Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the then leader 0011 relationship with the then leader soon soured. Differences in policies and personalities. Today he quit ukip, saying the partysjob and personalities. Today he quit ukip, saying the partys job was done now the country had backed brexit. We have achieved what ukip was for. If other people want to carry it on, i wish them the best. But you are the partys only mp. By quitting, are you not putting the final nail in ukips corp and mac cannot i went into ukip and made the switch in order to get us out of the European Union. Theresa may means that brexit is in safe hands. No tea rs that brexit is in safe hands. No tears from nigel farage. The form of party leader said that Douglas Ca Rswell party leader said that Douglas Carswell jumped party leader said that Douglas Ca Rswell jumped before party leader said that Douglas Carswell jumped before he party leader said that Douglas Carswelljumped before he was pushed and was never truly ukip. Current leaders, who saw him as a cause of division, agreed. It will not make much difference to us, other than drawing a line under something which has really caused nothing but heartache for about a year, more than a year. Douglas was never that Co Mforta Ble than a year. Douglas was never that comfortable in the party. So i think that really, he will go on his merry way. Douglas carswell is a duly elected as a Member Of Parliament for the constituency. Thank you. Last time he changed allegiance, the cla cton last time he changed allegiance, the clacton mp made a big play of asking voters for approval out of principle. Not this time. Ifi voters for approval out of principle. Not this time. If i was switching parties, ifi principle. Not this time. If i was switching parties, if i was going from ukip to the Conservative Party, absolutely. I would feel honour bound. But the voters voted for a ukip and here now they are getting an independent mp. When i was a conservative and i switched ukip, triggered a by election. I think i was the first Member Of Parliament and 26 years to insist on that. But im not changing parties, are not switching sides. In his constituency, some have questioned his decision. It have a disgrace, really. He was doing well for ukip. I will stand with him at end of the day, if he wants to do that, we cant do much about it. Douglas ca rswell has not cant do much about it. Douglas carswell has not ruled out returning to the tories, but says the now he will be an independent mp. His parting gift to ukip, further questions over the partys relevance in post brexit britain. A former head of the metropolitan police has called for changes to Security At Westminster following wednesdays attack. Former commissioner lord blair said there should be a review of the arming of officers. One man, arrested in birmingham, remains in police custody. 14 people remain in hospital. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly reports. V0|ceover minutes after the Terrorist Attack in the precincts of the palace of westminster. 0n the ground is constable keith palmer, who was stabbed to death. His killer, khaled massoud, has been shot to death by police. Meanwhile, armed officers here have left the scene to investigate the gates, where masoods car has mounted the pavement and crashed. The gates, meanwhile, have been left unguarded and wide open. Anyone could have got through. An understandable error according to a former head of scotland yard, who nevertheless believes that in the future security will have to be more stringent. Im absolutely certain that they will have to be a review now of the outer soft ring. Always behind it is the inner core of armed officers, but Pc Keith Palmer has paid for his life for that soft outer ring and i think his family at least, and everyone else, need reassurance. The bbc has obtained new footage of the police response. A fleet of cars carrying teams of Marksmen Racing down the embankment. This was shortly after Khalid Masoods trail of carnage which began on westminster bridge. Questions remain unanswered about his route to radicalisation. He was a violent criminal before converting to islam more than a decade ago. One of his victims who have arrived is this romanian tourist, who was hurled into the thames. She was in london with her partner, who was also hurt. In romania, a friend paid tribute to the Emergency Services in london. Translation we would especially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. Today at scotland yard, Police Officers who were part of the Emergency Response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. June kelly, bbc news. Pc Keith Palmers family have issued a statement. We have been overwhelmed by the love and support for ourfamily, and most especially, the outpouring of love and respect for our keith. We want to thank everyone who has reached out to us over the past few days for their kindness and generosity. The police have been a constant, unwavering