following his arrest. yesterday, with my solicitor, i attended a police station in central scotland. i was released on condition i came to the court today to face the charges against me. that i have now done. let me say at the outset, i am i have now done. let me say at the outset, iam innocent i have now done. let me say at the outset, i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. as you will remember in the long process of judicial review, i made it clear in order to respect the court that i would make no comment until proceedings had concluded. that i

did in the statement i made on the steps of the court two weeks ago. now that these criminal proceedings are life, it is more important to respect the court and therefore the only thing i can say is i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the utmost in court. i have got great faith in the court system of scotland, i have got recent course to have great faith in the court system of scotland. that is where i will state my case. i am informed court rules are that your questions and my answers might well breach court rules. you know me well enough to know that i would love to say a great deal more but i have got to observe the rules of the court and in court is where i will state my case. therefore, if you will forgive

me, i will go back into consult with my legal team. thank you very much. the former scottish first minister alex salmond saying that he denies all allegations of criminality which have been made against him following his arrest and charge yesterday. that is the situation in edinburgh. we will be getting more from our scotla nd we will be getting more from our scotland correspondent a little later on. i interrupted chris mason, who is jargon buster, and he can continue jargon buster, and he can continue jargon busting because i can return to him right now. welcome to luton and at the university of bedfordshire and my jungle ofjargon, university of bedfordshire and my jungle of jargon, various university of bedfordshire and my jungle ofjargon, various assembled terms that we have been discussing throughout the day on bbc news. some of the james we have talked about, there are dictionary definitions for

—— terms. there are others that are a bit more contentious and subject to argument and those two, or two of them, we are going to discuss now, in the company of laura, becker and mary. the topics we are going to talk about, soft brexit and hard brexit. laura, you are laughing at the very prospect of a conversation about this, which is a enough. when you hear these terms, does it enlighten you or does it tempt you to hit that big red button on the remote control? it enlightens me because i think we need to discuss how we do it because everyone says we didn't choose what sort of brexit when we voted so in reality no one knows what people who voted for brexit actually wanted so i think it isa brexit actually wanted so i think it is a conversation that needs to be had. and that is at the heart of all of this, exactly what brexit looks like is open to discussion. well, it

is absolutely crucial to do it. the problem with hard and soft is that everyone uses them differently. for some people, hard brexit is no deal, for others it is not being in the customs union. there is no formal definition. we kind of make it up as we go along. many brexiteers don't like the notion of hard brexit anyway, they will call it clean brexit because they believe hard makes it sound worse than it is. the idea of people making it up as they go along! these two terms are woolly, aren't they? like you say, it is independent. you think yourself when you hear those terms, it could mean anything to an individual. hard brexit, like you said, there's feel dreadful people who even voted for it. i rip —— voted remain and i would opt for a softer brexit but ultimately the country did vote and we have to

decide how we do it. people get now, whether you give two hoots about politics or not, it is an important moment, but i wonder the extent to which you are following it and the extent to which it is baffling and quite boring. it can be, and i think there is an area of britain that is just a little bit apathetic about it now because it has been talked about for so long, people don't feel like they've been heard, and some of the jargon is so confusing. personally, ido jargon is so confusing. personally, i do try and follow what's going on, i search what is latest in the brexit drama and i do like to follow it, but some terms are really confusing and there are certain areas that people are picking up on that feel like a really contentious subject. assuming brexit goes ahead and it happens, they will be an argument forevermore about that relationship the uk has with the european union. so these kind of

terms or this discussion around how close or not i work relationship with the eu is going to be is going to go on forever. and the terms will be part of the debate. we might say soft brexit, there are brexiteers who would call it brexit in name only. getting the right term is crucial because it shapes the debate quite fundamentally. thank you to all of you. before i go, let me introduce you to this tool we are flogging big time today on the bbc website. just to prove that it works, he says, hopefully, shall we do it soft brexit first? here we go. leaving the european union but staying as closely aligned to the european union as possible. there was a lot of code in therefore

a very good reason, as we have just been discussing. and as for hard brexit i think, fingers crossed, in with what we were saying before and we haven't managed to contradict ourselves but maybe you will beg to differ. no, i would differ. no, iwould never do differ. no, i would never do that, differ. no, iwould never do that, i differ. no, i would never do that, i will come back to you later. don't forget that we will be bringing you more from chris and 20 more on thatjargon explainer from him later. go to the bbc website, go to the guide to brexitjargon, and

as he was doing there so successfully, just type in whatever you have a query about and hopefully the answer appears. i could do with one of those at home. in a moment, what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. former first minister of scotland alex salmond has arrived at court in edinburgh after being arrested and charged by police. the family of a woman who died in a speedboat crash on the thames say the man convicted of her manslaughter, jack shepherd, is not taking responsibility for his actions despite his arrest in georgia. latest crime figures show a big increase in violent crime. it rose by 19% in england and wales in the year to september. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a disgrace and madness. strong words from the boss of airbus over brexit, as tom enders warns that the company could move wing—building out of the uk in the future if there is a no—deal brexit. the french carmaker renault has confirmed the resignation of its chairman and chief executive carlos ghosn, who is currently

in custody injapan awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. thierry bollore, who has been running the company temporarily will now become chief executive. the michelin boss jean—dominique senard will become chairman and take charge of running the alliance, a global carmaking group comprised of renault, nissan and mitsubishi. the amount households spent each week in 2018 climbed to £572.60, the highest level since 2005, according to the office for national statistics. but families had to borrow or use up savings to fund their spending and investments. transport was the biggest weekly spend, averaging 1a% of the total. just reading from our northern ireland correspondent, bombardier has called for an orderly brexit. it

has called for an orderly brexit. it has a number of sites around belfast. continued uncertainty and the prospect of leaving with no deal does not help with business planning. that comes hot on the heels of what is a very strong statement from airbus. yes, quite a measured statement compared to tom enders. he said it was a disgrace businesses cannot plan for brexit and the company will have to make potentially very harmful decisions for the uk in the event of a no deal. around 1a,000 people right across the uk. 6000 jobs at its factory in wales and 3000 in bristol. tom enders all said don't listen to brexiteers' magnus that because we have huge plants here we will not move and we will a lwa ys here we will not move and we will always be here. they are wrong. his words were reinforced by catherine bennett who spoke to the bbc a couple of hours ago. we felt that we were getting to a

crunch time, there was 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 parts and our satellite parts could potentially get held up and for me asa uk potentially get held up and for me as a uk business person, i don't wa nt to as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing a great international company like airbus. what have the government said in response? that the uk is the world leader in aerospace, the home of thejet engine, the wing factory of the world. it remains our top priority to leave the eu with a good deal, a deal that is good for business, protect jobs and deal that is good for business, protectjobs and prosperity. that was the statement from the government. in terms of warnings about leaving the eu on a no deal basis, warnings are coming thick and fast. yes, they need for an orderly

brexit. yesterday, burberry, the luxury goods brand, said it really could cost 88 if there is a no bricks —— no—deal brexit because of its supply chain. sony said it is moving its headquarters out of london to amsterdam. that follows hot on the heels of panasonic, which did the same last year because it said they were tax implications due to brexit, but we have heard today another japanese dot which to brexit, but we have heard today anotherjapanese dot which said it had no. some social media users have expressed concern that it may be the latest foreign website to be blocked because there is this firewall that is operated in china that blocks a number of different sites such as facebook and twitter. let's get more on this. what more do we know? is it blocked?

this is where it gets very interesting. if you look at report in the financial times, they quote anonymous sources saying in the financial times, they quote anonymous sources saying the orders we re anonymous sources saying the orders were received from the government. the microsoft status meant is a lot more vague. we confirm that bing is currently in china. microsoft is not confirming whether or not this is action by the chinese government. it is unknowable at the moment, hard to confirm, but it does leave the most well—known foreign search engine in currently blocked. and it's not the only website that is inaccessible, is it? if you look at others, facebook, google, they have been blocked in china for a while now. google actually pulled out of the country several years ago. it does raise questions at a time when they

have been lots of reports that google was developing a special search engine just google was developing a special search enginejust for google was developing a special search engine just for the chinese market which the company's chief executive said was an important opportunity for the company. now people are going to start looking at that and say, is that feasible when you see what has just happened to microsoft bing. the other question is, does this relate to the ongoing trade talks. they were reported this week about the meeting between low level people from both sides being cancelled because of the us was not satisfied with progress. is this related to that at all? all this is unknown at the moment but it does raise a lot of questions. and we also have the concerns about huawei. could there be implications? that is another thing people here are watching because the us has until the end of this month to stop the

extradition process. 60 days from the point at which the chief financial officer was detained in canada on behalf of, at the request of us authorities, so we could be hearing more on that. at the same time, if you look at what has been reported in canadian media, there was a canadian ambassador quoted, and given some of the public comments we've heard from donald trump. there is a lot going on. what about the markets? the ftse 100 the markets? the ftse100 hasn't done as well as its european peers today. down as you can see. that is partly because they're full in the price of oil. that has had an impact on energy stocks in particular, but also vodafone, that has fallen, and telecoms, because of some numbers that didn't meet expectations. the

european central bank said today it is going to keep its policy unchanged, keep interest rates at record lows because concern ongoing about the health of the euro zone and it is likely to keep interest rates at that low level until the next announcement. let's get more on the appearance of the former first minister of scotla nd the former first minister of scotland alex salmond in edinburgh. let's go to our scotland correspondent who is outside edinburgh sheriff court. what has happened? alex salmond arrived here about an hour ago, they we re arrived here about an hour ago, they were handshakes but no comments made to the waiting public and media, but within the last few minutes, he appeared outside the court and made appeared outside the court and made a statement to the waiting press. he said that yesterday by prior agreement and consistent with

