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Shock defeat for novak djokovic. Pressure continues to mount on ukip leader henry bolton this lunchtime after four senior members resigned, including the partys deputy leader, its assistant deputy leader, its immigration spokesman, its trade spokesman. Deputy leader margot parker, resigned last night. Theyve all stood down in protest at henry boltons refusal to quit as leader, following a string of revelations about his private life even though the Party Executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. Our Political Correspondent alex forysth, is at westminster. Over the course of the weekend and over the course of the morning, one after another, senior figures in ukip have walked away from their positions on the front bench in protest at the decision by henry bolton to stay on, they say his personal life has become too much of a distraction and he has to go. The question now is how long he can hang on in his post and only this morning henry bolton told me he has no plans to resign im not making any comment. Despite growing pressure, he says hes not going anywhere, henry bolton insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the ruling body says he should quit and now, a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. Including margot parker, he stepped down as deputy leader, mike hookem has quit as assistant deputy, tim aker, as local government spokesman, david curtin, as front man for education, William Dartmouth has given up his job education, William Dartmouth has given up hisjob as education, William Dartmouth has given up his job as trade spokesman, and john bickley has walked away from his role with immigration. he hangs around politics, given what has happened and the nature of everything that has happened, it will not be good for him or everyone he is with. My advice would be, look, henry, we dont want to keep arguing with you and causing you any more trouble, why dont you just go and sort out your personal life. is over his relationship with 25 year old jo marney, he says it is over after she had to apologise for sending racist text messages, that has not appease critics. After being elected only four months ago, promising to restore unity, his position risks tearing the party apart. This is where ukip has marked some of its big moments, outside europe house, the key eu base in london, but after its success in the brexit referendum, ukip lost direction and has been plagued by bitter infighting, with four leaders injust over in just over a year, prompting some to ask whether now anyone can lead this party back from the brink. The Party Chairman today insisted ukip still has a role in representing those who backed brexit. That is why ukip are so important and why we must stay on the field of play, get our house in order and do it quickly, once we have, we have a purpose. 17. 4 million voters are important. Even those embroiled in the leadership crisis recognise how it . , hpartv damaging it is for the league at for the beleaguered party. He says he does not want his future to be decided by senior members within ukip. They will vote on his future, that could be a vote not just on the fate of henry bolton but on the face of ukip as a whole. Nhs england has been asked to explain changes to the way hospitals calculate their figures for accident and emergency treatment times. The Uk Statistics Authority says the alterations could have left people reaching misleading conclusions. Our health editor, hugh pym is here with more details. What has been going on . The four our accident and emergency target for patients to be discharged after admitting, that is a gauge of how well it is doing, what the statistics watchdog is saying, is, we are not sure if you are calculating these figures accurately, people may have reached misleading conclusions about how well or not the local hospital is doing, following information supplied by the bbc about how walking centres and minor injury centres a re walking centres and minor injury centres are treated by the trust, they are allowed to include them in figures if they run the centres but not if they are elsewhere in the local Community Run by a different provider. It seems at least six trusts started doing this and it improved their performance, it may well have been more. An e mail seed by the bbc suggests they may have beenin by the bbc suggests they may have been in courage to do so by the regulator, nhs improvement, they say it is up to individual trusts to accurately report these figures, there is no intention to artificially inflate the figures, but certainly, the fact that the stats watchdog is looking into this suggests there is some worry about it because these stats have to be done transparently and any changes are not acceptable unless they are declared in advance. What difference is likely to happen, what are they being asked to do . The bbc understands it could be every trust must recalculate the figures going back over a year, month on month data may have to be changed. May not change very much but the principle of the thing. For a patient trying tojudge the of the thing. For a patient trying to judge the performance of their local hospital, these figures are important, if it changes thanks to the way the data has been compiled, thatis the way the data has been compiled, that is a pretty serious matter. The head of the army says the government must invest more in the armed forces or risk falling behind potential enemies. In a speech later this afternoon, general sir nick carter will say britain cant afford to sit back while countries like