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. 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. police in england and wales say

there's been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crime. the head of the planemaker airbus says uncertainty over brexit is a disgrace and warns it may move operations out of the uk if there's no deal. and if you're baffled by brexitjargon terms like ‘backstop‘ and ‘article 50‘ — we're here to help. after half past, we'll be explaining the terminology with our political correspondent chris mason. it's 5 o'clock. our main story: the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has appeared in court in edinburgh, facing fourteen charges including two counts of attempted rape and nine of sexual assault. mr salmond emerged after the hearing to say he denies all the charges against him.

he said he's ‘innocent of any criminality whatsover‘ and promised to defend himself in court ‘to the utmost‘. let‘s speak to our scotland correspondent — lorna gordon — who is outside edinburgh sheriff court. yes, alex salmond arrived at edinburgh sheriff court shortly before two o‘clock for a short hearing which took place in private. he was charged last night after attending a police station with his solicitor. as he arrived, some members of public shouted freedom, others shouted shame on you. he shook hands with some members of public, but because proceed rgs live, he didn‘t speak or take

questions, although he made a statement later protesting his innocence of the charges. s he now faces. how are you feeling, mr salmond? alex salmond, a former first minister of scotland, facing criminal charges in the scottish courts. among the 1a charges, two of attempted rape, nine of sexual breach of the peace. charges he strongly denies. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the utmost in court. i‘ve got great faith in the court system of scotland. i‘ve got recent cause to have great faith in the court system of scotland. that is where i‘ll state my case. the former first minister is the man who led the snp into government, led the drive for a referendum on scottish independence. he is a titan of scottish politics. today‘s developments come

a fortnight since the former first minister attended a hearing at scotland‘s highest civil court, the court of session in edinburgh, when the scottish government conceded that its internal investigation of complaints of sexual misconduct against him can was flawed. that hearing focussed on procedures followed, not the substance of the allegations. scotland‘s first minister, nicola sturgeon, this morning had this 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 more than ever it would be completely inappropriate for me our anyone else for that matter to comment in any detail. mr salmond made no plea, but has said he will vigorously defend himself against the charges he now faces and was released on bail. well, perhaps it is worth giving an

explanation of the legal side. this was an appearance in private, that is normal in a scottish criminal court, the prosecuting authorities, here in scotland, only provide the charges as they‘re listed on the petition. there is no discussion of the details of case at this stage as the details of case at this stage as the matters remains under investigation. mr salmond denies any allegations of criminality and a date has yet to be set for his next appearance in court. thank you very much. rescue teams have called off the search for the missing plane in which the footballer emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday with pilot david ibbotson. the star 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.

our correspondentjohn fernandez is in guensey for us. this was a decision to call off the search after a lot of time searching for any signs of that plane? yes, they covered 1,700 square miles in these four days of searching since monday at 8.20 the aircraft disappeared from the radar and when the captain, david barker, who has been leading the search operation, spoke earlier he told me it wasn‘t without regret. earlier today i had a meeting with my coastguard office rs a meeting with my coastguard officers and having 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 are a huge number of people here in the uk and in france who have been involved in this search over the la st involved in this search over the last three days. this has been a huge search across a wide area, a lot of assets involved, the channel islands air search plane, which spotted debris on tuesday afternoon. but it wasn‘t able to be confirmed whether it was anything to do with this missing plane. now, the investigation is going to continue, the search is over, but an investigation by the air accident investigation by the air accident investigation branch will continue into what happened to this plane and they have said there is no time scale on how long that will take. thank you. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff for us

with the very latest. this news that they have called off the search that the family of the player and the pilot were dreading? that‘s right. there was hope from eve ryo ne that‘s right. there was hope from everyone involved in this tragedy over the past few days. the hope was that no news was possibly some good news, but with the news that the search for now has come to an end, it does mean that possibly things aren‘t what they hoped to be. while that press conference was happening in guernsey, there was a press conference here in cardiff. the footballer‘s sister has been in cardiff seeking any sort of answers as to what happened to her 28—year—old brother and what happened during that flight from na ntes to happened during that flight from nantes to cardiff. he was about an hour ago speaking in cardiff bay,