previous efforts he voluntarily attended a police station. he has a lwa ys attended a police station. he has always maintained that he never engaged in criminality and he maintains that position. he also said he has great faith in the court system. he said he had a recent reason to have great faith in the court system in scotland, alluding of course to thatjudicial review two weeks ago where the scottish government conceded that eight investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, claims made against alex salmond, had been procedurally unfair. those allegations alex salmond has always denied. he said it is within the court system that he will state his case. he then returned into the court and so we expect at some point this afternoon for him to depart. we do not know what he has been charged with but we do know he was arrested

and charged by police scotland. it is understood that happened yesterday. alex salmond strongly denies any suggestions of criminality. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. for many it was another cold start to the day but briefly things are going to turn less cold. the milder air already making its presence felt across northern ireland and wales. further east, still in the cold air. some wintry showers across east anglia. this evening and overnight, some outbreaks of rain working their way eastwards across scotland. some snow for northern scotland for a time but slowly things do start to turn milder but also increasingly cloudy. temperatures by dawn

tomorrow nine or 10 celsius for western fringes. still on the cold side for south—east england. but those milder conditions work across the uk tomorrow, bringing a lot of cloud, strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain, particularly across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. the strongest winds tomorrow will be across northern scotland where we could see gusts of a0—50 mph. but look at the temperatures. feeling much milder. as we go into the weekend, we will see another frontal system approaching from the atlantic. a fairly deep area of low pressure which will strengthen the winds on sunday and behind it will be sent cold air. i did say the mild conditions we are going to be brief. 0n conditions we are going to be brief. on saturday, their fronts working its way towards the western fringes of wales, western part of scotland. colder is starting to dig in but

further south nine or 10 celsius so a mild afternoon. a friend finally works its way eastwards as we go into same day. quite a deep area of low pressure. the wind strengthening all the while and behind it back in colder air. 0n all the while and behind it back in colder air. on sunday it is a cold, often cloudy day. a few bright or sunny spells. but also some snow returning into scotland. a strong northerly wind is going to make it feel much colder. this is the average speed. and given the strength of the wind, highs ofjust six or seven celsius. it will feel much colder. goodbye. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 3. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — says he is "innocent of any criminality" after appearing in court in edinburgh. it follows claims against him of sexual harrassment — which he strenously denies

i reviewed these allegations of criminality —— out refute, and i will defend myself to the upmost in court. 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 has been found guilty and evicted of manslaughter, how could someone now continue still to be in denial about their reckless actions? a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales. the head of airbus says it's a ‘disgrace' that businesses can't plan for brexit, warning the company may move operations out of the uk in the event of no—deal. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — 0llie. england have their wickets in barbados, jimmy anderson and ben stokes finish of the windies first innings. all the details coming up.

we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. alina has all the weather. it is all been about the ice and the snow but things will be turning a bit milder, more in half an hour. also coming up — re—drawing the map of the arctic — fears an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean — because of climate change. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has said he is ‘innocent of any criminality whatsover‘, after he emerged from a court in edinburgh following his arrest last night. he did not say what he's charged with. police have been investigating complaints against him of sexual harassment, which he strenously denies. let's speak to our scotland correspondent — lorna gordon — who is outside edinburgh sheriff court. alex salmond arrived here at

edinburgh sheriff court a little over an hour ago. the former first minister of scotland, the man who led the snp into government, who led the drive for a referendum on scottish independence, was arrested and charged by police. we understand that happened yesterday, would you not know what charges he faces but a short while ago he came out of court and made a statement and this is what he had to say. yesterday with my solicitor helen anderson i attended a three station in central scotland. i was released on condition i came to the court to

the charges with - and i now that. now- that. still let me say am now done that. still let me say at the outset, i am innocent of any commonality whatsoever. — — criminality. as you will remember in the long process ofjudicial review, a clear order to respect the court, i will make no comment until proceedings are concluded. that i did in the statement i made on the steps of the court of session two weeks ago. now that these criminal proceedings are live, it is even more important to respect the court and therefore, the only thing i can say is that i've refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the upmost in court. i have great faith in the court system of scotland, i have cause to have faith in the court

syste m cause to have faith in the court system of scotland, and that is where i will state my case. i am informed that board rules are that your questions and my answers might breach court rules you know me well enough to know that i would love to see a great deal more, but i have too absorbed the rules of the court and in court is where i will state my case. therefore, if you will forgive me i will go back into consult my legal team. thank you very much indeed. in the last few moments we have news of the charges mr salmond faces and the charges which he strenuously denies. he faces 1a charges including breach of the peace and sexual offences. he strongly denies those charges after making that statement, he returned into the court area. we are waiting to see if the car pulls up and takes them away. earlier this morning

nicola sturgeon, scotland's as minister made a comment. she said this will come as a shock to many people but as lisa scotland have said today, these are now live criminal proceedings and now more than ever it would be completely inappropriate for her or anyone else for that matter, to comment in any detail. to recap, he faces 1a charges, amongst them breach of the peace and sexual offences. he strongly denies any allegations of criminality. thank you very much. the family of a woman killed in a speedboat crash have accused the man responsible 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 on the run 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 into the police in georgia. he had been on the run for ten months. 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 admin 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 georgian 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 crown prosecution service

says shepherd is more likely to come home. i‘m going to pull away from that, alexander is now getting in a car after his appearance in court. he said nothing further in addition to the earlier statement where he denied any criminality, adding he would defend himself to the upmost. this comes as the details of 1a charges, including breach of the peace and sexual offences, have been released. that is alex salmond, former first minister heading off andi former first minister heading off and i think lorna gordon canjoin us now. bring us up to speed with what has been going on. alex salmond just leaving the sheriff court cure with his legal team and advisers. we have

some full details now of the charges that he faces. he faces 1a counts, including breach of the peace, indecent assault, actual offences as well. —— sexual offences. he made no plea in court but he said outside he will vigorously defend himself, that he absolutely strongly denies any allegations of criminality. he was released on bail and the date of his next appearance in court have yet to be set, but of course, this will send shock waves through the scottish political establishment. alex salmond is a titan of scottish politics. a former first minister, a man who led his party into government, today appearing in court in edinburgh, to be told he faces 1a charges, amongst them indecent

assault and sexual offences. charges which he denies. thank you very much. letters get more on the story i interrupted their. the family of the woman who died on a speedboat crash on the thames leave her killer has shown unbelievable arrogance. he is expected to appear in court tomorrow in georgia, he went on the run tomorrow in georgia, he went on the ru n after tomorrow in georgia, he went on the run after his conviction —— before his conviction of the manslaughter of charlotte brown. 0ur reporter rayhan demytrie is in the georgian capital of tbilisi for us now. all eyes are on the court tomorrow for his first official appearance. 0n for his first official appearance. on friday, yes. but our eyes are all here on this pre—trial detention. we are expecting jack shepherd‘s

lawyers to come here this evening. they told us he will meet his their client and discuss their strategy. a court hearing that is expected to ta ke court hearing that is expected to take place on friday, here, will decide, a judge will decide whether to keep mr shepherd in detention until the extradition procedures are ongoing. in terms of how long it will take, there is no definite a nswer will take, there is no definite answer as well. the georgian authorities can keep mr shepherd in dissension, if the court decides. forup to 90 dissension, if the court decides. for up to 90 days and a maximum of nine months, we also know from his lawyers that once they receive all the documents regarding this case, they might decide whether or not to appeal his extradition back to the uk. the difficulty is that this is a

relatively rare occurrence, even though there is an extradition agreement between the two countries, it is hardly ever been used? that is right and that is why there are a lot of questions regarding the procedure and how long it will take. there is not really any residents in recent yea rs there is not really any residents in recent years in georgia uk relations, but these two countries enjoy a very good relations. we have heard from the british embassy here, they were thanking the georgian authorities, the georgian police, for their cooperation in this case and we also note jack shepherd had access to consular assistance from the embassy here. if there are any developments i will come straight to you but for now, thank you very much. new figures show a sharp increase in the number of violent crime recorded by the police

in england and wales — a rise of 19 per cent last year. among the crimes on the increase — murders, knife attacks and robberies. (earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who explained the figures in more detail. this is continuing what we‘ve seen for about five years into england and wales, violent crime is going up, and wales, violent crime is going up, merger and wales, violent crime is going up, merger and knife and wales, violent crime is going up, mergerand knife crime and wales, violent crime is going up, merger and knife crime going up. the only good news is that gun crime is going down but if we take the figures in turn, first of all looking at homicides, a category that includes murder and manslaughter, we see a 1a% increase. taking the number from manslaughter, we see a 1a% increase. taking the numberfrom 6a9 homicides to 739 in the last 12 months, that is an increase of 90 more killings, honest to every week. that is a substantial increase. when you look at the picture for violence over all, including low—level but violence, harassment, pushing and

shoving, barely harmless pub fights as well as more serious violence, thatis as well as more serious violence, that is up by almost a fifth, 19%. that is clearly a worrying increase in some of that may be accounted for in changes in the way police record a cts in changes in the way police record acts of violence but knife crime, a subject which really concerns people especially in big cities like london, that has gone up 8%. that appears to be a genuine increase because it is mirrored by figures from hospitals who are recording the number of patients admitted with knife wounds. is any explanation that goes with these figures because for in increase like that, you wonder what is going on? there is a number of different explanations and one of them, won the home office came up with last year, it is connected to the drugs trade. the increasing purity and availability of cocaine which is fuelling disputes between drug gangs and that displays itself on the streets with violence between drug gangs and so on. knife attacks, young people

