simonjack, bbc news, wolverhampton.nquest into the death of 13—month—old, poppi worthington, has concluded that she was sexually assaulted before she died of asphyxia. cumbria's senior coroner said her father's account of what had happened at their home in december 2012 "did not stand up to scrutiny." paul worthington had declined to answer more than 250 questions during the inquest, and has consistently denied any wrongdoing. he's never been charged, as our correspondent, danny savage, reports. for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained. now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed where a coroner believes paul worthington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault which the coroner ruled, this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that poppi's father chose to rely on his right not to ans

simonjack, bbc bankruptcy could take many months. simon jack, bbc news.be talking to our deputy political editor john pienaar in westminster, but first to our business editor simonjack, who is outside carillion‘s headquarters in wolverhampton. simon, judging from your report there is absolutely no secret this was a company in trouble? yes, it was a company in trouble? yes, it was ever since that big profit warning lastjuly everyone thought this company is a dead man walking. it was the most heavily bet against company on the london stock exchange. the government in its own way did try to help the company by co ntroversially way did try to help the company by controversially continuing toward those contracts. the hope of the company could take those contracts, go to its banks and they look, see we are still on the list, we still have a viable business that would make them reassured enough to continue to the money. but haemorrhaging cash, needed an extra £300 million. 0nce haemorrhaging cash, needed an extra £300 million. once it became clear the government

so, for someone like larry fink and my colleague simonjack who like larry fink and my colleague simoniewed like larry fink and my colleague simonjack who interviewed lord black fine, the head of goldman sachs, they are saying you may not agree with all of the politics and controversy but when it comes to the brute economics president trump has been pretty good for these people. let's bring in one of our other colleagues. karishma vaswani joins us from singapore. the reason i bring you in is because i know you're listening to kamal ahmed and myself and larry fink, but where you are its a totally different story, the tariffs on steel products in asia coming from the white house and the counter response from south korea. indeed, sally, and all of this has to do with exactly what you and kamal ahmed have been talking about, the comments we expect to hear in this speech from donald trump in a few hours' time, everyone in asia is waiting to see whether he makes good oi'i waiting to see whether he makes good on this america first policy. wheel thatis on this america first policy. wheel that

simonjack, for economy is growing at nearly 4%.economy is growing at nearly 4%. simonjack, for now, thank you, following everything in davos. the uk economy grew faster than expected in the last three months of 2017 — according to the office for national statistics. figures released today show that gdp expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of last year — driven by growth in the services sector. but the ons says the broader picture is slower and more uneven growth. our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. in the oxfordshire countryside, this family—run company makes cutting—edge machines that use ultrasound and short wave radiation for physiotherapy. helping patients recover from injuries and strokes. last year, it saw a surge in orders not from europe but from the united states and china. for companies like this, any worries about brexit are for the distant future. what counts for a lot more is what is happening in the global economy. that has been growing more strongly than most economists expected. exporters like

simonjack, bbc news, davos. market moving comments are now coming out from the davos summit.llar has hit a three—year low after the us treasury secretary said he would welcome a weaker currency and that is having a knock—on effect. let's cross over to my colleague. why these statements? what he actually said is that he welcomes a week dollar for the trade but longer term, the strong dollar is good news for the economy. but because of what he said, some traders and investors interpret it asa traders and investors interpret it as a possible departure from the us traditional strong dollar policy and that meant that the dollar fell rather sharply from hitting the lowest level in about three years major currencies. —— against. it has recovered somewhat at the moment, trading at around 109 yen. japan opened a short while ago, falling sharply. exporters being affected because a strong yen makes their product less competitive abroad. thank you so much for that update. well, in other business news, south korean company lg electronics says it will raise the prices of most of its washin

our business editor simonjack reports. 2017 was the year the showroom shine began to fade. cars fell, dragged down by a plunge in diesel sales. it started with revelations that volkswagen and other manufactures had hidden the amount of harmful particles that they were pumping out. customers lost faith, governments clamped down, and it led to confusion. would you buy a diesel? no, i wouldn't. why not? because they are not so good for the environment. i'm worried about the future, for my children and everything. i did want a diesel car initially and then we heard on the news somewhere that within a couple of years' time, we won't be allowed to use diesel cars. at a nearby garage, customers, and even staff, had similar concerns. perception today is that they are bad for the environment. perception 18 months ago, two years ago, were that they were the best thing since sliced bread. for years and years, they told us diesel was safe, diesel was better. and everybody has gone out and bought diesel cars. if they want us to go petrol, what do we all do about diesel cars? that custom