just explaining the thoughts from her and her family. she was saying for us they are still alive, please, please don‘t stop the search. it is difficult to express oui’ search. it is difficult to express our feelings, because search. it is difficult to express ourfeelings, because everything is really ha rd. clearly, ourfeelings, because everything is really hard. clearly, an emotional sister here saying that she wanted the search to continue for as long as possible, showing there was still hopein as possible, showing there was still hope in the family that her brother was alive. in another development, we have had a statement from the agent that brokered that deal, mark mackay, saying the aircraft was not owned by the agent or any member of

his family. now, clearly there are still questions to be answered and the sala family will be trying, they say, to get to guernsey to try and a nswer say, to get to guernsey to try and answer any of those questions, but for now it is a sombre atmosphere in cardiff and the family clearly heartbroken with the news that the search has come to an end for now at least. thank you. 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 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. in the past few moments, jack shepherd‘s lawyer in georgia has been speaking to journalists, and says no final decision has yet been made on whether shepherd will be fighting his extradition to the uk. he is saying he is afraid, if he goes back to the united kingdom he will probably have some issues, some problems. he has his feeling that there would be a huge threat to his health and to his life. 0ur reporter rayhan demytrie is in the georgian capital

tbilisi for us now. his lawyer saying it is possible he will fight the extradition process. that interview was recorded as his lawyer was entering the detention centre where jack shepherd is being held. the lawyer is seeing his client now. the lawyer clarified about this court hearing that is expected tomorrow. he said a judge here will decide to, whether to remand him in custody until his extradition is processed. according to georgian law, after police made the arrest, there is 48—hours for a judge to validate the arrest and to keep a suspect in detention. he

spoke about his client‘s safety, that he is concerned about his safety. but the lawyer said that he hasn‘t seen any case documents yet and once he gets those documents and if he is rea sured that there is no threat to his client‘s safety that, he is unlikely to challenge his extradition. but in his own words, he said if there is even one chance of threat to his safety, i, as lawyer, would fight for my client‘s rights. we are expecting for that lawyer to come out from the detention centre and give us the latest on what they decided to do. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: former scottish first minster alex salmond appears in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape — rescue teams call off the search

for the missing plane that was carrying cardiff city striker emiliano sala. 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‘ in sport, england bowled the west indieses out for 289. but now england have slipped to 114—4 in their first england have slipped to 114—4 in theirfirst innings. joe england have slipped to 114—4 in their first innings. joe root the latest to fall. and just over two yea rs latest to fall. and just over two years after being told she may never play again, following a knife attack, kvitova has reached the

australian open final. the 2009 champion, rafael nadal is through to his fifth melbourne final. he will face novak djokovic or poullie. more at 5.30. 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. these are figures for england and wales for the 12 months to the end of september last year, compared to the previous 12 months. and they show that at the serious end of the scale of violence, there are clear

increases that the experts say are genuine rises. not accounted for by changes to recording practices, but real increases. if we look first at cases of murder and manslaughter, described as homicide, up 14%. there was 90 more killings last year than there were the year before. that is almost two more per week. that is a substantial increase. and it means the number of homicides is at the highest level for decade. 0ver the number of homicides is at the highest level for decade. over all levels of violence went up for 19%, but they include a number of lower level crimes such as pushing and shoving and harassment, which probably are more to do with changes in recording. but with knife crime, knife attacks and other offences involves knives, up by 8%. that is significant. it is mirrored by data from hospitals, so this is a real increase and it is the highest

figure on record. the figures were first compiled in 2011. a real concern for the government. the policing minister said it is a worry, but he says he is unable to put a date on when the figures will start to fall. the government announced a serious crime strategy, but he can‘t say when that will have an impact on the number of offences. 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‘s not a sight you see every day — the leaders of some of the biggest

brexit of course the subject. no 10 seeking support wherever possible — even from those demanding the prime minister changes tack. the prime minister, frankly, has to stop playing to the bad boys at the back of the class and start listening to where i think parliament is, which is wanting no deal off the table and more time for genuine talks to take place. but even among trade unions there is division about whether there should be another public vote, or if more time is needed before brexit, how long. we have to give a clear indication that the referendum result, which is only what two years ago, two and a half year 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‘s hesitant about another