being drawn into that. that certainly looks like it is a factor. the police federation, which represents lease offices, says this is about cuts to police officers, 21,000 fewer officers and 2010 meaning it is harderfor police to detect and solve crimes and apprehend people and therefore, you have a spiral of violence. they‘ve called it a terrifying spiral of violence today. there maybe a other societal factors as well, it is very difficult to say it is one individual factor, difficult to say it is one individualfactor, there individual factor, there are probably many different ones. these are the crime rates, we do not know about the clear out rates. these are different figures and the other not great. the previous set of figures shows the number of crimes detected and salt is falling, there are different categories. the clear out rates are different categories. the clear out rates a re brutally different categories. the clear out rates are brutally tend to be quite low, for homicides much higher but in general terms, police are taking

longer to solve crimes and the solving fewer of them. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — says he is "innocent of any criminality" after appearing in court in edinburgh. it follows claims against him of sexual harrassment — which he strenously denies 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‘. a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales/. in sport, england bowled the west indies outboard 289 in the first set. jimmy anderson took four wickets. just over two years after an told she might never play again following in knife attack, this player has reached the street open final beating daniel collins. the ninth champion rafa nadal is through

to the final, facing either novak djokovic or lucas we. —— lucas pouille. i‘ll be back in an update in15 pouille. i‘ll be back in an update in 15 minutes. theresa may has been meeting union leaders to discuss her brexit deal. the prime minister held talks with the tuc general secretary, frances 0‘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 sight you see everyday. the leaders of some of the biggest unions heading into downing street to meet 51 fimegrgshg frlmgfinmatgr " ' brexit of course, the subject. number 10 seeking support wherever possible, even from those demanding the prime minister changes tack. the prime minister 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 a 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. we have to give a clear indication that the referendum results, which is only two and a half years ago, that people are not trying to dismiss it by stealth, byjust looking for extension after extension. i think these are 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 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 do not have the numbers in parliament yet. at a time when labour should be championing a people‘s vote, the leadership avoid answering that call. the problem forjeremy corbyn is if he comes at full throttle for 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, like the prime minister. the government says delays and second votes will only create more uncertainty and the prime minister‘s brexit deal can be salvaged. timing is of the essence. businesses face decisions, in terms of no deal planning, and those decisions are real and they want to the certainty of

the deal that the prime minister has to offer. parliament is still deadlocked and pulling in different directions and time is short to find a solution. 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. labour‘s chris matheson — who is the mp for the city of chester and whose constituents include many employees of airbus — joins me now from westminster. will you —— were you surprised by what he said and how we said it‘s no, not at all. i was perhaps shocked at the strength of it but not surprised because he has been making these warnings for a couple of years and the government did not seem of years and the government did not seem to be listening. the threat of a no—deal brexit is looming ever closer. it will have a colossally damaging effect on the bus around chester and across the uk so i am

pleased he is making those warnings but not surprised. if this threat was carried out, what would that mean for your constituency? there about 6000 jobs in the chester and north wales area directly appoint in eire boss, there are couple of thousand indirectly. because of the size of airbus it brings in other smaller airbus companies and that gives us critical mass. if airbus decided not to invest in the area, and when to that site down, it would be catastrophic, notjust for the economy properly skilled and future jobs of generations to come. economy properly skilled and future jobs of generations to comem economy properly skilled and future jobs of generations to come. is it fairto jobs of generations to come. is it fair to say this is not the criticism of brexit per se but a criticism of brexit per se but a criticism of brexit per se but a criticism of the way it has been handled? i think you are specifically talking about a new deal but he has been critical of the chaos that brexit has brought. his mind is focused and he is trying to

focus our minds on the cliff edge of ano focus our minds on the cliff edge of a no deal which would be absolutely catastrophic. if you look in the skies above chester on any day you will see the lugar transport aircraft flying, to make up the wings and the other parts made there, if that supply chain what had to be disrupted the cause we no longer have that fiction list trade —— directionless trade and because we have to have customs checks, it would be devastating to the manufacturing process. he described asa manufacturing process. he described as a disgraced the government has taken this long to sort out a eu departure and let‘s take your position, you want tighter ties with the eu. i think even talked about a possible second referendum. if it —— isn‘t that sort of argument and uncertainty cause is part of this problem? nobody seems to be backing those who voted for brexit? people

voted for a variety of different reasons, some would want to be part of european union and just want to leave. but i spoke to some people and the just wanted to boat is anything because their life was a very good and this this as a chance to change. even those who are anti—eu have different ideas of what brexit would look like we have not defined how it would look like if we go forward. theresa may has allied herself with their own head—bangers in the european research group tendency of her own party, she has set up but lines she has been unwilling to cross from the start and that would be hugely damaging for industry, and my side we cannot accept the prospect of no deal because it would be so damaging to the prosperity of people, many who wa nted the prosperity of people, many who wanted to leave the european union for a variety of reasons now be the ones to suffer. thank you for

joining us. here is breaking news. here is the claim missing, the search has been called off and in the words of the harbour master, he says the chances of survival at this stage are extremely remote. that is the latest on that search, we are awaiting a news conference coming in from the channel islands and we will ta ke from the channel islands and we will take you there when it gets under way. the search for that plane has now been called off and in words of the harbour master, the chances of survival at this stage are extremely remote. more on that later on. donald trump has given his backing to venezuela‘s opposition leaderjuan guaido, who has declared himself interim president. moscow said it violated

international law. the venezuelan government has responded by cutting its ties with the united states. 0ur correpondent vlad hernandez is here. is there a sense that donald trump has made things worse? it is politically charged in venezuela when the us has complete backing because it feeds into the rhetoric of the government which has been going on promised 20 years, anything m ista kes to going on promised 20 years, anything mistakes to destabilise the president or the former deceased president or the former deceased president is part of the big port by the us to topple the revolution. i do not think it will give them any favours but i think probably it is fairto favours but i think probably it is fair to say for the people on the ground, ordinary venezuelans, if you do not know whether you will be able

to eat three times a day when you‘re facing a flesh and —— inflation rate into the millions, politics goes out of the window. anything that promises change could be seeking what they want. many people and venezuelan could say this is a country that once politics and on the face of it should not have these problems? it is an oil rich nation. but part of the problem is that historically that oil money probably did not reach all of the money in the country and that is part of the reasons why the minister was elected, the money was not being spent in the right places. the president was accused of huge mismanagement and pilfering the money and the evidence was their. i been to the country in the last two yea rs been to the country in the last two years six or been to the country in the last two years six or seven been to the country in the last two years six or seven times and nonurgent and hover teeth are rising, people on the streets arising. how helpful is it for venezuela to now be in the centre of

what is a growing row between russia and the united states? international pressure for the demonstration will increase their. what do we do now? do we negotiate a look at other options right now because if they do have growing discontent, only last night after the head of the international assembly saw himself m, international assembly saw himself in, last night used protest in the slums and the core base of supporters for president maduro, they will be watching that. and they are it is food and water, everything that able are gnassingbe want it. are it is food and water, everything that able are gnassingbe want itm is medicines, either preference, paracetamol —— overthrow friend, bread, flower. who do not have many hospitals and they‘re shutting down because they not have the resources to attend to agents. the next few days are going to be crucial. the next a8 hours are going to be crucial for both next a8 hours are going to be crucialfor both sides. next a8 hours are going to be crucial for both sides. their about

what is going to happen with the head of the national assembly, whether he will be sought out by the authorities. the maduro ministers and has sought to ban him from politics. thank you. we‘re taking our decision to terminate that search and that decision has been difficult, not least because there are a huge member of people in the uk and in france who have been involved this search over the last few days. all of whom, including myself, have hoped for a positive outcome but that has not been the case. more importantly, because i am well aware this will be very unwelcome rules for the family and friends of the two occu pa nts for the family and friends of the two occupants of the missing

aircraft. i would like at this stage to pay banks to all of those people who have been involved in what has been an incredible cooperative search operation, that includes our own coast guard post personnel in thejoint own coast guard post personnel in the joint control centre, injuring the joint control centre, injuring the —— in guernsey and jersey, as well as the cause guide operations in the uk. it also includes personnel from the volunteer services, who man both the guernsey and albany lifeboats, the volunteers who support and operate the surge aircraft which operates channel islands a research out of guernsey, the members of the guernsey and uk police force. and the french

authorities who are the search and rescue authority for france. we have also had participation from french navy aircraft and from the civilian owned helicopter based in, last not least the members of the public who responded to our request to report any objects or incidents which might be linked this missing aircraft. 0ur our thoughts are with the family and fronts of david ibbotson and emiliano sala, i can‘t begin to imagine how they must be feeling, but i do understand, and i hope they

will find some comfort in the fact that we are not closing this incident, although we are stopping searching, the incident remains open and we are continuing with our broadcasts to ships and aircraft which are passing through the area and asking them to report anything that may be linked to the missing aircraft. i have time for a few questions and i would be happy to ta ke questions and i would be happy to take those now. are you surprised that you have found absolutely nothing so far? no, iam found absolutely nothing so far? no, i am not. the water is concerned are ata i am not. the water is concerned are at a flood tide at the moment and spring tide. there are ever to 12 knots of current running through these waters and so our search area by the hour has been getting larger and larger. what do you think might have happened to that plane? we

can‘t really speculate on that at the moment. it will be subject to an investigation by the air accident investigation by the air accident investigation branch in the uk. have you spoken directly to the family?” have spoken to the family of david ibbotson. i have not had a chance to speak to the family of emiliano sala, but i have offered to speak with them if that is what they want. with a accepting of your decision?” haven‘t spoken since we took the decision to stop the search. that has been done by family liaison officers with the police forces in cardiff and humberside. i understand that emiliano sala‘s family are not content with the decision to stop the search and i fully understand that. do you feel you have to earn as much as you possibly can?