russia improve their capabilities. His comments have been approved by the defence secretary Gavin Williamson and come amid speculation that the military is to face more cuts. Richard galpin reports. For three years now, the Russian Military has been asserting itself on the world stage. Playing a kieran, for example, in the syrian civil war. Playing a key role. It has been spending heavily to develop sophisticated weapons, like missiles fired into syria from the caspian sea, a distance of almost 1000 miles. Now, the head of the british army, general sir nick carter, is claiming russias growing capability including in cyber warfare is eclipsing britains armed forces, which are potentially facing further deep cuts. In a speech later today, is it better to say he is expected to say. He is expected to say. If we go back to the planning round in 2012, when the army was reduced to 80,000, there was a promise made of an uplift to make sure that the army of 2020 was properly equipped and capable. And it seems to me that the government at the moment is threatening to reduce that. And i think that would be a big mistake. That fear of further budget cuts to the army and other services is probably what is driving todays announcement by the army chief. It is extremely unlikely British Forces will confront russia alone. It would only be as part of nato, which has a military budget more than ten times that of the russians. There is no doubt russia has become more aggressive, these exercises, for example, held last year in the european part of the country. The government here insist that with commitments to nato, britains security is not in doubt. A Manufacturing Firm that makes ejector seats has admitted breaching a health and safety law over the death of a red arrows pilot. Flight lieutenant Sean Cunningham died in 2011 after being accidentally ejected from his plane. Danny savage is at Lincoln Crown court. Sean cunningham was 35 years old, fast jet pilot with Sean Cunningham was 35 years old, fastjet pilot with the raf, he had flown tornados and seen action in iraq. His dream as a boy was to become a red arrows pilot. Ascribed as an absolute gentleman he achieved his goal but was tragically killed as he prepared for a training flight backin as he prepared for a training flight back in 2011. Described. The manufacturer of the ejector seat have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws. This is the red arrows hawkjet that Sean Cunningham was rejected from, the egyptian seat was unintentionally triggered as he carried out his preflight checks, it went off while the plane was stationary on the ground. The ejector seat. Not only did his seat reject him from his brain, but the parachute attached failed to deploy, should have saved his life but instead he crashed back down to the ground, still strapped in the seat. He died from his injuries. The red arrows are based here at raf scans and in lincolnshire, which is where Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was injured, fatally, in november, 2011. His inquest heard that an over tightened nut and bolt stopped it from working properly, and the manufacturers of that seat, martin baker, knew about the issue and told some airforces but baker, knew about the issue and told some air forces but not the ministry of defence, and so the engineers here were unaware of the issue. Sean cunninghams sister, mother and father were at Lincoln Crown court today, to hear the guilty plea from martin baker. This has been a long ordealfor martin baker. This has been a long ordeal for them. We welcome the conclusion of the coroner, which confirmed what we knew all along. Sean was blameless and his tragic death. Excuse me. His tragic death. Excuse me. His tragic death was preventable. Martin baker. Death was preventable. Martin ba ker. The director of martin baker, john martin, second left, admitted the health and safety charge on behalf the company, but martin baker continues to work with the red arrows and the rest of the raf, as they make all of the ejector seats for fast jets. Martin baker martin ba ker have expressed martin baker have expressed their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sean Cunningham, in a statement today, they will face a sentencing hearing next month. The trial of a man accused of the Finsbury Park mosque attack has begun. Darren 0sborne is accused of deliberately driving a van into worshippers, killing one person. He denies murder and attempted murder. Daniel sandford is following the case at Woolwich Crown court. What happened in court today . The jury what happened in court today . The juiy were what happened in court today . The jury were told that darren 0sborne is facing charges of the murder of ali and the attempted murder of other people, the prosecution counsel said that the defendant deliberately drove a heavy luton box van intoa deliberately drove a heavy luton box van into a group of muslims in the early hours of the 19th and, and the prosecution says the defendant was trying to kill as many of the group as possible. In the event he killed one person, a 51 your old man, makram ali, his family were in court today. 