During his visit the Prime Minister and mr roosevelt consulted with the members of the pacific war council. Six decades of the special relationship. But how will it develop, under mrjohnson and mr trump . And, after those first dayjitters, englands cricketers beat ireland in their one off test at lords. Coming up on sportsday, hail, snow and landslides and then you leader, and landslides and then you leader, a dramatic stage 19 at the tour de france. Good evening. Its Boris Johnsons flagship policing policy, to recruit within three years, an extra 20,000 new officers across england and wales. The plans would reverse a sustained period of cuts in Police Numbers over the the last decade. On a visit to the West Midlands today, the Prime Minister said it was the most fundamental investment that can be made in society. But some question whether the cost, around £1. 1 billion pounds, is the most effective way of spending money to tackle crime. The college of policing, which trains officers, has welcomed the plans, but says there may not be enough instructors to meet the deadline. Our home editor mark easton reports. Its about turn. 0n government policy, on police recruitment. Theresa may as home secretary and Prime Minister presided over a 20,000 reduction in the number of offices in england and wales. Hersuccessor, borisjohnson, has said he will increase the force by 20,000. I think its the most fundamental investment you can make in society. Reducing crime and making our streets safer. Safer streets equal more investment, by equals more business, equals morejobs, equals growth. Recruitment at the level promised has never been seen before, with natural wastage, it means hiring 25 extra officers every single day. Experts doubt even with a can do spirit and political exultation, itll be easy to achieve. This is incredibly ambitious, but i think we ought to be ambitious, because this is the right thing to do. You attract people and how you train people want to bring officers then, they need equipping, so there is a whole range of stages here that are going to present challenges. There is no question about that. Crime has risen up the list of public concerns. There have been increases in some categories of serious violence, including stabbings. Although the risk of being a victim of Violent Crime is actually at the lowest level since records began. Alarming images of crimes like this attempted ca rjacking yesterday involving two arsenal players and a gang armed with knives field the arguments that cuts to Police Budgets and workforce had made people less safe. But the claim that more police equals less crime is actually quite hard to demonstrate. Since the early 80s, we have seen crime rise to a high point in the mid 90s and then fall before stabilising in the last few years. But over the same period, we have seen Police Numbers go up slightly as crime soared, then rise fast as crime went down, and then go down as crime levels also went down. There is no obvious correlation. Government analysis suggests the main influences on crime levels are the economy, unemployment, inequality, technology and broader cultural and social changes. Police activity is not on the list, although there is evidence that intelligence led policing and targeted action can deal with crime hotspots and certain offences. Look at the sources and causes and consequences of current crime, which are in part to do with lack of youth facilities, in part to do with poor housing conditions, in part to do with poor employment opportunities. It isnt just police that solve crime. For politics, crime tends to focus on police resources, but even if 20,000 extra offices can be recruited in just three years, its far from clear that that will be the deciding factor in making people safer. Mark easton, bbc news. 0ur deputy political editorjohn pienaar is at westminster. The Prime Ministerfelt the Prime Minister felt compelled to it clear they would be no election before october the 31st. Is that because calling for more Police Officers could look like an election gambit . He has certainly hit the ground campaigning. Saying hes only focused on delivering on his promises. He has no intention of calling an early election. That doesnt mean it wont happen. Anyway, you can expect borisjohnson to say he doesnt want an election until the moment that he calls one if and when that happens. Saying at the same time hes been forced into it with no other choice. Meanwhile he has built a fighting unit. Today he has built a fighting unit. Today he took on the additional title of minister for the he took on the additional title of ministerfor the union, he took on the additional title of minister for the union, ready to confront pressure for Scottish Independence and perhaps irish unification, driven on by the prospect of brexit and especially a no deal brexit. We see more ministers appointed, so income is another brexiteer and out goes another brexiteer and out goes another remainer. If you look at the cabinet with more women and ethnic minority members, it looks designed to ta ke minority members, it looks designed to take on the brexit party and it looks a bit like a team photo for the next general election manifesto. Brexit is the big issue, any movement on that . Today the Prime Minister spoke to President Trump by telephone. They were looking forward toa telephone. They were looking forward to a post brexit trade deal. He had conversations with the german and french leader earlier on. That left britain in the eu looking further apart than ever. Mrjohnson said the eu has to drop its plan to keep open the irish border by keeping britain