support at this very difficult time. It has made us realise what a caring, strong and supportive family keith was part of during his career with the police. We cant thank them enough. We would also like to express our gratitude to the people who were with keith in his last moments and who were working that day. There was nothing more you could have done. You did your best and we are just grateful he was not alone. We care about him being remembered for his selfless bravery and loving nature. We miss him so much, but we are also incredibly proud of keith. That statement from Keith Palmers family, released in the last few minutes. Theres growing concern about the fate of civilians in the iraqi city of mosul where Government Forces are trying to drive out so called Islamic State. The United Nations has warned of a terrible loss of life, and tonight the Us Led Coalition said it was behind an airstrike which is believed to have killed dozens of civilians two weeks ago. 0ur middle east Editorjeremy Bowen is in western mosul. Thousands of people have arrived, have walked out of those parts of most will still controlled by Islamic State. Parts of mosul. They need food, they need water, they need shelter. It is a massive humanitarian challenge, and not nearly as big as the one that may literally be coming down that road in the next few weeks. From where the black smoke eaters, which is where the Islamic State positions are here in mosul. Black smoke is. This is very much a theatre of war. The people who have been coming in have been talking about what they have been talking about what they have been talking about what they have been through. They have talked aboutair have been through. They have talked about air strikes that have come in in the last few days and killed, as well as killing people from is, have killed hundreds of civilians. They have complained that the jihadist is have complained that the jihadist is have used them as human shields. Jihadists. But they have also, in tea rs jihadists. But they have also, in tears and anger, spoken bitterly about the effects of air strikes on civilians. I spoke to multiple witnesses who said that there are perhaps hundreds of bodies still lying in the rubble, that People Cannot get to. Here, the bodies of 217 year old boys have been found at the foot of cliffs at salzburg in middlesborough. Cleveland police have found have begun an investigation. Lindsay smith sent this report. Peaceful and calm, just as it was before 7pm last night, when clevela nd before 7pm last night, when Cleveland Police received the first reports of a casual tea out of it. At huntcliff. What police and coastguards discovered on arrival was worse. The bodies of two 17 year old always on a ledge. They we re 17 year old always on a ledge. They were airlifted to the james Cook Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. I was walking into town and there were loads of police and ambulance, which is unusual. I saw the police first and i thought, i wonder, is the right thing to be into town . A pop you were walking spot. Tonight, those enjoying the area told us of the perilous nature of the cliff tops. There are some very sheer drops. There is plenty of signage, advising people to keep clear of the cliff edge. But the past does go very close to it. The teenagers families are tonight being supported by Cleveland Police, while officers tried to establish exactly how these two teenagers died. In the last hour, Merseyside Fire and rescue say theyre dealing with the aftermath of an explosion on the wirral that is believed to have been caused by a suspected gas leak. They say it took place in new ferry and they have sent a special rescue team. A building appears to have been flattened. Network rail says its suspended trains in the area. That will affect services at bebington, disrupting lines in the area. Im joined via Webcam Byjosh Parry from the liverpool echo, who is at the scene. Josh, what can you tell us . |j josh, what can you tell us . I am here at the scene, i just josh, what can you tell us . I am here at the scene, ijust have josh, what can you tell us . I am here at the scene, i just have to move to one side as there is an ambulance making its way to the scene right now. What i can say is that i have never seen a crime scene 01 that i have never seen a crime scene or certainly an emergency seen as large as this one. There are 30, 40 firemen and women here, searching through the rubble. There was about 12 or 15 ambulances as i turned up and dozens of Police Officers also. People have reported saying that they heard a large explosion. Some people thought that cars had gone into their houses, because the shaking was so intense. Altogether, pretty chaotic, really. Judging from what we can see behind you, you have the ambulance on one side and on the other side we can see the edge of some houses. This is a residential area . Are you able to get a clear eyed deer of how many houses may have been affected by this