absolutely. we have reviewed it very carefully a nd absolutely. we have reviewed it very carefully and we have followed the same protocol as the uk coast guard would follow. i am absently confident we could not have done any more. what else can you tell us about what happens next? the records will be passed to the air accident investigation branch and they will determine what the next steps are for them. at the same time, it remains a missing persons case as far as guernsey police are concerned. we heard the plane dry to ta ke concerned. we heard the plane dry to take off three times in france before taking off the fourth time. is that correct? i have not investigated what happened to the plane before it lost contact. my focus has been entirely on saving lives at sea and trying to find the two men and recover them whilst they we re two men and recover them whilst they were still alive. the fact emiliano

sala was able to send a message using data would suggest he was within a cell tower area. have you been able to look at those records to see whether that ties in with the information you have from air traffic control? we have engaged with the telephone companies and we understand they were a number of data exchanges at 20 of the aircraft was last in contact. did they plot in the same areas? we have not been able to get any positional information from those at all. there is no triangulation? no. we heard also the plane may have been turning back to france. 0r we heard also the plane may have been turning back to france. or was it going north? the records from the air traffic control authorities in jay-z air traffic control authorities in jay—z who were dealing with the plane will be analysed —— injersey,

will be analysed and they will be able to determine what it was doing. is there an amount of time by which you would usually call off the search? it very much depends on the circumstances of each individual case and no two are the same.” circumstances of each individual case and no two are the same. i know you said you are not aware of what happened to the plane but is there anything... it is possible. i know that air accident investigation branch are capable of examining the recordings. they will also be looking very carefully at the recordings from weather radar and from the primary and secondary air traffic control radars. have you been given indication... we know

that there was a line of heavy weather in close proximity to where the aircraft was last in contact so thatis the aircraft was last in contact so that is a possibility but it is very difficult to determine. that is very close to the last known position of the aircraft. finding anything in that depth of water is going to be extremely difficult. but we can‘t say conclusively that that is where, if the plane is on the sea bed, that‘s where it is. is where, if the plane is on the sea bed, that's where it is. if there are no other questions, i will carry on. thank you very much. that is captain david barker, harbour master on guernsey, confirming the news that rescue workers have called off their search for the missing plane carrying the

footballer emiliano sala and the pilot david ibbotson. the chances that they had survived were extremely remote said captain barker. the aircraft has been missing since it disappeared on radar over the english channel on monday night. after scanning thousands of square miles and reviewing all the information available, the difficult decision to end the search had been taken. next of kin had been informed and my thoughts go out to the family of the pilot and the passenger at this most difficult of times. they are still treating this as a missing persons case but the immediate search has been called off. we will have plenty more on that developing story later on. now, let‘s catch up with all the sport. we go over to 0llie foster. the england cricket team are doing 0k. england needed two wickets to finish off the west indies first innings at the kensington 0val.

jimmy anderson took one of them for a five wicket haul, the 27th test five‘fer in tests. that equals the england record set by sir ian botham no fast bowler has taken more wickets in the history of the game. he‘s 36. the windies resumed on 26a—8. they were all out for 289 — they dug in a bit. ben stokes took the other wicket. england have started theirfirst innings. keatonjennings and rory burns opening this is the first of three tests, antigua and st lucia to come. no wickets down for england and you can no wickets down for england and you ca n follow no wickets down for england and you can follow this on the cricket social on the bbc sport website. now, we know the identity of the women are finalists in the

australian open. the us open champion naomi 0saka against two time wimbldeon champion petra kvitova. both came through their semifinals today against karolina pliskova and danielle collins notjust the title on the line on saturday but whoever wins will become world number one. you just feel that the neutral will be backing kvitova because of what she‘s been through. just over two years ago she was the victim of a knife attack in her home. the tendons and nerves in her playing hand were so badly damaged that doctors feared that she would never be able to play at the top level again but here she is in a grand slam slam final. to be honest, i am still not really believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest as well. i didn‘t know even if i was going to play tennis again. it wasn‘t a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn‘t only physical but mentally i was very

tough as well. it took me a little while to believe in the people around me again. rafael nadal is through to his fifthth australian open final. it‘s 10 years since he won his only title in melbourne. he might have expected a tougher match against the talented greek stefanos tsitsipas but he raced through 6—2 6—a 6—0. nadal is looking to become the first player in the open era to win each grand slam at least twice. he‘ll face either novak djokovic, the world number 0ne or lucas pouille, who play each other tomorrow. it‘s the second of the last league cup semi—final tonight. tottenham take a slender 1—0 first leg lead to chelsea. there‘s no harry kane, who scored in the first leg, or dele alli who have both joined spurs‘ lengthy injury list. mauricio pochettino says it doesn‘t matter who starts up front for chelsea because they know it‘s going to be a challenge.

i think they have top players, like alvaro morata, 0livier giroud, or ed in hazzard playing in the position. 0ne in hazzard playing in the position. one or the other who is going to play against us, it is going to be tough, because we are going to play a very good team in chelsea and it's going to be a tough second leg. britain‘s menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second medal of the para alpine world championships in slovenia. the paralympic champions took silver after finishing five seconds behind slovakian pair in the visually impaired slalom. they also took bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday. i will be back after apm with much more. 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. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at the university

of bedfordshire in luton. iam very i am very flattered. good afternoon. welcome to luton and the university of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of jargon busting of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon busting because the bbc news website has a newjargon buster, given that people like me are going to be prattling on for goodness knows how long about various terms. we have a search at the bbc website where you can punch in all the waffle people like me spew out every hour of the day and there is a cogent definition for all of these terms that get used. ultimately, we are on a supercharged mission to explain both here in the university and out and about in luton today. 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 buck stop? 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, all persuasions. three years talking about brexit but there is nothing coming out. confused because it is changing every week. there is always something new but nothing is happening so far. are you following it closely? i try my best. not really but i try my best all the time. it is hard work. it is hard work, yes. and the people here are

typical of many. the lack of knowledge of no deal and its implications is felt around the country. the start point is that 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 quite worried about the implications and have picked up news stories about running out of important drugs and so on and a small group of people who are drawn to the idea of no deal because of its simplicity but they also have no i understanding of what the implications might be, theyjust think it seems like a simple way out. so what is no deal actually mean? it would mean the uk leaving the european union and cutting ties immediately. if mps do not approve theresa may‘s deal or another plan, they will be no deal exit on the 29th of march. the uk would initially follow world trade 0rganisation rules to trade with the eu and with other countries. the blunt truth is there is an endless

assortment of jargon blunt truth is there is an endless assortment ofjargon and bucketfuls of bafflement. quite probably 20 more to come. soa more to come. so a little subtle clue as to what we are going to talk about, the single market and the pound shop strictly move as i pretend to be a sandwich board man and hopefully that says customs union. that is the subject of our discussion with our incredibly expensive props for the next few minutes. we havejoe and violet and elizabeth. let‘s talk about the single market first. when that term gets bandied around by waffle is like me, does it mean anything? for me, it probablyjust means between goods and services as opposed to people and it means we don‘t talk to europe as a union but we talk to single nations on their own. offer a brief explanation of

the single market. the key to the single market is rules. if you are ina single single market is rules. if you are in a single market, you adopt the same rules in some areas, whether it is goods, services, the movement of people, so if i am manufacturing something or selling something, i can do it as easily in lisbon as i can do it as easily in lisbon as i can in liverpool. the price you pay for that is that you need institutions to make sure you are enforcing those rules properly and all those institutions that brexiteers don't like.” all those institutions that brexiteers don't like. i will be honest, i worked brexiteers don't like. i will be honest, iworked in brexiteers don't like. i will be honest, i worked in brussels for two yea rs honest, i worked in brussels for two years as honest, i worked in brussels for two yea rs as a honest, i worked in brussels for two years as a correspondent and i have spent the last few years reporting on brexit and if so when five years ago even after i came back from breath —— brussels asked me to cogently define the customs union, i would have struggled. and i am paid to understand this. when that phrase gets trotted out as it is all the time at the moment, what does it mean to you? well, from my

knowledge, i think the customs union has to do with tariffs on goods and the fact that within the union, a bloc of countries, that there is no tariff on the goods between those countries. however, tariff would be applied to goods coming into that union. am i correct? i think you are, union. am i correct? i think you a re, pretty union. am i correct? i think you are, pretty much. taxes on stuff brought into a country or into the block. you don't need me now. this is crucial to the brexit debate, the other thing we do in a customs union is that you have a common external tariff, everyone charges the same tariffs and what that means is it limits our ability, if we are in a customs union, despite trade deals with other nations. and elizabeth, you have been in luton for a good couple of years but you are from sweden originally. i wonder what your perspective is as someone who has been in the uk for many years but you have a tie to another

country in europe. yes, i have been in luton for a0 years. i have been longer in the uk than that. i take a lot of interest in the debate but i have been a bit lazy about finding out what all the terms mean. it seems all a bit crazy. i wish they would call the whole thing off, basically. and there are plenty of others who would say, let‘s hurry up with the whole thing and embrace it and have campaigned for it for life. let‘s talk about customs again. this whole thing, there is a row going on at the moment around the so—called backstop that we were trying to explain earlier and a lot of it boils down to how close or not the customs arrangement is between the uk and the eu after brexit and there is an argument with the eu about that but there is an argument between the big political parties. what the backstop is is pretty close toa what the backstop is is pretty close to a customs union. there is also a

debate about a customs union against the customs union. but basically, what we will have if the backstop comes into effect, there is an argument whether it will or not, is something very close to a customs union. so the labour position, we wa nt union. so the labour position, we want a permanent customs union, is not that far away from what we have via the backstop anyway. thank you. let‘s head over, finally, to this website that we are talking about today. my desk of destiny, simon. i can‘t think of anything else. let‘s have a look. customs union. we type this in. and now i check that i can spell the

word single, which i have actually managed to for the first time in a while. the bbc website. i think at some stage there was talk of calling the website battling or terms that we don‘t quite understand, but too many people might have teased us about that. what does it say when you type in, when will it all end? shall we have a go? yes, see what it says. 0h, yes, see what it says. oh, dear. computer says yes, see what it says. oh, dear. computersays no. that is you and me in trouble! we have broken it. thanks, chris. in a moment all the business news.