our business editor simonjack reports.w many workers for carillion and its subcontractors will be leaving their current jobs for good? carillion owes andy bradley £1 million, £1 million he doesn't expect to get paid. 0utside his office, two chairs are now empty, two of 11 staff he's already let go. it's devastating. these are people i've known for years and years. they've been loyal, hard—working individuals, helped get the business to where it is today. 0ne ladyjust, i don't know if you, just as you arrived, she came in, we had to let her go. she left in tears. he says the government's decision to keep faith with carillion after multiple profit warnings sent the wrong message. contract after contract after contract they awarded them billions of pounds of public sector contracts. so the message that's given the sme sector is — the government must have done its due diligence. carillion must be a sound business to work for. that confusion is turning to anger, particularly at former bosses, like richard howson, who left caril

our business editor, simonjack, reports.s the industry most closely entwined with the eu. for 45 years, those who work on this green and pleasant land have been regulated, protected, and paid by the eu. £3 billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers, determined by how much land they own. that will change, according to the environment secretary. and what i want to do is to move away from the current method of subsidy, which doesn't really reward efficiency, towards a method of agricultural support which makes sure that good farmers have new markets for their products, and at the same time, that the natural environment is enhanced. under proposals announced today, the government would limit payments to the largest landowners. it would reward environmental protection measures, such as flood prevention, and support high standards in animal welfare. well, we're very pleased with the gove announcement today, because it provides a level of certainty for farming... david exwood farms 2,000 acres in west sussex. he's grateful

our business editor simonjack has this report. of £750 million. here is another, around lincoln, the cost £100 million. just two contracts carillion has been awarded throughout the uk, but it does a lot more than buildings. through contracts to manage schools, prisons and hospitals, it touched the lives of millions. today the government said it would not support the company with public money. this is, however, the failure of a private sector company and it is the company‘s shareholders and its lenders who will bear the brunt of the losses. taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private sector company for private sector losses. at their hq in wolverhampton, nervous faces and tight lips. any comment to make? it was a disaster, there are thousands of subcontractors who will not get paid. carillion's fuel cards are not working this morning, so staff are not being able to fill up theirvans. the thing is collapsing around us. the government seem to have this laissez faire attitude and they have to take steps to assure people of th

simonjack, bbc simon jack, bbc news.n women who were passengers in his cab is to be freed after serving ten years in jail. john worboys, who is now 60, was convicted of 19 offences in 2009. now a parole board has approved his release with what it calls stringent licence conditions. 0ur correspondent danny shaw said the parole board had looked carefully into the case. weather forecasters have issued warnings about a huge winter storm over the eastern united states which, it's thought, has already claimed the lives of 19 people. parts of the niagara falls have frozen because of the severe conditions. the state of florida, which has seen its first snowfall for almost 30 years, has declared a state of emergency. similar measures are also in place in georgia, virginia and north carolina. 0ur north america reporter nada tawfikjoins us from new york city. braving the cold there, just how cold is it, nada? well, with the wind chill, it is making it even more cold outside at the moment, it is 20 fahrenheit, but the wind—chill is

that is the boss ofjp morgan speaking to simonjack there.some of the other stories making the news. here in the uk more than 50,000 people have signed a petition calling for more protection from sexual harassment in the workplace. it follows allegations of widespread harrassment at a men—only fundraising charity dinner that was uncovrered by the financial times and attended by many leading businessmen. the european satellite tv provider sky says operating profits were up 24% in the second half of last year after it attracted 365,000 new customers. the company says it shows that its strategy of investing heavily in sports and entertainment is paying off. total sales rose to £6.7 billion which is just over $9.5bn. sky also said it plans to spend more money on original programming, an area where it's competing with netflix. qualcomm has reached an agreement with a number of chinese smartphone manufacturers to launch its super—speed 56 devices in the country next year. the consortium includes xiaomi, 0ppo, and vivo, who have agreed to purchase $

