the best brightness in the east, with plenty of blue skies, sent in by a weather watcher in leicestershireese showers largely focused around this feature, heading east through the day, with the heaviest showers in the west. moving through this evening and overnight, they gradually push further east, beginning to fizzle out in the west, allowing temperatures to fall away, and perhaps frost to begin the morning in some parts of scotland and northern ireland. in the south and northern ireland. in the south and east, temperatures not as cool. 0n and east, temperatures not as cool. on friday, this area of high pressure in charge of our weather, keeping things largely dry and settled, with a northerly wind direction, so it will not feel particularly warm. a touch of frost for some of us in the north and west. the cloud quickly breaking up to allow for more brightness. plenty of sunshine and it won't feel too bad with light winds, despite not feeling particularly warm. get afternoon. you are watching bbc news. —— good afternoon. the dream run is over for kyle news. —— good afternoon. the dream ru

in 2013, he was introduced to a man called scott kidd who sold designer clocks from his leicestershireplausible, very plausible. you would, you would 7 he was just one of your kind of a naturally decent guy on the phone. if you asked him a question, he gave you a straightforward answer. he was very, very plausible. nick agreed to become a sales agent for mr kidd, selling his clocks to retailers around the country. but, within just a few months, there were problems. customers started to get short deliveries. then our payments started to dry up. and then you get a little kind of radar on your, your kind of head says hold on a minute, something's not right. nick was owed £4,000 and customers began to question his integrity. a phone call from another business owed money by mr kidd, led nick to discover a string of others who hadn't been paid either. ian cover, and his wife annemarie run an electrical business in leicester. two years ago, ian rewired mr kidd's warehouse but was never fully paid. it's not uncommon to be chasing money. for any business it's the bane of the daily or weekly exe

it's a picture from leicestershire, from one of our weather watchers. look at this one from york. river has burst its banks. it's very windy across other parts of the country. really unpleasant weather across the uk right now. this is quite an interesting one from london, the effect of raindrops on the window. gales and heavy rain are the story of the day across northern parts of the uk. this is spawned georgina which has been sweeping to the north—west of scotland —— storm georgina. even over the hills of scotla nd georgina. even over the hills of scotland we had gusts well in excess of 100 mph. quite scotland we had gusts well in excess of100 mph. quite a potent scotland we had gusts well in excess of 100 mph. quite a potent storm sweeping the far north of the country. to the south of that we are feeling the effects of the storm in terms of a breeze, really gusty weather. many of us have experienced a short lived downpour. there have been hailstorms around as well. this is the picture around 5pm. there's a lot of clear weather around, occasionally interrupted by heavy showers mo

lots of blue skies here in leicestershire.ng foreign scotla nd away. frost in the morning foreign scotland and northern ireland. cloud in the south and the east, though, and the temperatures not so cool. friday, and there is an area of high pressure. that keeps things dry and settled and with the northerly wind direction, not feeling so warm. a touch of frost in the north and the west. the cloud breaking up to allow for brightness. plenty of sunshine, and with the light winds, not feeling so bad, although not feeling as warm. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: theresa may has met donald trump at the world economic forum in switzerland. it's the first time the pair have met privately since he cancelled a visit to the uk next month. one thing that will be taking place over the next few years will be trade. trade is going to increase many times. we continue to have that special relationship between the uk and the united states. we stand shoulder to shoulder, because we face the same challenges across the world. and while wo

ben is at a motorcycle factory in leicestershire. good morning. you're a boy with toys today.ch means uk manufacturers that sell overseas could sell products cheaper. so all of that has been good news. let me run you through the good and bad. any factory has been a success story and we've also seen at employment has risen sharply. the number of people out of work is down. but at the same time we've also seen that inflation is rising quickly, so it might mean we have less money in our pocket because prices are rising for the things we buy and consume on an everyday basis. that has meant retail sales have struggled quite a lot. we are not going to the high street. we might be buying less because we feel we have less money in our pockets. what happens this year and next year, those are the big questions. let me introduce you to gaynor, who runs a recruitment agency in coventry. how has the last year been? we saw fantastic growth last year. we had a 20% increase in sales, however that was coupled with the cost of recruiting people within the cost of recruiting people within the se

lots of blue skies here in leicestershire.wers, a bit more cloud persisting in the east, so it won't be quite as cool. —— a few showers. we start tomorrow with high pressure in charge, and a northerly wind direction, allowing for a fresh appeal as well. a touch of frost possible in the west, with one or two patches of ice not out of the question. cloudy to begin with in the south—east, but it will gradually brighten up with more sunshine. light winds and it would not feel too bad, despite two police not feel too bad, despite two police not warm temperatures, highs of nine celsius. —— despite not particularly warm temperatures. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the number of violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police has risen sharply over the past year — according to the latest recorded figures for england and wales. about 5.3 million crimes were recorded in all in that 12—month period, up 14%. donald trump touches down in switzerland, ahead of meeting theresa may at the world economic forum. the prime minister

we are joined now by the uncle of william and edwards cousins, ian thorpe, from his home in leicestershireerybody who has supported and helped me. that is really good to hear. you talk about the shock when you find out, how did the shock when you find out, how did the news first to you? it first came down to me, i got up at about 8am yesterday morning, walked down the stairs, my sister would have been 58 yesterday, i made a cup of tea, i sat in the front room and the phone rang and a friend of mine, lisa, have you heard the news? what news? i was just about to put the television on and she told me the plane accident which i had heard about on the friday night but there we re about on the friday night but there were no names disclosed, but it was involved my brother—in—law and my two nephews. that is basically how i found out, the real shock to start 2018 with. a terrible tragedy for the family. you lost your sister a number of years ago, she died of cancer, and your brother—in—law went on to find new love again and you got to know him and his new fiancee very well, hadn‘t you? got to know