51 year old man. The prosecution asked the jury why someone would do such a wicked thing, the prosecution says, easy answer, darren 0sborne had left a note, found in the van, and the note read, why are their terrorist on our streets today, three recent terror attacks, children splattered against walls at concerts. The prosecution say darren 0sborne had become obsessed also with events in rochdale, where muslim men were accused of abusing young women. Darren 0sborne wrote in the note, when people get it, this is happening up and down our green and pleasa nt happening up and down our green and pleasant land, feral inbred muslim men preying on children hunting in packs. It is the prosecutions case that this was a terrorist attack designed to intimidate the muslim community. The case is set to last about two weeks. A 54 year old man, arrested after an eight Year Old Girl was stabbed to death near walsall in the west midlands, is understood to be her father. Mylee billingham died in hospital after being found seriously injured on saturday evening. Her father, believed to be bill billingham, is critically ill with a stab wound to the stomach. Sima kotecha reports. Eight year old Mylee Billingham, described as a little angel, she was stabbed to death at the weekend. Tributes lay outside the bungalow in the area of brownhills, near wa lsa ll, the area of brownhills, near walsall, it is where police were called to just after walsall, it is where police were called tojust after 9pm, walsall, it is where police were called to just after 9pm, saturday. Mylee was found inside with serious injuries, rushed to hospital but police say medics were unable to save her. She died a short time later. A couple of doors down, neighbours are in shock. Its terrible. Itsjust. Its usually quiet down here, nothing like this happens down here. 54 year old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder. The bbc understands he is bill billingham, the father of Mylee Billingham. He was taken to hospital with a stab wounds to his stomach and is said to be in a critical condition. At mileys School Headteacher had this to say. We are all number and headteacher had this to say. We are all numberand in headteacher had this to say. We are all number and in shock. Everyone at the school is completely devastated. Mylee billingham was dearly loved by us or Mylee Billingham was dearly loved by us or geoff hurst smile lit up the room and in fact it never left her face. She was a fun loving, happy eight year old who had her whole life ahead of her. She took a full pa rt life ahead of her. She took a full part in school life, particularly and enjoying singing and performing. She was just and enjoying singing and performing. She wasjust a and enjoying singing and performing. She was just a lovely girl. 0ur hearts go out to her family at this difficult time. Police are treating what happened as a domestic incident and say theyre not looking for anybody else. A postmortem examination is taking place today to try and work out the exact cause of Mylee Billinghams. , the little angel whose short life ended in a tragic way. Our top story this lunchtime. Six of ukips senior members have now resigned in protest against the party leader henry bolton. And tributes are paid tojimmy armfield, who has died aged 82. As the working week begins in the United States, hundreds of thousands of employees will not be behind their desks, as federal Government Services are still shut down. Senators held a rare sunday sitting yesterday, but delayed a vote on a budget measure which would have allowed Civil Servants to go back to work. Democrats and republicans remain in deadlock, with President Trumps immigration policy one of the main sticking points. From washington, david willis reports. Members of congress met throughout the weekend, desperate to find a solution to a crisis that has shutdown to a crisis that has shut down the government of the largest economy in the world. At the other end of pennsylvania avenue, the president , too, was in residence, after shelving plans to attend afund raising dinner at his florida retreat mar a lago. At issue, the fate of these people, the so called dreamers, young people brought to the United States illegally whom President Trump is threatening to deport in a few weeks time. Democrats want to link their fate to a funding bill that would end the shutdown. The republicans want it debated separately. Yet despite having the majority in both houses of congress, republicans need the oppositions support in order to get a funding bill through the senate. After several days of rancour, the republican leader pledged to bring the dreamers issue up for debate within the next few weeks, in return for ending the shutdown. The shutdown should stop today. And well soon have a vote that will allow us to do exactly that. So, lets step back from the brink, lets stop victimising the American People and get back to work on their behalf. But democrats are adamant they want an earlier agreement to protect the dreamers from deportation. Weve had several conversations, talks will continue. But we have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward that would be acceptable for both sides. The white house released pictures of President Trump receiving updates from capitol hill, but the president has been criticised by democrats for what they call his shifting positions on immigration. Chuck schumer said on saturday it was like negotiating withjell o. The last government shop down here in 2013 lasted 16 days the last Government Shutdown here in 2013 lasted 16 days and caused the closure of Many National parks and monuments. It also led to around 800,000 workers being placed on temporary leave. The effects of this shutdown will start to be felt today, as the working week gets under way here. The senate will reconvene later in the hope of resolving this game of political brinkmanship. The vote is set for noon. David willis, bbc news, washington. 