first tonight, simonjack reports on the problems raised by carillion‘s collapse.for carillion and its subcontractors will be leaving their current jobs for good? carillion owes andy bradley £1 million, £1 million he doesn't expect to get paid. 0utside his office, two chairs are now empty, two of 11 staff he's already let go. it's devastating. these are people i've known for years and years. they've been loyal, hard working individuals, helped get the business to where it is today. 0ne ladyjust, i don't know if you just as you arrived, she came in, we had to let her go. she left in tears. he says the government's decision to keep faith with carillion after multiple profit warnings sent the wrong message. contract after contract after contract they awarded them billions of pounds of public sector contracts. so the message that's given the sme sector is the government must have done its due diligence. carillion must be a sound business to work for. that confusion is turning to anger, particularly at former bosses, like richard howson, who left carillion after the fir

here's our business editor, simonjack.ost closely entwined with the eu. for 45 yea rs, closely entwined with the eu. for 45 years, those who work on this green and pleasant land had been regulated, protected and paid by the eu. 3 billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers, determined by how much land they own, that will change according to the environment secretary. what i want to do is to move away from the current method of subsidy which doesn't really reward efficiency to a method of agricultural support which make sure that good bombers have new markets for their products and at the same time that the natural environment is enhanced. under proposals announced today, the government would limit payments to the largest landowners. it would reward environmental protection measures such as flood prevention and support high standards in animal welfare. we are very pleased with the gove announcement today because it provides a level of certainty for the bombing. david barnes 2,000 acres in west sussex and is glad thes

our business editor, simonjack, joins me now. simon, what more can you tell us?ail has said carillion employees engaged on their projects will have wages guaranteed until mid april. we are also hearing that kier group, a joint—venture partner of carillion on those controversial projects, four example hs2, awarded after we knew the company was in trouble, will be taken on. we are talking 200 workers out of 20,000. there has been a flurry of activity since the second biggest firm in construction went bust. we have had a task form assembled, the banks saying they will be sympathetic. it feels like the cavalry is arriving but i would describe them as ambulances rather than casualty. —— rather than the cavalry. the real casualties are subcontractors, some owed millions, some tens of thousands, some very small firms. they will be very lucky, one carillion board member told me, to get anything at all. and it is not it —— just if you are directly exposed. if you are exposed toa directly exposed. if you are exposed to a company which in turn is exposed, the shock waves ca

our business editor is simonjack. oil is doing pretty well?e been as high as 110 and as low as 26. so we're pushing back up. there are three things to consider, demand, disruption and this claim. in the us and asia and the eurozone, doing well, that meant plenty of demand and economic activity pushing it up. disruption, we have had some from venezuelan, iraq, and then the big one, the most interesting one is discipline. what do they do when it sta rts discipline. what do they do when it starts getting up? the shale gas in the us has made a huge change in the market. and it gets toward these levels, do they start drilling like mad or do they have discipline and start paying down some of the massive debts? that is not much to impose discipline on them, unlike opec. opec get-together at a big clu b opec. opec get-together at a big club and try to get prices, when it went low, that was seen as an attempt to put the shale gas are people out of business. but the thing is, will these shale gas guys be disciplined enough not to start drilling like cra

the ‘costly racket‘ of contracting out public services to private firms, as our business editor simonjacky, a government promise to keep paying for work on carillion's public sector contract was good enough for one stonemason's company. we've held the project for a day, pulled off the project, but now we're actually back on the project. but our main concerns is making sure that those payments are made because small contractors and other people's livelihoods are the biggest thing in all of this is, is they're going to suffer from this obviously impact of this severe problem that's been caused by carillion. private sector customers, like nationwide, were givenjust 48 hours to decide if they wanted to keep paying for services carillion was providing. nationwide was among 90% of customers who said yes, for now. great news for thousands of workers — not according to union leaders. i'm encouraged that these clients want the work to continue, but i think it's just a stay of execution for the people that i represent. we're not looking for short—termism. we're not looking for protection today. we'