referendum and is yet to decide whether to back efforts to get brexit delayed to avoid no deal. we're 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‘s pressure from within his own party — some are teamed with tories to demand another say. they want the labour leader on board, knowing they don‘t have the numbers in parliament yet. at a time when labour should be championing a people‘s vote, the leadership avoids answering that call. the problem fourjeremy corbyn is if he comes out full throttle behind the idea of another public vote, or a long delay to brexit, he risks alienating those labour supporters who voted to leave. he is struggling to balance the demands of a divided party — just like the prime minister. the government says delays or second votes would only create more uncertainty, insisting the prime minister‘s brexit deal can

still be salvaged. timing is of the essence. businesses face decisions in terms of planning and those decisions are real and they want the certainty of the deal that the prime minister has to offer. but parliament‘s still deadlocked and pulling different directions and time is short to find a solution. 0ur chief political correspondent vicky young is in westminster. a lot of talk about worries about no—deal brexit. a lot of talk about worries about no-deal brexit. yes a push from industry and firms like airbus, that employs thousands of people, their chief executive saying just because we have been here for years, doesn‘t mean we will be here if there is a no—deal brexit. another warning from

jaguar land rover, saying they‘re going to be halting production for an additional week due to potential disruption from brexit. manufacturers sites will stop from april eighth to 12th. so a lot of pressure on the prime minister, also from union leaders about ruling out no deal. it is not as easy as it sounds, the legal position is we do leave at the end of march. but members of cabinet repeating their concerns about it too. the chancellor saying that not leaving the eu at all would be a betrayal of the eu at all would be a betrayal of the referendum, but equally not... equally leaving without a deal would also be a betrayal. these are comments he has made before, but this clear anxiety here. what can parliament do? we know there are hundreds of mps who want to try and stop the no deal scenario. how?

there are a series of amendments going down, changes to the government‘s motion that will be voted on next tuesday probably and they will try and do just that — either extend article 50 and that means that brexit is delayed for up to nine months or amendments ruling out no deal. they won‘t be binding, but it would be a clear signal to the prime minister. amber rudd has been pushing for something different. she wants to be able to stop a no—deal brexit. different. she wants to be able to stop a no-deal brexit. there are 14 amendments down so far, i will be looking at them. but it is too early for anybody to make those sort of commitments, there is a lot of change going on. i've called for a free vote on the amendments on tuesday and we will see what position the government takes. tuesday and we will see what position the government takesm there isn't a free vote and you do vote for that amendment, are you

prepared to end the career as a minister? that is what would happen. i'm going to stick to trying to persuade the government to allow it to bea persuade the government to allow it to be a free vote. but there is a lot taking place and a lot of new amendments, we ill have to wait and see. several conservative ministers said would resign to stop a no deal scenario. but do they see next tuesday as the moment they have to act? thank you. president trump has announced he won‘t be giving his annual state of the union address until the partial shutdown of the us government is over. he‘s been locked in a row with the democrats for a month. it all started in december with the president saying he‘d be proud to shut down the government over the issue of funding for his border wall with mexico. then when the democrats took control of the house they proposed money for border security, but the president said

he would only approve the plans if they included his border wall. 0n the 8th of january — the president delivered his first national television address from the oval office — calling the situation on the southern border a ‘humanitarian crisis‘ . the shutdown is now the longest in history and into its 34th day with 800,000 federal workers remaining unpaid joining us from our new york studio — corey brettschneider — professor of political science at brown university and author of a new book on the us constitution and presidential powers. well, it looks like the presidential powers at the moment are not sufficient for him to give his state of the union address. that's right. he is i think unaware of many of the requirements and the structure of the us constituency, so he is learning a lesson from nancy pelosi, that he doesn‘t have a right to give

a speech. it is a tradition, but it is not guaranteed. there is an obligation just is not guaranteed. there is an obligationjust for the president is not guaranteed. there is an obligation just for the president to give information from time to time. that can be delivered in writing. he has to learn i guess the idea is that this congress has the ability to limit his power and this is a symbol of a wider issue. this boils down to a stand off between the democrats and the president about his border wall, that was an election promise and the american people liked that promise. yes, but i think people liked that promise. yes, but ithink in people liked that promise. yes, but i think in our system, there are coequal branches of government and this is the same theme as we see in the state of the union, although a president is elected by the people, the congress is a coequal branch and it is the law—making branch and the president is charged with executing the law, not making it. so executive