first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — says he is ‘innocent of any criminality‘ after appearing in court in edinburgh charged with sexual offences and two counts counts of attempted rape. rescuers have called off the search for the missing plane which was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala — they say his chances of survival are ‘extremely remote.‘ jack shepherd — the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash — will appear in court in georgia tomorrow for an extradition hearing. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. bombardier, one of northern ireland‘s biggest manufacturing employers, has called for an "orderly brexit." the canadian transportation giant employs around a,000 people in and around belfast. the french carmaker renault has confirmed the resignation of its chairman and chief executive carlos ghosn, who is currently in custody injapan awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. thierry bollore, who has been

running the company temporarily will now become chief executive. the michelin boss jean—dominique senard will become chairman and take charge of running the alliance, a global carmaking group comprised of renault, nissan and mitsubishi. the amount households spent each week in 2018 climbed to £572.60, the highest level since 2005, according to the office for national statistics. but families had to borrow, or use up savings, to fund their spending and investments. transport was the biggest weekly spend, averaging 1a% of the total. bombardier has called for an orderly brexit. in this statement it said continued uncertainty and the real prospect of leaving the eu without a deal doesn‘t make for great business

planning and it is imperative that parliament finds a resolution that works for business. that is quite measured compared to what airbus said. tom enders said it is a disgrace that businesses could still not planned for brexit. airbus employs 1a,000 people in the uk and his comments were reinforced by catherine bennett, the vice chair of avis in the uk. —— airbus. there was a lot of false allegations that a managed no deal could work but we want to be clear that for us it would be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing parts and satellite parts could potentially be held up and for me as auk potentially be held up and for me as a uk business person, i don‘t want to see my country causing a great international company like airbus being affected. a spokesperson from the government said the uk is a world leader in

aerospace. we are the home of the jet engine and the wing maker of the world. and it remains our top priority to leave the eu with a good deal, when that is good for business and will protect jobs deal, when that is good for business and will protectjobs and prosperity and will protectjobs and prosperity and provide the certainty that business needs. but these aren‘t the only warnings we are hearing about and no—deal brexit. i was talking about that warning from burberry that a no—deal brexit would be extremely costly for the luxury planned because of its supply chain and because it fears that ta riffs chain and because it fears that tariffs will be put up and costed a great deal of money. we‘ve heard that sunny is moving its headquarters out of london to the netherlands, following from the otherjapanese netherlands, following from the other japanese manufacturer doing the same because of its fears about what brexit will bring. however, another japanese tech company what brexit will bring. however, anotherjapanese tech company told the bbc today it has no plans to move its operations out of london. another industry that seems to do whatever, football.

the football rich list has been released and manchester united has been kicked off the top spot. real madrid has become the world‘s richest team with revenues of almost £675 million. actually, manchester united slipped behind barcelona. let‘s find out more about white with danjones, let‘s find out more about white with dan jones, head of let‘s find out more about white with danjones, head of deloitte‘s sports business group. they have been kicked off the top spot. why is this? it is more about madrid's growth than any problems at united. madrid, third successive champions league victory, great success champions league victory, great success for the commercial side of their business, but for english clubs overall, the picture is pretty rosy. six english clubs in the top ten, nine in the top 20. did the successive champions league winds for real madrid make a difference to the amount of sponsorship it can acquire? the on pitch and off page

very closely linked. the more successful you are on the pitch, the more successful you are off the pitch. it generates funds to plough back into the squad. we have seen that with paris st germain this season. they bought two big—name stars. that has driven ticket sales, commercial deals, and they have moved up our table as well. thank you very much. that is all the business news. time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. things look a little less cold over the next few days. milder air will slowly go eastwards and i but initially some snow and ice over parts of scotland. the cloud will be working its way eastwards, so and hill four, patchy like rain and drizzle, but temperatures rising through the night so by doing some western fringes up to nine or 10

celsius. still close to freezing for parts of east anglia. tomorrow, that milderair parts of east anglia. tomorrow, that milder air arrives to all. it will bring with it a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, patchy drizzle, particularly across northern england, northern ireland and western scotland. breezy if not windy. particularly for northern and western scotland. a much milder day. ties between nine and 12 celsius. 0n saturday, for most it is mild. 0n sunday, we are back in the colder airand sunday, we are back in the colder air and feeling even colder in the winter. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. today at apm. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, says he is "innocent of any criminality" after appearing in court in edinburgh charged with sexual offences and two counts of attempted rape. i refute these allegations of criminality, and i will defend myself to the upmost in court. rescuers have called off the search for the missing plane

which was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala, they say his chances of survival are "extremely remote." 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 has been found guilty and evicted of manslaughter. how could someone now continue still to be in denial about their reckless actions? and coming up on afternoon live, all the support from all the in the caribbean? in barbados, they've already lost a wicket and reply. all those details coming up. it might be short sleeve weather over the next few days, because the snow and ice will be gone, and then temperatures in the double digits. all that in the next.

thanks, alina. also coming up: re—drawing the map of the arctic. fears an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean because of climate change. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, has said he is "innocent of any criminality" after being charged with attempted rape and other sexual offences. he was speaking after appearing in court this afternoon in edinburgh. police have been investigating complaints against him of sexual harassment, which he strenously denies. let‘s speak to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland facing charges

ina minister of scotland facing charges in a scottish criminal court. he arrived here shortly before 2pm for arrived here shortly before 2pm for a short hearing which took place in private amongst the 1a charges, he‘s facing two charges of attempted rape, all charges he strongly denied. court proceedings are now live, so alex salmond did not take any questions from the waiting media, but he did have this to say outside court. yesterday with my solicitor helen anderson i attended a three station in central scotland. —— a police station in central scotland. i was released on condition i came to the court to database the charges against me, and i have now done that.

still let me say at the outset, i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. as you will remember in the long process ofjudicial review, i made a clear order to respect the court, i will make no comment until proceedings are concluded. that i did in the statement i made on the steps of the court of session two weeks ago. now that these criminal proceedings are live, it is even more important to respect the court and therefore, the only thing i can say is that i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the upmost in court. i have great faith in the court system of scotland, i have cause to have faith in the court system of scotland, and that is where i will state my case. i am informed that court rules are that your questions and my answers might breach court

rules, you know me well enough to know that i would love to say a great deal more, but i have to observe the rules of the court and in court is where i will state my case. therefore, if you will forgive me, i will go back into consult my legal team. thank you very much indeed. police scotland had been investigating alex salmond after a scottish government inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against the former first minister in against the former first minister in a hearing just over two weeks ago, scotland‘s highest civil court, the court of session, the investigation was thrown out when the scottish government conceded that the internal investigation was flawed. of course, that hearing focused on the procedures followed not on the substance of the allegations

themselves, and the police inquiry continued culminating in today‘s charges. asked about it this morning, this is what scotland‘s first minister, nicola sturgeon, had to say. i know this will be a shock to say. i know this will be a shock to many people, but as police scotland have said today, these are now live criminal proceedings. and now live criminal proceedings. and now more than ever, it would be completely inappropriate for me or anyone else, for that matter, to comment in any detail. and i hope both the media and the members of the public will understand that position. well alex salmond made no plea during that by that hearing, and he was released on bail. there was considerable media interest and a great number of members of the public here outside edinboro sheriff court, when he left the court a bit earlier. —— edinboro. he says he is

innocent of any criminality and will defend himself to the utmost in court. thank you very much. the search for the missing plane, in which the footballer emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday, has been called off. the striker, from argentina, had just been signed by cardiff city, and was on his way there from france. he and the pilot were the only people on board when the aircraft disappeared near guernsey. the harbour master there, captain david barker, said ending the search had been a difficult decision earlier today i had a meeting with my coast guard officers, and having completed that, looked at our search activities to date and our options for the future, and consulted with our equivalent organisation in the uk. i have taken the decision to terminate our search... and that decision has been difficult, as you can imagine, not least because there

area can imagine, not least because there are a huge number of people both here and in the uk, and in france who have been involved in the search over the last three days, all of whom including myself have hoped for a positive outcome. but that has not been the case. but more importantly, because i am well aware that this will be very unwelcome news for the family and friends of the two occu pa nts of family and friends of the two occupants of the missing aircraft. the family of a woman killed in a speedboat crash have accused the man responsible of "unbelievable arrogance". jack shepherd is expected to appear for an extradition hearing tomorrow in tblisi in georgia, where he turned himself in to the police yesterday. he went on the run 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 into the police in georgia. he had been on the run for ten months. before he was arrested, he spoke to a georgian 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 admin 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 georgian 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 crown prosecution service 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 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. new figures show a sharp increase in the number of violent crime recorded by the police in england and wales, a rise of 19% last year. among the crimes on the increase, murders, knife attacks and robberies. earlier, our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explained the figures in more detail. this is continuing what we‘ve seen for about five years into england and wales, violent crime is going up, murder and knife crime going up. the only good news is that gun crime is going down but if we take the figures in turn, first of all looking at homicides, a category that includes murder and manslaughter, we see a 1a% increase.

