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The Prime Minister has become the first world leader to hold face-to-face talks with Donald Trump since his inauguration. Back home, Jo Stevens, the shadow Welsh Secetrary has resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet amid party turmoil over the upcoming Brexit vote. She announced it today via twitter and becomes the second Labour MP to resign in 24 hours after Shadow education minister Tulip Siddiq also announced she was stepping down last night. For today's Share Politics, Simon Rose joined by Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics at Lancaster University Management School, and Adam Bienkov, UK Political Editor of Business Insider

This is The Business of Sport with Share Radio's Michael Considine. Each week he provides you with the inside track on the world of sport. On today's show, Michael looks at takeover of Formula 1 by US media company Libery Media - and the end of the Ecclestone era. F1 commentator Kate Walker will be joined Michael in the studio. He also examines how sports franchises and clubs are looking to monetize their social media engagement - CEO of Fan Compass Jamie Pardi tells all. And Alex Clark will have this week's Extra Time.

The Share Radio Evening Show teams up with the FT Money Editor Claer Barrett to talk Serious Money - the personal finance and investment highlights of her FT Money section. On this edition, Claer and Share Radio's Simon Rose talk about "why you should never own shares in the company you work for", discuss UBS targeting wealthy women and how living with dementia could turn into a financial crisis.

This is The Magazine Review, Share Radio's look at the top political and financial stories of the week under the forensic eye of expert guests. Today's brains are Mark Atherton, Money Reporter at The Times and Charlotte Moore, Freelance financial journalist.

Tesco's announced a £3.7bn planned merger with Booker group, a wholesaler and owner of Budgens and Londis convenience store brands, where are share prices today? While in the US, Google's parent company Alphabet reported Q4 profits were worse than expected but sales were up - and Starbucks failed to meet same store sales expectations. Carla Mozée, Markets Reporter at MarketWatch, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk through today's big company stories.

Welcome to the This is Money and Share Radio podcast, brought to you in partnership with NS&I. We’re still on course for Brexit, albeit pending Parliament’s approval. Already a number of banks seem intent on following through on their threats to relocate jobs, but what about the local branches already shutting down across the UK? Meanwhile the FTSE continues to soar on the back of the slumping pound but questions remain as to the underlying health of the UK economy. Inflation also looks set to rise as does national debt although the latest GDP figures do offer some good news at least. To discuss how people can save and invest for the turbulent times ahead Georgie Frost is joined in the studio by Editor Simon Lambert and Deputy Editor Adrian Lowrey. Plus just when BT thought their problems couldn’t get any worse we’ll be announcing the results of the annual Money Mail Wooden Spoon Awards. This is Money is presented by Georgie Frost in partnership with NS&I.

A £3.7bn takeover deal between Tesco and Booker, a food wholesaler and owner of the Londis and Budgens brands, is on the table. What's the rationale behind the move? Ahead of a major finance meeting, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the UK will be an engaged EU member until it leaves - what does this mean for any US trade deal? And BT profits slide 37 percent. Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at London Capital Group, joined Ed Bowsher, Share Radio's senior analyst, for more on the day's biggest economic stories.

Today's question on Share Radio Morning: Do you prefer using cash or card? This comes as it's claimed more than 8000 free-to-use cash machines in the UK could be removed, or people might be charged to withdraw money.

Georgie Frost was joined on the line by Financial journalist Ruth Jackson. Today on the agenda, they discussed HRMC helping out the super-rich. Plus they look into free-withdrawal ATMs charging for each cash withdrawal transaction. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Share Radio Morning's Georgie Frost was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent and Associate Editor at Politico Europe, live from Brussels. They began with latest news from European Parliament and what the reaction is there to President Trump.