orders are not take way from congress‘s power. that is the lesson he is learning. that although he is used to a republican congress doing his bidding, that is no longer the case and the democrats are exercising their constitutional right to spend, to v that spending power, to make law, or refuse to do so. power, to make law, or refuse to do so. that is where this standstill is coming from. i think he might have been unaware and he is learning about it now. what about the idea he could declare a state of emergency to get around that. i think that is a deep constitutional issue. on my view it is answered in a case by president trueman who tried to take steel mills and the court said, through justice jaquesson, that a

president doesn‘t have inherent emergency powers and if the congress says the president can‘t do something, the president‘s power is at his weakest. the congress have said they won‘t give money for the wall and that means the president is limited in that power. there are arguments on the other side, the president may say he is authorised to do that. but it would be a hard case in the court. but he is limited by the youngs town case. thank you. now the weather. things will be turning milder. that mild air making its presence felt in western areas tonight into tomorrow it will work eastwards. some clearer skies in the east, bringing a frost and some ice

and snow for the northern highlands before the cloud and rain arrives. by before the cloud and rain arrives. by the end of the night temperatures in western areas nine or ten celsius. still chilly for east anglia and the south—east. but not as cold as it had been. tomorrow milderfor as cold as it had been. tomorrow milder for all of as cold as it had been. tomorrow milderfor all of us. and we as cold as it had been. tomorrow milder for all of us. and we will see more cloud, some rain, mainly light and patchy in scotland and northern ireland and northern england and wales and south—west england. the dry rest weather in the south—east. a breezy day, but feeling much milder. temperatures widely between nine and 12 celsius. save for the far north of scotland and the northern isles. saturday, most will be mild. breezy and cloudy with some rain and as the rain clears, on sunday colder. especially in the strong northerly winds. this is bbc news. the headlines... former scottish first minster alex salmond appears in court charged

with a number of counts including attempted rape. he denies all the charges. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the utmost in court. the search for the missing plane in which the footballer emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday has been called off. his sister has pleaded for the search to continue. and jack shepherd, who was convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames, has handed himself in to police in georgia after months on the run. and coming up shortly, if you‘re baffled by brexitjargon, we will be explaining the terminology with our political correspondent chris mason. that‘s in a few minutes. let‘s get all the latest sports news with holly hamilton. good evening.

we start over in barbados where england‘s batsmen are falling apart on day two of the first test against west indies. earlier, the home side reached a first innings total of 289 runs. in reply, england have now slipped to 48—6 after keatonjennings fell cheaply before lunch. they lost another opener when rory burns fell for two, soon followed byjonny bairstow and then captain joe root, who was out after being hit on the pad byjason holder. and in the last few minutes, ben stoke and moeen ali have gone in consecutive balls to leave england reeling. tennis and petra kvitova and naomi 0saka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both won their thursday semi—finals in scorching conditions. the winner of saturday‘s showdown will also claim the world number one ranking. and for kvitova it will be her first grand slam final since her hand was injured

in a knife attack in 2016. to be honest, i‘m still not really believing that i‘m in the final. it's believing that i‘m in the final. it‘s kind of weird, to be honest, as well that i didn‘t know even if i would play tennis again. it wasn‘t really a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn‘t only like physically but mentally it was very tough as well. it took me a little while to believe in the people around me again. in the men‘s draw rafael nadal is into his fifth melbourne final. he outclassed stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. he‘ll face either the world number one novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play their semi—final tomorrow morning. i have to keep doing the things that i‘m doing, that‘s my feeling, just

keep playing the way that i‘m playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, i think. playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, ithink. i‘m doing playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, i think. i‘m doing a lot of things well so i can‘t complain much. i‘m just focused on trying to keep doing the things that i‘m doing and then expect to have one of those special days. injury—hit spurs lead chelsea 1—0 heading into tonight‘s efl cup semi—final second leg with the winners set to face manchester city in the final. that game kicks off at 7.45pm at stamford bridge and our correspondentjoe wilson is there us this evening. there will be huge pressure on the managers this evening, both looking for a bit of silverware this season. absolutely and let‘s be clear, when you have clubs at this size and reputation, the expectation is that they will win a trophy but looking at the chelsea programme this evening, merit ceo salary continues his recent criticism of his players following their league defeat