taking the numberfrom 6a9 homicides to 739 in the last 12 months, that is an increase of 90 more killings, honest to every week. that is a substantial increase. when you look at the picture for violence over all, including low—level but violence, harassment, pushing and shoving, barely harmless pub fights, as well as more serious violence, that is up by almost a fifth, 19%. that is clearly a worrying increase in some of that may be accounted for in changes in the way police record acts of violence but knife crime, a subject which really concerns people especially in big cities like london, that has gone up 8%. that appears to be a genuine increase because it is mirrored by figures from hospitals who are recording the number of patients admitted with knife wounds. is there any explanation that goes with these figures?

because for in increase like that, you wonder what is going on? there is a number of different explanations and one of them, one the home office came up with last year, it is connected to the drugs trade. the increasing purity and availability of cocaine which is fuelling disputes between drug gangs and that displays itself on the streets with violence between drug gangs and so on. knife attacks, young people being drawn into that. that certainly looks like it is a factor. the police federation, which represents lease offices, says this is about cuts to police officers, 21,000 fewer officers since 2010, meaning it is harder for police to detect and solve crimes and apprehend people and therefore, you have a spiral of violence. they‘ve called it a terrifying spiral of violence today. there may be a other societal factors as well, it is very difficult to say

it is one individual factor, there are probably many different ones. these are the crime rates, we do not know about the clear out rates. these are different figures and the other not great. the previous set of figures shows the number of crimes detected and salt is falling, there are different categories. the clear out rates for burglary tend to be quite low, for homicides much higher but in general terms, police are taking longer to solve crimes and the solving fewer of them. russia has warned that external interference in venezuela would have catastrophic consequences and condemned donald trump for giving his backing to opposition leaderjuan guaido, who has declared himself interim president. moscow said that the move violated international law and was a "direct path to bloodshed". it comes amid mass protests against president nicolas maduro who has overseen years of economic decline. the venezuelan government has responded by cutting political ties with the us. in the last hour, the foreign

secretaryjeremy hunt has issued this statement on the crisis in venezuela. we are extremely concerned about the situation in venezuela. it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela, the election on 20 may was deeply flawed. val boxes were stuffed, counting opposition parties was banned. this regime has done untold damage to the people of venezuela, the people who 10% of the population have left venezuela, such as the misery of their suffering. so the united kingdom believes that the opposition is the right leader to ta ke opposition is the right leader to take venezuela forward. we are supporting the efforts of the us, canada and argentina to make that happen, and! canada and argentina to make that happen, and i will be meeting with mike pence and mike pompeo later this afternoon to discuss this

further. but for anyone in the uk who thinks that venezuela is an example, who think that we should be adopting the policies followed by the discredited nicolas maduro regime, they deem to look at their tv screens and think again. this regime has caused untold suffering to its people. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, that‘s the story of the calling off of the search for the missing plane of the search for the missing plane of the search for the missing plane of the channel islands involving the new cardiff city striker, emiliano sauna. they say the chance of survival are externally remote. also, the story of tech shepherd,

the man of dutch accused of killing a woman in a speed boat crash protest his innocence after handing himself in. her family accuse him of unbelievable ‘arrogance‘. in reply, they are 30—1 in their second innings. keeton jennings, in reply, they are 30—1 in their second innings. keetonjennings, the man out for 17. just over two years after being told that she may never play again following a knife attack, patrick a bit of ewa has reached the australian open final, meaning daniel collins will. .. australian open final, meaning daniel collins will... and the 2009 champion rafael nadal is down to his fifth melbourne final after easily beating his greek opponent insets. novak djokovic... beating his greek opponent insets. novak djokovic. .. and beating his greek opponent insets. novak djokovic... and we will be backin novak djokovic... and we will be back in 15 minutes with much more on all those stories. theresa may is coming under increased pressure to rule out a no—deal brexit,

she‘s been meeting union leaders at downing street who‘ve urged her to take no—deal off the table, or ask for an extension of the two—year article 50 negotiation period. and the chancellor philip hammond told a business audience at the world economic forum in davos that a no—deal brexit would be "a betrayal of the promises that were made" to voters in the 2016 referendum. let‘s speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young at westminster. the pressure is piling up on the premise or? yes, it is interesting that she has had face—to—face meetings with union leaders, one of whom told me for the first time —— this is the first time it‘s ever happened. they say this is a bit late, it more than two years after the referendum happen. nonetheless they went in today to make their pitch, particularly about employment and workers‘ rights, environmental protections, wanting to get some kind of guarantee that after brexit, the uk would not roll back from all of those, and that similar standards would be kept up even after we

leave. the union leaders are not in full agreement about brexit. we had lynn mccluskey going into see theresa may, and he is very cautious about another referendum, as is the prime minister. he does not think that that‘s think it is the right way to go, but he has talked about delaying brexit, but by a short amount of time, you will know that next tuesday, there is due to be a vote on several moves, but one in particular to try and extend article 50, delaying brexit by nine months. it is clear from what mccluskey had to say and with the labour front benches are saying, they think that is too long a period and wanted to bea is too long a period and wanted to be a bit shorter than that. that is what has been going on as far as the talks with unions are concerned. meanwhile as you say, philip hammond has been talking about the possibility of a new deal brexit, which comes after the cheap exec —— chief executive of airbus warned that just because his chief executive of airbus warned thatjust because his company has beenin thatjust because his company has been in this company a long time and

employs 1a,000 people in the uk, he says that if there is a new deal, there is no guarantee they would stay here. a very stark warning, and the chancellor, who as we know has been saying very clearly that he wa nts to ta ke been saying very clearly that he wants to take no deal off the table, he says that he campaigned it to remain in the referendum, but he feels strongly that not leaving would be a betrayal of that brexit referendum. but equally, leaving without a deal would be as well, because he says it would undermine our future prosperity, because he says it would undermine ourfuture prosperity, saying that is not what people were promised during the referendum. that criticism from the boss of airbus, it is difficult for theresa may not to ta ke it is difficult for theresa may not to take that personally because of the language used, he described the government‘s handling is a disgrace. there have been warnings from airbus and others, but the difference now is we arejust and others, but the difference now is we are just over two months from leaving the eu, and there is no deal that has gone to parliament. that prospect of a no deal is looking more likely, and he says it is a disaster. he says that businesses

need to plan and it is no good two weeks before the end of march being told that it is ok, we are not leaving without a deal. he says he needs to know now. it is a pretty stark warning from business, and it would be a concern to the thousands of people who are employed by companies such as airbus. but that chief executive will know that he has people in the cabinet like philip hammond and others who have said they will do anything to stop a no deal scenario, and we will see much more of those on tuesday when a whole raft of amendments could well be selected, which try to take no deal off the table. as we know, it is not easy because the fullback position in law is that if there is no deal going through, then no deal is the fallback option stop by i‘m just reading, jaguar and land rover have announced to shut uk plants for a week from april 8—12. as well as

the engine plant in wolverhampton. again, this is adding to this picture of real pressure on the prime minister to do something? that is what is interesting, these are the warnings that we did hear about during the referendum all that time ago. the difference now is that we arejust a few ago. the difference now is that we are just a few weeks away from leaving the eu, so you can hear desperation in the voices of those businesses who want no deal to be taken off the table. now the prime minister, as we‘ve heard many times, particularly in the house of commons, she would get up and say that the way to take no deal off the table is to vote for her deal. that is her point, she is said all along that she wants to negotiate a deal, and she has worked on that for merit —— very many months, years, and what she is saying to mps as if —— if you‘re concerned about no deal, you

can get behind my deal. it will be very interesting next week because if yvette cooper, the labour backbencher, her attempt to get mps in charge of what goes on in parliament, if that is successful, then that changes the dynamic of this argument. and i think at that point, you will see lots of brexit yea rs point, you will see lots of brexit years in the conservative party starting to be very concerned about where that might leave, notjust to extend article 50 to delay brexit, but may be more than that. so that could be in a very strange way good news for theresa may. but yes, she is under a lot of pressure not to go down the no deal route. and there are some, ministers and others who have said to me they don‘t believe she would. but for now, it is still on the table. thank you very much. let‘s speak to our reporter andy gill who is in broughton in wales where airbus employs around 6,000 workers. real concern, giving the strength of

feelings expressed in these comments? that's right, they make winds here for the finished airbus aircraft. parts come in from all over the europe, finished wings go out to france for final assembly. with britain in the eu, it is easy to move parts and finished product between eu countries. what they are worried about here is that if there is no deal, it will be impossible to do that. and that could have a big effect onjobs here, and do that. and that could have a big effect on jobs here, and future investment. because in the long run, it may make it not worthwhile for the company to do that. airbus have warned about a possible no—deal brexit before they did that injune. but this is a significant ratcheting up but this is a significant ratcheting up of the warnings when the boss of airbus uses words like "a disgrace" to describe the fact that there is no deal the business could plan for when he says that people should ignore what he calls the brexit tear cosmic madness, that is really

serious. as you say, 6000 people work here, and it is really important for the northwest economy, not just north important for the northwest economy, notjust north wales, because people commute here from all the way over like merseyside. in other 110,000 jobs depend on this airbus site in the supply chain. now the prime minister has said that a pragmatic deal is precisely what she is aiming for, and that brexit secretary has said he takes the comments seriously. but one manufacturing body has also backed airbus today, saying it is time for parliament to realise nothing will change because of positive thinking and smiles. a trade union, unite, is also packing what he said. one bakes dust bridge and supporting local conservative mp, david jones, has said a lot of

those will vote for brexit —— brexit themselves, and he thinks that they should be using his influence to get into the uk government, and importantly onto the eu to make sure that a deal can be done. thank you very much, andy gill there. they plant —— jaguar plan to shut their plants from dust for a week, from april 8—12. as well as the engine block in wolverhampton. they are already do to close from april 15-23 are already do to close from april 15—23 as part of their normal maintenance programme, but given the lack of progress on brexit, jaguar has decided to extend the shut down. the move shutdown has been under consideration for quite some time. bmw has plant —— closed its own