our business editor, simonjack, is with me. just how much trouble is carillion in? cash and need hundreds of millions more. it's a very hard company to sell as one of its competitors told me when i askedif of its competitors told me when i asked if they fancy buying it, they said if we wanted a loss—making contract said if we wanted a loss—making co ntra ct we said if we wanted a loss—making contract we can write our own. and it has over half £1 billion pension deficit. there have been talks all week, that is the focus today, the pensions regulator talking to creditors of the company to figure out if it does collapse how much money the pension scheme which has 20,000 people will get. we had ministers from all over government converging to talk about this, people from justice and health, the department for transport of course, the business secretary and the treasury, it shows how sensitive this company is, everyone trying to figure out a way out of this mess. there is a possibility it could end up with the government having to support some of these contract in the sh

our business editor, simonjack, reports.er shutting up shop yesterday, work at highfield park in nottingham regime today. they... is to keep paying for work on carillion‘s public sector contracts was good enough for one stonemasons companies... we held the project off for a day, now we are actually back on the project. our main concern is making sure that those payments made. because small contract is the biggest livelihoods in this, they are going to suffer from the impact of this severe problem that has been caused by carillion. private sector customers like nationwide were given just 48—hour decide if they wanted to keep paying for services carillion was providing. nationwide was among 90% of customers who said carillion was providing. nationwide was ammg'us'éjjf news hers who said carillion was providing. nationwide was ammg'us'éfjf news.forswho said yes, for now. great news for thousands of workers. yes, for now. great news for by 5—777 sector service workers, and the banks are :’* f f: ,, . ,. .. site get on site to ge

with me is our business editor, simonjack. what do you know?name but about 200 years worth of british construction history. tarmac, mcalpine. wimpey. all that stuff. this is a very major company. and very significant. it had too much debt. ever sincejuly last year when it did not... it gave a profit warning, we knew it was struggling, but it continues to win government contracts. a lot of eyebrows were raised and tough questions for the government as. today, we learned they are going into compulsory liquidation. that is a different term to administration. they are doing that because the godman to continue to pay public service staff and they could not just put it into a pot to be shared up just put it into a pot to be shared up by just put it into a pot to be shared up by the creditors, it had to be aimed at the hospitals and the schools and the prisons where people we re schools and the prisons where people were employed. it is a big political question about whether it is a good idea to award these vital public service contracts to private com

our business editor, simonjack, joins me now.roup of employees, but there's still great uncertainty for others. in the last few moments, kier group, one of the joint—venture partners with carillion on the hs2 and other projects, have said they will take on around 200 carillion employees, move them across. that is good news. also, network rail say they will guarantee the wages from monday, and thatis guarantee the wages from monday, and that is important. there has been a flurry of activity. we have had a task force assembled, banks have put together a rescue funds. but this is not the cavalry, these are ambulances, because this is a very serious situation. the real casualties are the subcontractors with outstanding invoices to carillion for work they have done up until the liquidation. 0ne carillion board member told me she would be surprised if they got anything at all. companies directly affected will get nothing for the money they are owed. even if you are not directly affected, you might be exposed to a company who are expose

here's our business editor simonjack. 2017 was the year the showroom shine began to fade.agged down by a plunge in diesel sales. it started with revelations that vax wagon and other ma nufa ctu res that vax wagon and other manufactures had hidden the amount of harmful particles that they were pumping out. customers lost faith, governments clamped down it led to confusion. why are people not buying diesel? they were telling us to buy diesels, because of emissions and helping the community, the world, 110w helping the community, the world, now they are telling us not to buy diesels. it is confusing people. would you buy a diesel? no, i wouldn't. why not? because they are not so good for the environment. i'm worried for the future, for my children and everything. here at this garage, the customers and staff had concerns. perception today is that they're bad for the environment. the perception 18 months ago, two years ago, they we re 18 months ago, two years ago, they were the best thing since sliced bread. for years and years they said that diesel was safe, better, for years

our business editor, simonjack, reports.ry most closely entwined with the eu. for 45 years, those who work on this green and pleasant land have been regulated, protected and paid by the eu. three billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers, determined by how much land they own. that will change, according to the environment secretary. and what i want to do is to move away from the current method of subsidy, which doesn't really reward efficiency, towards a method of agricultural support which makes sure that good farmers have new markets for their products, and at the same time that the natural environment is enhanced. under proposals announced today, the government would limit payments to the largest landowners. it would reward environmental protection measures such as flood prevention and support high standards in animal welfare. well, we're very pleased with the gove announcement today, because it provides a level of certainty for farming... david exwood farms 2,000 acres in west sussex. he's grateful the uk govern