against arsenal again repairing to their lack of quality lack of the right mentality in the game —— video sarry. he is clearly trying to motivate and get some kind of reaction from his place but it is equally possible if you are a chelsea player in that dressing room, chelsea player in that dressing room , you chelsea player in that dressing room, you are thinking, does this 7 . room, you are thinking, does this manager rate me? bear in mind that he has gone into the transfer market to bring in 831—year—old striker, gonzalo higuain, who is to requirements in italian football —— a 31—year—old striker. spurs are without dele alli and son. argentino has to back up his with something tangible which can only be a trophy —— mauricio pochettino. tangible which can only be a trophy -- mauricio pochettino. and a lot of people will be watching the behaviour of the plans, chelsea reminding their supporters to keep it positive this evening. absolutely. you turn the page from the column of sarri and there is a

reminder from chelsea about anti—semitism. chelsea are acutely aware and embarrassed by a hardcore fa ns aware and embarrassed by a hardcore fans who have historically used anti—semitic language against spurs in particular and with thousands of spurs fans hid the night there is the potential for that to spurs fans hid the night there is the potentialfor that to happen again but we can only hope and chelsea... apologies, we have seem to have lost joe chelsea... apologies, we have seem to have lostjoe at stamford bridge. that match will start at 7:45pm. hugh woozencroft have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. thank you. 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. hello and good evening from the

stu d e nts hello and good evening from the students union here at the university of bedfordshire and you acknowledged it and i will admit it, when we are talking brexit, it can get baffling because we end up in this soup ofjargon where, if you struggle to understand a particular term, pretty much everything else we say makes no sense whatsoever. the bbc is supercharging its jargon buster on the website. we have been here all day doing a kind of supercharged version of what we should try to do every day, which is try to explain! brexit has turned out to be a rather messy business, full of words, sayings and jargon bandied around, but when we boil it all down, do we know what on earth most of it means? what is the back 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, from all different types of politicians, from all persuasions. there's two years talking about brexit but there is nothing coming out. confused actually because obviously 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 fact is 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, very little understanding and some people don't even know about it as a concept. we have a small group of people who are actually 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, mainly leavers,

who are drawn to the idea of no deal because of its simplicity but they also have no understanding of what the implications might be, theyjust think it seems like a simple way out. so, what does no deal actually mean? a no—deal brexit would mean the uk leaving the european union and cutting ties immediately. if mps do not approve theresa may‘s deal or another plan, there will be no—deal exit on the 29th of march. the uk would initially follow world trade organisation rules to trade with the eu and with other countries. the blunt truth is there is an endless assortment ofjargon and bucketfuls of bafflement. and quite probably plenty more to come. welcome to myjungle overjargon with an assembly of the various terms that people like me trot out far too often and perhaps don‘t explain as clearly as we can. you

can see an assembled cast to talk to us. can see an assembled cast to talk to us. we will take on what i think is the term to love to hate in this whole conversation because it is everywhere it is pretty complex and here it is on my money is no object prop, the backstop! let‘s talk to you first, thank you for sparing yourtime, it is you first, thank you for sparing your time, it is a useful term, a meaningful term, a load of nonsense? i have no idea what it means. this is your big moment! helpjess out, where are we with the backstop? step back for a minute. both the british government and the eu have said that after we leave the eu there cannot bea after we leave the eu there cannot be a border between northern ireland and the republic of violent and there cannot be customs infrastructure. the eu has said that if you leave the eu market —— single

market and the customs union, we have to be special arrangement to allow us to prevent that border and they have come up with the backstop which is there if we don't sign a trade agreement that allows things to flow freely. we will have the backstop and it puts northern ireland and the uk in the customs territory with the eu and northern ireland and a series of laws, enough to grant the building of that border sowed the backstop is all about the northern ireland and the republic of ireland and not having a border. that‘s all sorted then! i will award you the price of the best haircut i have seen in luton! the backstop, it gets to the heart of it in terms of a complex term. anand does his best to give as a definition but it is inevitably complicated. definitely, my only experience the backstop was in cricket and i don‘t think that applies to the eu! cricket and rounders! the terms are a bit dense for, like, everyday folk. your