and Northern Ireland close to eu rules if necessary. Mrjohnson says that moscow, the eu say it must stay. We could be heading for a no deal brexit mrjohnson says that that must go. Parliament looks set to block a no deal brexit which could mean a snap election, whatever borisjohnson could mean a snap election, whatever Boris Johnson says could mean a snap election, whatever borisjohnson says now. Could mean a snap election, whatever Boris Johnson says now. Thank you. A fantasist who made false allegations of murder and child sex abuse against several high profile figures, has been jailed for 18 years. The judge said carl beech was a manipulative and devious person, whod fabricated a vip paedophile ring, accusing people with the highest integrity of vile acts. One of those was the former home secretary, lord brittan, and in a victim impact statement, his widow said her late husband died never knowing his name would be cleared. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly reports. As he lived his life as a School Governor and hospital inspector, carl beech watched others suffer as a result of his lies. Poppies, pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. Hed handed over names in police interviews, claiming high profile figures formed a vip paedophile ring. Beech revelled in the attention he received, before he was exposed as a paedophile himself and a cruel and dangerous manipulator. Today, it was the turn of those whose lives he tried to destroy to have their voices heard. The former mp, harvey proctor, lost his home and hisjob because he was under suspicion. Carl beech claimed hed actually murdered two boys. Beech listened from the dock as a series of powerful and poignant impact statements were read to the packed courtroom. Lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, now in his 90s, wrote. The widow of lord brittan, who died during the investigation wrote. And the godson of the late Prime MinisterSir Edward Heath said. Danieljanner, son of another politician falsely accused by beech, spoke for his family. The effect is hard to describe, but its the stigma of an allegation as serious as rape against a loving father. Harvey proctor later gave a news conference. My life, my future as i had planned it to be and my belief in british institutions and fairness have gone. The metropolitan police assertion that his allegations were credible and true is already part of my obituary. Carl beech has been sentenced for lying about his abuse claims, downloading hundreds of sexual images of young boys and secretly filming a boy indecently. He will serve half of his 18 year sentence in prison. The judge mrjustice goss said beechs offending called for a severe and deterrent sentence. Tonight, the man who wanted to put other people in the dock is beginning his jail term. June kelly, bbc news at newcastle crown court. A provisional reading received by the met office suggests yesterday was the uks hottest ever day. The weather station at Cambridge UniversityBotanic Garden recorded a high of 38. 7 celsius, or 101. 7 degrees fahrenheit. 0ur chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt is here. It feels like a big moment. We knew yesterday was the hottestjuly since records began and it now seems like it could be the hottest day ever recorded in the uk. This is the weather station, here it is, written on the chart. 38. 7 centigrade. The delay is because not all weather stations send an automatic signal to the met office. Its provisional because the met office says this is such a significant reading, they wa nt to such a significant reading, they want to make certain all the equipment in cambridge was working properly. A spokesman said to me earlier today, he would be very surprised if the reading isnt accurate. Before you get out the champagne, ask yourself this. Should we be celebrating record temperatures . This isnt a sporting record, rising temperatures are what Scientists Say we should expect as oui Scientists Say we should expect as our climate changes. Remember, rising temperatures threatened ecosystems on which all life on earth depends which is why when i spoke to a climate scientist earlier today, he said as far as he was concerned this was warning that we ignore at our peril. 0k, thank you. And that record temperature yesterday has led to more delays and frustration, for tens of thousands of rail and air passengers. And, those trying to get away on holiday havent been helped by problems with the uks air Traffic Control system, causing delays and cancellations at several airports, including heathrow and gatwick. This report from our transport correspondent, tom burridge, contains some flashing images. Not a comfortable wait at heathrow. Nearly 100 flights cancelled in a testing 2a hours. Our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we cant fly out to rio until tomorrow. With Stormy Weather last night, passengers boarded flights which didnt take off and some like jess sims headed to another airport. They have our bag, so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. But hopefully well be able to find something at gatwick. At gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, where the problem is made worse by a damaged radar at air Traffic Control. Since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. No help, no staff anywhere. Hopefully, after last nights escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we werent allowed on the plane. Tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. But at europes busiest airport, virtually every take off and landing slot is full. So a fairly minor issue can cause significant disruption. Would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. 