plant, and honda is planning a six day closure. a further shut down at jake you are land rover confirmed. 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 cold water 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. time for a look at the weather with alina. you have something rather unusual? you have something rather unusual? you know what this is, can you see it? you can‘t see it from a distance. it looks like a rainbow or fog. we were chatting earlier, it is a fog bow, very similar to a rainbow. but very rare? well... you see rainbows much more, but we‘ve seen a see rainbows much more, but we‘ve seen a couple of them this week, actually. they‘re unusual. but the

same mechanism as a rainbow, so it is just same mechanism as a rainbow, so it isjust light same mechanism as a rainbow, so it is just light refracting through a water droplet. so when it is a raindrop, it is much bigger, that‘s why you get all the beams of light coming through. but with fog, the water droplets are much smaller, 10-100 water droplets are much smaller, 10—100 times smaller. the light flattens out, which is why you get the white effect. again, we‘ve been chatting, haven‘t we? the white effect. again, we‘ve been chatting, haven't we? just once in the day, i‘d like to look as if i know something. you know your hills and mountains. anyway, the point being, it‘s cold ? and mountains. anyway, the point being, it's cold? yes, but further west is not clear, and further south it is not clear and cold. things are about to turn much milder. this is true in cornwall, quite a different story. we are about to see something

milder over the next few days. you better tell us. we have a warm front approaching, and behind that is some milder conditions. that mild air is already settling into southwest england and northern ireland. slowly pushing its way eastwards over the next 2a hours, and you can see the yellow colours here, but further east we still have the blue, cold airgiving us east we still have the blue, cold air giving us wintry showers across parts of southeast england. you will get cleared scout —— clear skies... across northern scotland before that milderair across northern scotland before that milder air starts to settle in, heralding more clouds and patchy light rain and drizzle, some mist and fog. let‘s look at the temperatures. western areas, 9—10dc, southeast england, but that milder airwill southeast england, but that milder air will arrive tomorrow. 0utbreaks of rain across northern ireland and northern england. further south east

may be drier, a few breaks in the cloud. a breezy if not windy day, this is the average speeds do the afternoon, but some western and northern coasts could see stronger gusts. temperatures quite widely before 10—12dc. we stayed in this milderairas we before 10—12dc. we stayed in this milder air as we get there saturday, in between fronts. it is not before this pressure pushes into sunday, behind which we will see some colder conditions. saturday, england and wales mainly dry. some outbreaks of rain become more resistant across northern ireland through the day, some snow further highlands. again, quite a windy day for northern and western coasts. but for much of england and wales, another mild day, 9-10dc. that england and wales, another mild day, 9—10dc. that colder air returning to northern scotland, so we will see temperatures around 5—6dc. 0ur cold fronts light its way south and eastwards sunday, notice how the isobars get closer together. after a

brief spell of something milder, things turn much colder again on sunday. a messy day, some cells of sunshine but also some longer spells of rain, wintry over the hills of scotla nd of rain, wintry over the hills of scotland and northern england. some really strong winds on sunday, gusts of a0—50 mph, and we will notice the change once again after a couple of days of something a little milder, temperatures back to 5—6dc, even colder with the wind chill. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — says he is ‘innocent of any criminality‘ after appearing in court in edinburgh charged with sexual offences — including attempted rape. rescuers have called off the search for the missing plane which was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala — they say his chances of survival are "extremely remote." jack shepherd — the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash — is expected to appear in court tomorrow in georgia

for an extradition hearing. a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales. the head of airbus says it‘s a ‘disgrace‘ that businesses can‘t plan for brexit, warning the company may move operations out of the uk in the event of no—deal. sport now on afternoon live with 0lly foster. england are at the crease in the first test after bowling out the west indies. they are. day two in barbados england needed two wickets to finish off the west indies first innings at the kensington 0val. jimmy anderson took one of them for a five wicket haul, the 27th test ‘five‘fer‘ in tests. that equals the england record set by sir ian botham he can put his feet up now, the windies resumed on, they dug in a bit. they were all out for 289, ben stokes took the other wicket. england have started theirfirst innings. england 30—1 at lunch, keatonjennings the man down, edged the windies captainjason

holder. this is the first of three tests, antigua and st lucia to come. follow it all on the bbc sport website. in the cricket social on there as well. let‘s look at what is happening in australia. the women pass final of the australian open. looks like a humdinger. yes, three semifinals today. the us open champion naomi 0saka against two time wimbldeon champion petra kvitova. both came through their semi—finals today against karolina pliskova and danielle collins. whoever wins the final will become world number one. such goodwill in the game for kvitova because of what she‘s been through, just over two years ago she was the victim of a knife attack in her home. the tendons and nerves in her playing hand were so badly damaged that doctors feared that she would never be able to play at the top level again, but here she is, in a grand slam slam final.

to be honest, i am still not really believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest as well. i didn‘t know even if i was going to play tennis again. it wasn‘t a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn‘t only physical but mentally i was very tough as well. it took me a little while to believe in the people around me again. rafael nadal is into his fifth melbourne final, he outclassed the greek hotshot stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. he‘ll face either the world number one novak djokovic or lucas pouille who play their semifinal tomorrow morning. it‘s the second of the league cup semi—finals tonight, tottenham take a slender 1—0 first leg lead to chelsea. manchester city are waiting in the final. there‘s no harry kane for spurs,

who scored in the first leg, or dele alli who have both joined spurs‘ lengthy injury list. mauricio pochettino is proud of his players and the way they have kept themselves in all four competition. iam more i am more than happy with my squad. i think to arrive in this situation after a very difficult summer, i think when you assess everything that has happened in the last seven months, i think our players are here. two time prmier league winner john 0bi mikel hasjoined championside side middlesbrough on a deal until the end of the season. the former chelsea midfielder was a free agent after a spell in the chinese super league. he played for nigeria at last summer‘s world cup and won the champions league in an 11 year spell at stamford bridge. boro are currently fifth in the championship,

seven points adrift of leeds. britain‘s menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second medal at the para alpine world championships in slovenia. the paralympic champions took silver after finishing five seconds behind the slovakian pair in the visually impaired slalom. they also took bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday. jockey frankie dettori says he is considering riding into his 50s. the a8—year—old has ridden more than 3,000 winners in his career and was named 2018 jockey of the year, he‘s said that he can definitely make it to 50 and may even consider riding for another five years. i think he was doing that for fun. it will our pictures of him for next

hour. that‘s all the sport for now. we‘ll be back at half past six. thank you. we got a few technical problems. ali foster there. all day, bbc news has been breaking down the brexitjargon routinely used by politicians and by the media, but which is rarely explained. one of those terms is the transition period after the uk officially leaves the eu. here‘s our reality check correspondent chris morris to make sense of it. you know what it is like on a long journey. just when you thought that brexit might soon be over, get ready for transition. let‘s assume we are on track to leave the eu on march

the 29th 2019. if we approach departure with a withdrawal agreement in hand, it will be time for the transition period. the government because at the implementation period but it is actually the same thing. why a transition? because the uk in the eu still need to agree the details of a new trade deal. and businesses need more time to adjust to all the changes they are going to have to make. so during the transition, the uk will have left the eu. but the 21 months everything else will stay the same. the uk will still be in the eu poss my economic zone, single market, and the customs union. that means frictionless trade without checks and delays and borders will continue. but the uk will also have to float other eu rules and regulations. this includes same payments into the eu budget, accepting the rulings of the

european court of justice, accepting the rulings of the european court ofjustice, and allowing free movement of people. except the uk no longer will have any say in changing the rules or making new ones. no vote and no seat at the table. now there is a tradition that the transition journey could be longer, maybe one or even two yea rs journey could be longer, maybe one or even two years longer. to give more time to sort everything out. supporters of a clean and break brexit are not happy, they say it feels more like a losing control and taking a back control. so a transition period does it by sometime, but it will not solve the brexit puzzle entirely. final destination, still unknown. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide —

and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. rogerjohnson is in manchester, where a rare graphic record capturing the moment the world war one guns fell silent will be recreated. and lewis coombes is in southampton with news of a campaign called ‘check on your mate‘ where students use games of chess to break down barriers and improve mental health. roger, what is it that these musicians are trying to do? what they have done is they have taken a commission done by the imperial war museum, there are two, war museum north over the manchester ship canalfrom war museum north over the manchester ship canal from where war museum north over the manchester ship canalfrom where i‘m sitting and the imperial war museum in london and they gave a commission to the people called field of music, a couple of brothers whose name are david and peter brewis. to come up with the musical composition essentially stemming from the moment the guns fell silent on the 11th of the guns fell silent on the 11th of the 11th 1918. when that happened it, there was something called a sound arranging, very primitive way

of recording sounds. you can see the graph there. on the left you can see the final minutes of the guns before they fell silent. if you look, they flatline on the right. that is when they fell silent. they have essentially used that as the intellectual base to say it what happened after the guns fell silent. the composition is all sorts of different things which is somehow connected to what happened in world war i. the guns may have fallen silent but the legacies continue. have a listen to the moment and we can talk more about what some of those legacies are. whenever i have been there, that museum, anybody who‘s been out there knows what it looks like, it is a stunning building. what else can you expect when you go in for this

particular exhibition? you can almost see it. just on the right. it is an amazing building. tonight, they will have this concert and musical compositions. all about the legacies of world war i, so it is not essentially about war, it is about what happened after the war. it is about the advances that were made of plastic surgery in the decades after 1918 because so much work was done as a result of the injury to the servicemen. so part of the composition and one of the movements is based on plastic surgery movements is based on plastic surgery and another one is based on the reparations. in 2010 the final german reparation payment for world wari german reparation payment for world war i was made. the musician somehow, they have gotten far more credit reflected me, they have taken the moment and imagine that in the german payment was made by them to settle the reparations. and they