reflections ? for, like, everyday folk. your reflections? i agree completely with jamie, idid reflections? i agree completely with jamie, i did not know about the backstop, i had not heard of it before. i guess the essence of all of this is that the whole conversation about brexit is about constitutional change, the politics that goes on under the bonnet. when we ta ke that goes on under the bonnet. when we take ourcarto that goes on under the bonnet. when we take our car to the garage, we just wanted to go, we are not that fussed about what is going on under the bonnet and yet brexit is a conversation under the bonnet of politics. absolutely and the reason the backstop matters and everybody is talking about it is it gets to the heart of the political opposition to the withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated. the dup don't like it because they say that being under separate rules to the rest of the uk separates them and they don't like it. a lot of the conservative party don't like it because they think the customs territory stops britain signing trade deals when we have left so it is the focus of almost all the criticisms of the deal and thatis all the criticisms of the deal and that is why it is so central to the process. thank you for your expertise all afternoon and thank you to all of you. before i go, a

quick look at my desk of detail or desk of destiny which is this website we art supercharging and hawking for all it‘s worth! it is on the bbc website, bbc.co.uk/brexit. if you put in backstop it will appear miraculously! here is that definition. that is currently scheduled for the sist that is currently scheduled for the 31st of december 2020 but could be kicked further down the road. critics say a different status for

northern ireland could threaten the existence of the uk and fear the backstop could become permanent. the act of reading that out reminds me andi act of reading that out reminds me and i guess you that of course, reporters and journalists like us try our best to explain this every day but it is inevitably complicated. it certainly is but you have done your best to simplify it all! thanks, chris. and, as he mentioned, you can use ourjargon busting guide online to check the most used brexit terms and phrases. go to bbc.co.uk/brexit and click on brexit jargon explained. 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 per cent 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. some more news on the story we had earlier that rescue teams have called off the search for the plane in which emiliano sala, the football, and the pilot, david ibbotson, were travelling. emiliano sala had just signed for cardiff city and he was on his way from

na ntes city and he was on his way from nantes when the plane disappeared. now the search has been called off, there has been a statement from cardiff city saying, at this time of immeasurable sadness, our thoughts are with the family and friends are both men on board. monday evening‘s news shook everyone add cardiff city to the core. we were looking forward to providing emiliano with the next step in his life and career. those who met him described a good—natured and humble young man who was eager impress in the premier league. the response from the football community has been truly touching and we place on record our sincere thanks to those who have sent messages of support. we also thank everyone involved with the search and rescue operation and continue to pray for emiliano, david ibbotson, the pilot, and their family. that statement

just in from cardiff city football clu b just in from cardiff city football club that the search has now been called off for the plane in which those two men were travelling. let‘s return now to the crime figures released today and the number of violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales went up by almost a fifth in the 12 months to september compared with the year before. let‘s go to our 0xford studio now and speak to marian fitzgerald. she‘s a professor of criminology at the university of kent. thank you for being with us. what is your reaction to what seems like a very steep rise in violent crime, 19%. i have been listening to the news coverage and i‘m very surprised it is just focused on physical violence because what these figures include is a major source of increase being forms of psychological violence including new offences like malicious communications will suit you have

things like threats to kill and murder, stalking, harassment, that is where the big increases are happening. and that needs to be taken seriously. in terms of physical violence, i don‘t think it is ever safe to focus just on the homicide figures because homicide rates in this country are fairly low but what you do have that you have to ta ke but what you do have that you have to take account of, and it affects the figures for attempted murder as well, is the bombing attacks we have had. those have significantly inflated those figures. i think we need to keep this in perspective but we also need to remember that when we also need to remember that when we are talking about violence, we are no longer talking just about physical violence, which is a serious and on the increase, but ta ke serious and on the increase, but take account of the effect of the bombing attacks on the most serious forms of physical violence but then you have this huge rise in psychological forms of violence which are perpetrated over the internet, through social media, mobile phones and so on. and that is

something that just is mobile phones and so on. and that is something thatjust is not being recognised in the coverage of this increase in violence. and that is where a lot of it is coming from. there will also be huge concern about knife crime, in particular in london. to what extent do you think that any of this rise in violent crime is down to the fall in police numbers? that is obviously what a lot of people are saying and fearing. there are a number of things to be said there. first of all, the police do not have any control over whether crime goes up or down and the only years in which they showed a fall in crime, they we re they showed a fall in crime, they were found out to be responding to political pressures to show a fall in crime and the only way to do that was by fiddling the figures. when they were stopped from doing that by they were stopped from doing that by the findings of the public administration select committee in