here's our business editor simonjack. 2017 was the year the showroom shine began to fade.iesel sales. it started with revelations that volkswagon and other manufactures had hidden the amount of harmful particles that they were pumping out. customers lost faith, governments clamped down it led to confusion. why are people not buying diesel? they were telling us to buy diesels, because of emissions and helping the community, the world, now they are telling us not to buy diesels. it is confusing people. would you buy a diesel? no, i wouldn't. why not? because they are not so good for the environment. i'm worried for the future, for my children and everything. here at this garage, the customers and staff had concerns. perception today is that they're bad for the environment. the perception 18 months ago, two years ago, they were the best thing since sliced bread. for years and years they said that diesel was safe, better, everyone bought diesel cars. if they want us to go petrol, what do we do with the diesel cars? that customer confusion about diesel as been showing up in the

here's our business editor simonjack.otected and paid by the eu. 3 billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers, determined by how much land they own, that will change according to the environment secretary. what i want to do is to move away from the current method of subsidy which doesn't really reward efficiency to a method of agricultural support which make sure that good bombers have new markets for their products and at the same time that the natural environment is enhanced. under proposals announced today, the government would limit payments to the largest landowners. it would reward environmental protection measures such as flood prevention and support high standards in animal welfare. we are very pleased with the gove announcement today because it provides a level of certainty for the bombing. it gives is a chance to adjust our businesses and study the impact of brexit and plan accordingly. farming is a long—term business. the cattle we have on the farm, many will not be sold until we leave the eu so any cha

simonjack reports.struction project with a price tag of £750 million. here's another one, around lincoln, cost, 100 million. just two of a50 contracts carillion has been awarded throughout the uk but it did a lot more than. through contracts to manage schools, prisons and hospitals, it touched the lives of millions. today, the government said it would not support the company with public money. this is however the failure of a private sector company it is the company's shareholders and its lenders who will bear the brunt of the losses. taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private sector company for private sector losses. at headquarters in wolverhampton, nervous faces on tight lips. have you got any comments to make? it's a disaster, thousands of subcontractors, labour, suppliers who won't get paid, who are being told people aren't being paid. carillion's fuel cards are not working this morning so staff trying to get to work in carillion vans cannot, the thing is collapsing around us. carillion i

joining us from davos is our business editor simonjack and from washingtonjon sopel our north americaamerica editor simon, it shows they are still releva nt, simon, it shows they are still relevant, but i think some nervousness trump will eviscerate them on friday? it has been set up very nicely, president xi came to extol the virtues of globalisation and gota extol the virtues of globalisation and got a warm welcome, and modi stepped into those shoes. south korea have said they will sue the wto, so a lot of anger. voices within the us including michael bloomberg have said us households will pay for this and it will cost usjobs. so some clear fault lines drawn before president trump arrives. having said that, there is widespread euphoria, almost, about some of the tax reforms he has made. people see that as a real dose of rocket fuel into the global economy. i would say the atmosphere is economically very buoyant. some would say it is too buoyant, and everyone is in a good mood and that isa everyone is in a good mood and that is a bad sign. but on this issue of protectionism versus fr

here's our business editor, simonjack.ar aberdeen is in scotla nd this bypass near aberdeen is in scotland was my biggest construction project with a price tag of £730 million. here is another, around lincoln, the cost 100 million. just two contracts, lynn has been awarded throughout the uk, but it did a lot more than buildings. through contracts more than buildings. through co ntra cts to more than buildings. through contracts to manage schools, prisons and hospitals, it touched the lives of millions. today the government said it would not support the company with public money. this is, however, the failure of a private sector company and it is the company's sector company and it is the compa ny‘s shareholders and sector company and it is the company's shareholders and its lenders who will bear the brunt of the losses. taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private sector company or private sector losses.- hq in wolverhampton, nervous faces and tight lips. any comment to make? it was a disaster, there are thousands