0ur correspondentjane 0brien is in washington. How likely is it that senators will reach a deal today . Well, they do seem to be inching out close to some kind of compromises, but the issue will be, will it be enough . The republicans are suggesting, indicating, that they will be open to look at the legislation to deal with this issue of dreamers in the next few weeks or so. But democrats are very worried that if they dont get a firm guarantee, they will lose all leverage that they would have obtained by shutting down the government. So, the irony is that most americans think that their should be some protection for dreamers, but most americans also wa nt dreamers, but most americans also want the government to stay open. So at what point does this issue become at what point does this issue become a worth the fight that were now seeing in congress over government funding . That will be the point i think at which one party or the other will blink is in the political fallout from this is likely to be considerable on both sides of. There is enough blame here to go around all parties and the president. And of course were coming into the mid term elections, when the fate of congress could change hands. There could be a shift in power. So there isa could be a shift in power. So there is a lot riding on this. Its not just about immigration. And also, todayis just about immigration. And also, today is when most people will start today is when most people will start to feel the effects of the shutdown. At the weekend people were not at work and were not asking for services. Today, that could change and we could see an increase in angerfrom ordinary and we could see an increase in anger from ordinary americans are able jane 0brien, many thanks. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is meeting his us counterpart Rex Tillerson in london this lunchtime. The two men are expected to discuss the situation in syria, iran and yemen. The meeting comes at a difficult time in Transatlantic Relations after President Trump refused to visit the uk and open the new us embassy. Lets speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale whos in central london. What have they been discussing . Well, Rex Tillerson met the Prime Minister in downing street this morning and he is having lunch with the the foreign secretary at his official residence right now. The context for this meeting was clearly the rocky patch in the uk us relationship. Both countries have differences over fundamental issues of International Affairs and also the president is refusing to come to britain to open his new embassy. What was interesting in that public remarks that were made in the last hour is that yes, Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state gave the usual reassu ra nces secretary of state gave the usual reassurances about the importance of the relationship, particularly on security and the economy, but he also said, we need to Pay Attention to that relationship. That was a tacit acknowledgement that things are not great at moment and need to be improved before the Prime Minister meets the president in davos later this week. In terms of the substance of the talks, they discussed the situation in northern syria, the new turkish offensive against the kurds and they were at one in saying there needs to be restraint on all sides. Yes, turkey has a right to defend its border and the kurds have been a strong ally in the kurds have been a strong ally in the fight against is but there needs to be restraint and a limit on civilian casualties. 0n the other crucial part of the talks, iran, i think there will be less common ground. Thats what theyre talking about right now. The president is fiercely opposed to the iran nuclear deal. The british and the europeans are trying to do whatever they can to protect that deal, which they think genuinely makes the world safer. So, that i think will be the area where the talks will be quite tough. Thank you. A former treasury minister and remain supporter says Economic Growth in the uk is likely to be better than predicted this year. Lord 0neill thinks gloomy forecasts about the possible effects of brexit are likely to be dwarfed by improved Global Economy activity. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here unexpected views from a remainer . Thats right. If you remove a 18 months ago, the remain side were saying it would be a disaster if we had a brexit vote. The treasury itself was saying the effects would be immediate and profound, talking about half a million more unemployed, maybe 800,000. That didnt happen, in fact come and implement has gone down. The growth has not been quite what we were used to before, it has generally been less than 2 for the last couple of yea rs. We less than 2 for the last couple of years. We know that they have had a uncertainty on the one hand, because we dont know the outcome of the brexit negotiations. That makes it difficult for corporations who want to invest to be able to predict how the future is going to work out and work out whether they want to invest or not. That has slowed it down. On the other hand we have the weaker pound, which has slowed down Consumer Spending because imports have got more expensive, but it has helped exporters, because their goods are more competitive. That has helped growth, as the former treasury minister lord 0neill has been forced to admit. |j treasury minister lord 0neill has been forced to admit. I certainly would not have thought the uk economy would be as robust as it currently seems. But that is because it looks to me like some parts of the country, led by the north west, are actually doing way better than people seemed to realise or appreciate, as well as this crucial fa ct, appreciate, as well as this crucial