2014, that is when you started to get this rise because they have to record, they are under close scrutiny. the inspectors says they are still under recording but what you have is a year on year on year rise in crime including violent crime in the police figures now they are being recorded more accurately and he can‘t get away from it. the police cannot control crime. however... people will be surprised when you say that, viewers will think, what are you talking about? it was always an illusion. any criminologist worth their salt would say that the origins of crime and criminal activity are not in the control of the police. if you look at the people involved in the most serious crimes, people who are in prison, a lot of it goes to a well antecedent factors long before they came to the attentions of the criminal justice system. came to the attentions of the criminaljustice system. what the police are needed for, and this is important and it is being ignored, is when crime happens, they need to be able to respond to it. that is

where we really have a problem because figures which came out from the home office at the same time as these crime figures showed that this time last year the proportion of offences that the police knew about, where someone offences that the police knew about, where someone was offences that the police knew about, where someone was identified as responsible and held to account, whether they were charged with the offence, cautioned or given any other sort of penalty, had fallen to an all—time low of 14%. that is now down to 12%. what the police are not able to do is to respond to crime when it happens. they cannot be expected to control the level of crime but the public wants them to be able to respond to it and that is something they have not been able to do and that is where the real concern must lie in terms of what the police can and cannot do. indeed. marianne fitzgerald, professor of criminology at the university of kent, thank you. 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, saltier waters 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. but 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 event 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, warmer, saltier 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 is 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? ' ” " lisjorgensen 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. here‘s alina jenkins with the forecast. hello, we are talking about the cold and ice and snow and in the next few days it will turn quite a bit milder and infact days it will turn quite a bit milder and in fact that milder air is already arriving in western fringes courtesy of this warm front. the milderair is courtesy of this warm front. the milder air is behind it and we have had temperatures close to double figures in some parts of wales and south—west england but further east, we are still in the blue colour so a chilly evening in the east and some wintry showers which are just about fading away. clear skies on the east will lead to a fast and also some snow and ice briefly in northern scotla nd snow and ice briefly in northern scotland before the cloud and outbreaks of rain start to push south and east heading down into northern england as the night goes

on. quite a cloudy night, winds are strengthening but it will be mild, particularly in western areas with temperatures no lower than nine or 10 celsius. a chilly start for east anglia and south—east england. the milderair anglia and south—east england. the milder air will sweep across all of us, cloudy and breezy if not windy, possibly some outbreaks of rain but fairly patchy in parts of scotland now then, northern england. if you are filtering further south and east. quite a windy day, particularly in northern and western coasts. look at the temperatures tomorrow afternoon, quite widely between nine and 12 celsius safe for the northern highlands and the northern idols which are still in single figures. going into saturday, we are still in the milder air in between these fronts but some cold air is tucked behind this cold front and we will see that returning on sunday. for much of england and wales through the day on saturday, mainly dry but some persistent rain arriving into northern ireland, the west of scotland, some snow in the

northern highlands and that rain settled into west wales and south—west england late on. much of england and wales is mild, 9—11dc but colder air returning to northern scotla nd but colder air returning to northern scotland and we will all be in the cold air by the time we get to sunday as the cold front slides its way south and east with. notice the squeeze in the isobars so some much windier conditions going into sunday and they will be coming from the north again so a cold appealing. fairly messy, quite a lot of cloud, some bright and sunny spells. some showers and longer spells of rain in the high ground of scotland and northern england. these are average speeds, you could see gusts up to 55 mph in some northern and western coasts. adding that to lower temperatures, just six or 7 degrees, it will feel much colder on sunday. after some cold conditions, milder for a couple of days but by the time we reach sunday and next week, it will turn much colder again. that is all from me, goodbye. scotland‘s former first minister

appeared in court in edinburgh this afternoon. afterwards, he vehemently denied the allegations. i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. we‘ll have the latest live from edinburgh. also on the programme tonight... a big rise in the number of violent crimes in england and wales over the past year. the sister of premier league footballer emiliano sala begs rescuers not to give up hope, as they call off the search for his plane missing in the english channel. translation: i'm asking you, please, don‘t stop looking for them. it‘s been three days, and i‘ve still got hope that they‘re alive. and the director of a controversial oscar—nominated film,