0n the railways, the chaos of last night calmed. But with overhead cable still damaged, few trains on the midlands mainline and tricky journeys. Im headed to harrogate, north yorkshire. I should have gone from sandy in bedfordshire up through your, it should have taken me an hour and a half or two hours. Its going to take me. Well, i dont know, five or six hours according to this. Services cancelled too on the eurostar today not the ideal start to her weekend. The new owner of house of fraser says several stores will have to close. Mike ashley, who used his Sports Direct company to buy house of fraser last august, says its problems are nothing short of terminal. Our Business CorrespondentSimon Gompertz is here. We had this delay in the house of fraser Financial Statement . It has taken them a week before today to publish these results, they tried to get them signed off by the auditors. They were supposed to get them sent out at 7am but it took hours to get them published. The reason was, they had received a colossal tax bill for their business in belgium. So lets have a look at what it was. It was the £605 million and it took the whole day sports dires to persuade its auditors that they will be able to contest the bill, perhaps wouldnt be able to pay it and perhaps wouldnt be able to write that off against their profits. But also the news that came out is the news that those results that house of frasers losses since they had taken it over had been £55 million. It is clear that mike ashley, the owner of Sports Direct and the owner of Newcastle UnitedFootball Club and now house of fraser, regret buying it last year. He said even stores where he had managed to persuade the owners not to charge any rent, those ones were not making any rent, those ones were not making any money and he is going to close a lot of stores. So what does that actually mean . There are 5a house of fraser stores, it will be the smaller ones in smaller towns likely to go. We dont know which ones. I asked him if most woodchucks, he said no but its clear a lot will and that means thousands are in danger. Would shut. And that means thousands are in danger. Would shut. Simon gompertz, thank you. The so called special relationship between the uk and america, has endured for six decades. However in recent weeks after the leak of secret memos by the uks ambassador in washington, which were highly critical of President Trump, that relationship has been put under strain. But could be things be looking up. This week mr trump called Boris Johnson britains trump, and the Us Ambassador to the uk, promised that the two men would have a sensational relationship. Tonight, President Trump said that they were already working on a uk us trade deal. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, considers the special relationship. During his visit, the Prime Minister and mr isabel. The special relationship is often turns on personal relationships between washington and westminster. Churchill and roosevelt formed a close wartime alliance. Reagan was like a newlywed. The chemistry already seems good between this billionaire populist and the elder tony and populace. Here meeting at the United Nations in new york, the city where both men were born. In donald trump, Boris Johnson city where both men were born. In donald trump, borisjohnson has a transatlantic fan. Tonight came warm, soothing words from the white house. I think we are going to have a great relationship and boris is going to be a great Prime Minister. I predict he will be a great Prime Minister, he has what it takes, they have needed him for a long time. Barack 0bama and gordon brown were not especially close and although he became barbecue buddies with david cameron, he regarded Angela Merkel as the key, european leader. Donald trumps relationship with theresa may started with a gentle tap on the hand but ended with repeated kicks in the teeth. Ever since churchill coined the phrase, the special relationship has is meant far more for the british than the americans. As the uk tries to exit the European Union it is more diplomatically isolated and desperately needs a trade deal with the United States. That partly explain the early offer ofa that partly explain the early offer of a state visit to london. But this America First president prides himself on his negotiating skills and know he has by far the upper hand. A mature, wise and responsible president would look at britain and give them a helping hand. I will read this unscrupulous, curio, a predictable president in the white house could even try to take advantage of britain in a moment of weakness and that would not honour the special relationship. The man donald trump one suggested the man should be uks ambassador to washington, nigel farage, says he is a more faithfulfriend. Washington, nigel farage, says he is a more faithful friend. We need to press the reset button, he will go for a good deal, as will be. It is remarkable, we have disappointed trump over and over again, he wants us trump over and over again, he wants us to have a much better relationship than we currently have. Borisjohnson relationship than we currently have. Boris johnson needs relationship than we currently have. Borisjohnson needs to win over nancy pelosi, who has warned congress will not ratify a new trade deal if brexitjeopardises the good friday agreement. She visited the irish border earlier this year to hammer home that point. Donald trump seems untroubled that borisjohnson once said he betrayed stupefying ignorance about crime in l