made a musical movement out of that. it is based on that moment where the guns fell silent and everything went quiet. but actually through the decades that followed, there is a ripple effect in the legacies of world war i have gone on for 100 year sentence. the imperial war museum north tonight, and a week tonight, at the imperial war museum in london. tickets are available for that performance. fabulous. you enjoy. i had the same shirt on. i wasn‘t going to mention that. thank you. now to lewis coombes in southampton, where students are using the game of chess to tackle mental health issues. a remarkable story. how does that work? it is a game played across the world by a range of demographics and i think what is poignant about this story is that it is a game of survival where you have to protect the pieces that are more supportive. when students go to university,

those pieces become yourself, you have to look at the yourself for the first time perhaps. it can be difficult. you find yourself in a new place, friends and family might not be around. then you throw in the exam stress in the financial pressures. it can be a really isolated time and that is when mental health can be impacted. today we are covering the story of the suicide battle bus as it is call. rolling into the university of southampton today. the aim is to use just as the hook to get people to talk about their issues and what they are going through and i really to try and help get them the support they might need. it was quite difficult adjusting to a new city away from all of your friends come all my friends were in an alignment and on the one who came here. things like chess to help. —— were in and london. university is a high stress

environment. especially now during exa m environment. especially now during exam time. there are definitely problems in the university and things like this help. it is double could understand young people being lonely when they by other young people but i‘m guessing that battle bus must hear some very personal stories? absolutely. i was there earlier today. it acted as a beacon for people to step forward to talk about really personal experiences like you said. you can only see these scribbles that are all over the bus which is a kind of thing they do to help people communicate. a reminder for individual stories of tougher times and people who are paying homage to people who have passed away and taking their own life so really difficult situations and the statistics behind this are really sobering as well. the ten years after 2016, the number of uk students took their own life increased by 56% and that is quite a staggering amount i thought and actually in the last academic year

alone, over 100 students committed suicide. characters on the outside of society, characters that have had a very troubling mental health issues and have not received any ca re have issues and have not received any care have been given drugs rather than community. and we love the fact that socialist prescribing is coming in more and more but these ideas that it will be coming in 2020 or later is too late. it is not happening quickly now. this is about action and we know that connecting can work so how do we build these communities? we have to look at ourselves. the bus was at the university of southampton today in the idea is that it will now tour around the country to help students across england and the hopefully it will be able to pick up the pieces for students to stop local authorities having to help them further down the line when problems are more serious. great story. plenty more on bbc without at 6:30pm tonight. lewis, welcome to nationwide. roger, used to have time

to change. thank you both very much. —— used to have time. that is nationwide. if you would like to see more, you can if you would like to see more, you ca n a ccess if you would like to see more, you can access them by the bbc iplayer. we go to nationwide every weekday afternoon at a:30pm. more now on the news that the the search for the missing plane, in which the footballer emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday, has been called off. the striker, from argentina, had just been signed by cardiff city, and was on his way there from france. speaking with a translator at a news conference in the last hour, emiliano sala‘s sister romina sala, said she still feels emiliano is still alive. you can see she is very emotional. it is difficult to follow up. in terms of your answer, yes, they have a lot of support from the club and

she thinks all of the efforts from everybody, but down in her heart she knows he is a fighter. he is still alive and the pilot and him are somewhere in the middle of the channel and the are not going to give up. so please don't give up up the search. that was a translator sitting with the sister of emiliano sala. the search being caught off for the plane carrying him and his pilot. we will bring you more on that as we get it. more now on the case of jack shepherd who is expected to appear for an extradition hearing tomorrow in tblisi in georgia, where he turned himself in to the police yesterday. he went on the run before his conviction for the manslaughter of charlotte brown after she was killed in a speedboat crash. her family have accused him of ‘unbelievable arrogance‘. in an intervview with the bbc earlier, and speaking on his way to the tbilisi detention centre where jack shepherd is being held,

his lawyer tariel kakabadze told us how likely it will be that mr shepherd will fight the extradition request first of all, we need to see the case documents. we need to see the arguments. from the and we need to see the decision of the british courts. we also need to see the complaints later. from his lawyers and some of the documents which we have not seen yet. we will meet the decision what to do. right now, i have information that based on my client, he was threatened by some people, that if he goes back to great britain, if he goes to jail, he will have a big problem there. he mentioned several people and he also mentioned several people and he also mentioned the victim‘s father, this is what he is saying. he said that

he is very afraid that if he goes back to the uk, he will probably have some issues and problems. he‘s feeling is that there will be a huge threat to his health and his life. the latest. suzanne is here now for all the business news in a moment. but first the headlines. alex salmond — the former first minister of scotland — says he is ‘innocent of any criminality‘ after appearing in court in edinburgh charged with sexual offences — including two counts of attempted rape. rescuers have called off the search for the missing plane which was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala — they say his chances of survival are "extremely remote." jack shepherd — the man convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash — is expected to appear in court tomorrow in georgia for an extradition hearing. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. bombardier — one of northern ireland‘s biggest manufacturing employers — has called for an "orderly brexit."

the canadian transportation giant employs around a,000 people in and around belfast. the french car—maker renault has confirmed the resignation of its chairman and chief executive carlos ghosn, who is currently in custody injapan awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. thierry bollore, who has been running the company temporarily will now become chief executive. the michelin boss jean—dominique senard will become chairman and take charge of running the alliance — a global carmaking group comprised of renault, nissan and mitsubishi. the amount households spent each week in 2018 climbed to £572.60, the highest level since 2005, according to the office for national statistics. but families had to borrow, or use up savings, to fund their spending and investments. transport was the biggest weekly spend, averaging 1a% of the total. so susannah, fresh warnings from major companies today over a no—deal brexit bombardier, is northern ireland‘s biggest manufacturing employers — its called for an "orderly brexit."

is that it really can‘t plan at the moment his business, it is very difficult. it doesn‘t know what is happening and referred from airbus as well today, really strong terms. they said it was a disgrace that businesses could not plan for brexit. he said firms will have to make potentially harmful decisions for the uk make potentially harmful decisions forthe uk in make potentially harmful decisions for the uk in the event of a no deal. also keeping an eye across the oil price today. it has gone down because of concerns about the global economy slowing down and also the us stockpiling barrels of oil and that had some effect on energy companies. is there any good news around? a bit ofa is there any good news around? a bit of a tonic. every elf is. surrounding the mix company fever

tree. —— make a bit of a surrounding the mix company fever tree. —— make a bit ofa mix. revenues rising 39% to £236 million! a p pa re ntly revenues rising 39% to £236 million! apparently the growing popularity of jan in the uk has helped boost both sales but also pretty good in the us as well. more about this. michael hewson, chief market analyst at cmc markets is with us. let‘s talk brexit first. what is the city making up all of these are recent warnings? i think tom has hit the net on the head with respect to the net on the head with respect to the brexit process. here we are, just over two months away from the brexit date and ultimately, we have no idea whatsoever of what are the conditions we will be trading with the eu post the 29th of march. ultimately, mps are running around in circles like headless chickens trying to come to some form of compromise with respect to an extension to article 50. a

revocation of article 50. or a green the deal by mrs may, and it is not ideal and ultimately, i think what you are seeing ideal and ultimately, i think what you are seeing care ideal and ultimately, i think what you are seeing care from big business is the frustration, the it is starting to break and this afternoon jaguar land is starting to break and this afternoonjaguar land rover suggested they may extend their shutdown and a proposed brexit in the event that we do not get a satisfactory conclusion to events of the last few days. michael, very quickly to make the success of fever tree, it is not cheap. what he think it is doing so well? if i was being flippant, i was saved the brexit process is driving us all to drink. then sales in 2018 were up a1% to 66 million bottles. but ultimately it come i think what they are doing is expanding ina come i think what they are doing is expanding in a whole host of markets in the us markets, uk and revenues we re in the us markets, uk and revenues were up 52% and it essentially for me, they got their expansion policy exactly right. thank you.

a quick flash of the markets. let‘s have a look. i can tell you the ftse has been down. pretty much all. well done. thank you. see you tomorrow. that‘s all the business news. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at 5. time for a look at the weather. hello. things look a little less cold over the next few days. while the air already across the west, slowly working eastwards. initially, some snow and ice in northern parts of scotla nd some snow and ice in northern parts of scotland clearing with a touch of frost for some each areas of england. that cloud will be working its way eastwards with fog and patchy light rain and drizzle but the temperatures rising through the night. i don, some western friend just to around nine or 10 celsius come still close to freezing. went through tomorrow, that mild air arrives to all. bringing a lot of cloud and operates a brand and

patchy drizzle across northern england and northern ireland. a few brea ks england and northern ireland. a few breaks in the cloud to the east of the limit and a breezy day for northern and western scotland that we can see gus reaching a0 or 50 miles an hour. at a much milder day, high between nine and 12 celsius. 0n saturday, mild, cloudy, breezy and outbreaks of light rain and drizzle as we go into sunday, back in the cold airand as we go into sunday, back in the cold air and filling colder in the wind. today at five: alex salmond appears in court facing 1a charges, including two counts of attempted rape and nine of sexual assault. scotland‘s former first minister denies all the charges against him and says he has faith in the scottish legal system. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i‘ll defend myself to the utmost in court. we‘ll have the latest from outside the court in edinburgh. the other main stories

on bbc news at 5: rescue teams call off the search for the missing plane that was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala. his sister begs the rescuers to keep searching for her brother.