explosion directly . Clear idea. Have been affected by this explosion directly . Clear idea. At the moment, although this has not been confirmed, i do not think any houses have been damaged to any particular extent. What is completely damaged, com pletely extent. What is completely damaged, completely razed to the ground is a dance studio, that was near a chinese takeaway, and there were a number of people inside the chinese restau ra nt. Number of people inside the chinese restaurant. I appreciate you only have partial information, but is it your understanding that the dance studio would not have any news at this time of night on a saturday . That is my understanding, and i have asked locals if anybody lives there, and they have said they dont. So it seems it would not have been in use at this time, although as you say, thatis at this time, although as you say, that is not confirmed. What time of evening did this happen . Ive got it is about an hour and 15 minutes ago, i think it was shortly before 9 30pm. So the response has obviously built up over the time. How big an Emergency Services presence is there . It is huge. 0bviously presence is there . It is huge. Obviously as a report in this area i go to obviously as a report in this area i gotoa obviously as a report in this area i go to a number of crime scenes, but i think this is the biggest i have seen i think this is the biggest i have seen possibly ever, into what three yea rs seen possibly ever, into what three years as a reporter. Two or three yea rs. Years as a reporter. Two or three years. Josh, if you think it is appropriate, could you perhapsjust move your camera phone around a little bit to give us a look at the scene, what you are seeing around you, if that is ok . Yes, i can try to do that. Be high and me here is the cord and. Be high and me is the cord and. Be high and me is the cordon. Behind. There was a big briefing here before with fire crews on the ground. They have now moved on to search the rubble. I just have to move out of the way, there is an ambulance reversing. Of course, they have theirjob to do, as you do yours. Exactly. As you see behind me now, i am as you do yours. Exactly. As you see behind me now, iam not as you do yours. Exactly. As you see behind me now, i am not sure how clear that will be. We can see quite a lot of large fire trucks, yes. Just behind that cordon is where the rubble is, and it has been com pletely rubble is, and it has been completely razed to the ground. Josh, we are going to leave it there. Thank you for giving us that update from the scene. Josh parry from the liverpool echo. And of course the liverpool ecos website will be updated throughout the night with the latest, and our colleagues at Bbc Radio Merseyside will be following that story and any developments in it. Before the paper review, we will give you something to whet your appetite with. The coalition as strikes killing 150 civilians and causing international outrage. Tobias ellwood has spoken for the first time after trying to save the life of pc palmer in the Terror Attack on wednesday. A near miss crash with a drone. And reports toa miss crash with a drone. And reports to a civil war within ukip. Douglas ca rswell also to a civil war within ukip. Douglas carswell also on the front page of the independents calling for europeans to stick together following the attack in london. The headlines on bbc news ukips only mp Douglas Carswell is standing down from the party but will stay on as an independent. Ukip says his resignation isnt a surprise. Fire crews are dealing with the aftermath of an explosion on the wirral, that is believed to have been caused by a suspected gas leak. The family of Pc Keith Palmer, the officer murdered in westminster, issue a statement thanking those who helped him in his last moments. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good evening. England and scotland in action tomorrow. A few remarkable results. The netherlands failed to reach the last european championships, and now theyre not making it easy for themselves. Theyre lost 2 nil to bulgaria in group a. Delev with both goals. It puts netherlands back down into 4th in group a. Sweden had gone top earlier in the day after beating belarus 4 nil, but france are sitting pretty having beating luxembourg 3 1. In Group B Switzerland still top the group having beaten latvia 1 nil at home. Portugal are three points further back in second they Beat Hungary 3 Nil Ronaldo with two, and earlier, andorra against Faroe Islands finished goalless. In group h, the top two played each other and belgium and greece finished 1 all. Bosnia hertzegovinia Beat Gibralter with ease 5 0, whilst cyprus and estonia played out a nil nil draw. Dundee united have won the scottish challenge cup, with victory over st mirren at fir park. Its the first time theyve won the competition it finished 2 1. Tony andreu scoring with this sensational volley to get things rolling. Thomas mikkelsen then got the winner after st