here's our business editor simonjack.ust how many workers for carillion and its subcontractors will be leaving their current jobs for good? carillion owes andy bradley £1 million, £1 million he doesn't expect to get paid. 0utside his office two chairs that are now empty. it's devastating, i've known these people for years and years and they have been loyal, hard—working individuals, helped get the business to where it is today, but they were non—frontline, nonessential staff, marketing, that of admin, things like that. so we had to let them go, we had no choice. how did they take it? badly, very badly. 0ne lady, just as you arrived, she came in and we had to let her go and she left in tears. after the shock of yesterday the real impact is beginning to hit home, at companies like this grounds maintenance firm in cambridgeshire, of their 90 staff they had to bet ten go yesterday and another one today, and there is confusion. will i get paid for work i do from now on and even if i do can that possibly make up for the money t

simonjack, bbc news, davos. let‘s look at the weather now. philip avery.quarter of scotla nd away from the north—eastern quarter of scotland first quite an active weather front will quit the scene from the south—east of the british isles first we will be left with a breezy evening, and a breezy night to come across all parts, and there will be a supply of showers too across northern and western parts of the british isles particularly one or twojust running the british isles particularly one or two just running that little bit further to that used. there will be someone treeless on higher ground of scotland, maybe into the hills of the pennines and down into the welsh hills as well. thursday, a new pressure by northern ireland, not too much of a way of sunshine, quite a bit of shower activity first of come the middle of the day, a band of showers getting into the middle pa rt of showers getting into the middle part of scotland, through western england and wales, further north from that and across the eastern side of england, it is not a bad day. we get the

our business editor simonjack reports.er shutting up shop yesterday, work at highfields park in nottingham resumed today. a government promise to keep paying for work on carillion‘s public sector contracts was good enough for one stonemasons company. we've held the project for a day, pulled off the project, but now we're actually back on the project. our main concern is making sure that those payments are made. we've held the project for a day, pulled off the project, but now we're actually back on the project. our main concern is making sure that those payments are made. because small contractors and other people's livelihoods are the biggest thing in all of this, they are going to suffer from the impact of this severe problem that has been caused by carillion. private sector customers like nationwide were given just 48 hours to decide if they wanted to keep paying for services carillion was providing. nationwide was among 90% of customers who said yes, for now. great news for thousands of workers. not according to union

our business editor, simonjack, is in davos for us. —— sally baldock. thank you for joining us.been trumpeting his theme of america first. that's not theme of america first. that's not the message that the global elite in davos are going to exactly —— welcome, is it? no, because the theme for this year, which is comprised months ahead, is creating a shared future and of course the world economic forum is all about bringing together leaders in business, in politics, in other areas like non—governmental organisations, getting them into one place in this pretty swiss ski resort, to try and fix the world's problems together, to share, to collaborate, and of course this has been hijacked this year us president, donald trump, who come with what is arguably a very, very different message. america first. trade on america's terms. trade in a way that benefits america first. and, of course, you can imagine the conversations here at the dinners and suarez, at the events on the sidelines. everybody will be listening to his every word tomorrow, when he does his speech to the delegates here,

but first, from davos, our business editor, simonjack.s for your shoes, people arriving the coats and take them off and look as if they are having another day in the office in the convention centre. all walks of life, people dressed as tibetan monks, people looking like the dalai lama, it wasn‘t the dalai lama, i checked but it could have been, is that type place. i spoke to stella mccartney, demel mccarthy, the ngos have a big day out here, they know this is their opportunity to get face time with the people that can make a difference —— dame ellen macarthur it‘s like shooting fish in a barrel if you want to talk to the rich and powerful. the problem is however important you are there is a lwa ys however important you are there is always somebody more important around the corner and you can see some senior ceos and wondering if they are in the right party, in the right meeting or is something more important going on. there is anxiety about the hierarchical thing. they are used to being loud and scraped to in their offices but it doesn‘t

. —— simon jack is —— simonjack is in davos for us.nited nations beach where she said the target should be two hours to do that. ultimately, it should automatically exclude itself, and they should do that by using developments in artificial intelligence. she's also going to say that britain wants to be a leading light in the development of artificial intelligence. everyone thinks that these are important issues. whether they are top of mind at the moment is a question. we are expecting donald trump to arrive, andl expecting donald trump to arrive, and i think she will have to go some way to outshine the darling of the co nfe re nce way to outshine the darling of the conference so far, emmanuel macron, and all eyes will be on president trump when he arrives this evening. talk us through that a little bit more, simon. davos is the most extraordinary place, isn't it? and one of the problems were any prime minister is that, around the corner, there is always someone more important about to make a speech. the result was a more important per