fact, the rest of the world is doing way better than many people would have thought a year ago. So, it makes it easier for the uk. So, ironically, rita, one of the biggest reasons is that the eurozone is doing a lot better, because the pound is weaker, they want our cars, which has helped to lift car exports, while at home we are not buying as many cars. It has all helped to rebalance the economy and although growth is not as good as it used to be, it is certainly better than most of the dire predictions. One in three young women in the uk are avoiding smear tests for Cervical Cancer, because theyre embarrassed to show their bodies to doctors, according to a health charity. Jos Cervical Cancer trust, which surveyed more than 2000 women, said Cervical Cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35, yet the majority of those questioned didnt know they were most at risk. Heres our Health Correspondent michelle roberts. A smear test can help find abnormal cells before they turn into cancer. But of the 5 million women in the uk invited for screening each year, one infourdo not invited for screening each year, one in four do not attend. We need a bit more education around the problems, around what a smear test is. For me like being under 2051 just dont do it told anything about it. When you got your u were in different about going . Indeed i was a little bit worried, what is it about . But i really have to do it and actually i havent done it but probably i have to do it. I think it will be awhile before i just kind to do it. I think it will be awhile before ijust kind of like have to go for it, and thats basically all there is to it. It is helpful to have a friend who can come with you maybe and sit in the waiting area and stuff that. The survey by jos Cervical Cancer trust found one in three of young women aged between 25 and 35 were embarrassed to attend the smear test. A third said they would not go if they had not waxed their bikini area. One in six said they would rather miss their smear test then go to a gym class. When jade goody died of Cervical Cancer in 2009, extra women turned up for tests. A decade on the number turning up is low again and experts are worried. Virtually all of my patients feel the need to apologise to me before we start. Im really sorry i havent waxed my legs, i am sorry i havent waxed my legs, i am sorry i didnt shave, i am sorry i had a show yesterday rather than this morning. My answer is, i dont think about that, i am here to do a job, were doing the examination or the proceeding and that is that. This man is chief executive ofjos Cervical Cancer trust. He says body image issues could be putting lives in danger. Cycle cancer is largely preve nta ble. In danger. Cycle cancer is largely preventable. Smear tests prevent a large percentage of all Cervical Cancers of. If women are being put off attending screening, there is a real risk that more women being diagnosed and potentially losing their lives. Women aged 25 dew 49 are offered their lives. Women aged 25 dew 49 a re offered tests their lives. Women aged 25 dew 49 are offered tests every three years on the nhs. Those between 50 and 64, every five years. Getting checked save lives. Princess eugenie has become engaged to her long term boyfriend jack brooksbank. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the couple got engaged in nicaragua earlier this month. The wedding will take place in the autumn of this year at georges chapel in windsor. The former england football captain, jimmy armfield, has died aged 82. He played for blackpool for seventeen years and represented his country 43 times. After retiring he worked as a summariser for bbc radio. 0ur Sports Correspondent david 0rnsetin looks back at his life. Jimmy armfield rose to prominence in black and white. But he would though on to carve the most colourful of careers. Born in Greater Manchester in 1935, armfield was perhaps destined for the field. Commentator armfield moving up. And it has hit the post can nearly always had a little tennis ball in my pocket, would push it along the street and play with it if thats what led to me becoming a footballer. One club players have a lwa ys footballer. One club players have always been where but armfield was one of them, playing 627 games for blackpool, many of them as captain, over 17 years as a dashing right back. It is why they have since named a stand after him and elected a statue in his honour. Jimmy was loyal and loved. He won 43 caps for england. Armfield, a perfect interception. 15 of them as skipper and he was part of the 1966 world cup winning squad, only injury preventing him from playing in the tournament. They said, youre not playing in the warm ups, youve got to be fit for the start of the world cup. And i never played again. It is better we won, because today, people look back and they say, you remember the world cup squad, you we re remember the world cup squad, you were a member, it is not the same as being in the xi who played in the final. But the point was, it is better that they won. Later, armfield turned his hand to management, taking leeds united to the 1975 european cup final. He spent the best part of 40 years as a summariserfor spent the best part of 40 years as a summariser for the bbc, becoming known to many as the voice of football. In a statement the armfield family said to me passed away peacefully after a decade long battle with cancer. The flow of tributes, a fitting reflection of one of the greats of english football. The former england football. The former england football captain jimmy armfield, who has died aged 82. Lets have a look at the