mirren equalised. Antony crolla is underway in his rematch withjorge linarez, bidding to win back his wba lightweight title. Its been a tight contest so far, were in round 8, Anthony Crolla was given an eighth count Anthony Crolla was given an eighth cou nt after Anthony Crolla was given an eighth count after an upper cut. He looked seriously at rock but his powering on with the manchester crowd right behind him. In rugbys premiership, Leicester Tigers are up to fourth after beating Northampton Saints 36 31 in a thrilling derby at franklins gardens. It was a fitting send off for leicester interim coach aaron major in his last game before matt 0connor takes charge the tone was set for a breathless game, with northa nts taking the lead inside 90 seconds. And they had a six point lead at the break, but ben youngs try helped tigers edge ahead for the first time in a topsy turvy game. Leicester were behind with one minute to go but 0wen Williams massive penalty sealed the win. The defeat for saints damages their chances of reaching the play offs. Exeter chiefs had a Bonus Point Vicotry over sale. 30 25 which boosts exeters chances of a home semi final. While harlequins, who are chasing a top four finish, have helped their cause with a 53 17 win over Newcastle Leinster stay top of the pro12 after a 22 points to 21 victory over cardiff blues. They were missing several of their Irish International players who were rested after the six nations campaign. It was ross moloney who got the winning try. Cardiff remain in 8th, still chasing a top six finish for Champions Cup qualification. T0 the rest of the pro12, munster beat zebre 50 points to 14 to continue to head towards the play offs. Glasgow beat connaught 35 24, and treviso and 0spreys is 13 5 to treviso. Phil mickelson has been knocked out the wgc match play championship in austin, texas at the quarterfinal stage. Hes lost 3 1 against fellow american bill haas. Haas goes on to play spaniard john rahm in the semi final. World number one Dustin Johnson is currently one up against swedens alex noren. The winner of that will likely play japans Hideto Tanihara in the last four. A 17 year old has died after collapsing in the ring at an amateur boxing match. Eddie bilbey, from derbyshire, was competing in South Normanton on friday evening. He later died in hospital. A gunman has barricaded himself inside a bus on the main strip in las vegas after a shooting which left one person dead and another one in hospital. The standoff began near the Cosmopolitan Hotel casino and part of the Las Vegas Boulevard remains closed. 0ne one person died, another is treated and Police Believe there are no other suspects involved. President trump has said he will focus on tax reform, after the bill to overturn barack 0bamas Health Reforms was withdrawn due to a lack of support within his own republican party. He tweeted that. Joining me now is anneke green, senior director of the White House Writers Group and former member of president George W Bushs speechwriting team. Thank you forjoining us. It is the afternoon they are in washington. What do you think at the end of a long couple of days, where does this leave donald trump . Trying to make sure that he does not take the fall for not having the 0bamacare vote go through. The headlines are talking about his first failure. It does not look good for senate, house and white house, republicans, to come through on a promise but what hes trying to do now is that it was the democrats and that they will talk to friendly outlets tomorrow to send that message. Republican sympathetic broadcasters will be doing interviews tomorrow with people from the administration. But was it reasonable for democrats to say you cannot rely on us to do that . Exactly. It is not realistic for any democrat to vote against a signature democratic formal care act, known as 0bamacare. But he is saying to his base that they were a lot of conflicts on the hill due to long standing tensions which he could not overcome despite intense personal lobbying and and visits by himself and the vice president. As you read from his tweets, he will let 0bamaca re you read from his tweets, he will let 0bamacare fail and do something about it afterwards. Within the house of representatives, and the freedom caucus, the group of republicans who really are actually very strongly committed to specific things like small government and less interference by government. These people are going to be a thorn on his side because of their vision is very specific . Yes, they are the True Believers who really have the viewpoint and conservative principles and they could not accept the deal President Trump wanted them to vote on. They stuck to it. As these negotiations were going on, these negotiations were going on, the members of these caucus was saying we love President Trump and are some of his strongest supporters but they are going to insist on policy being conservative. The president says he has the power back, wait for 0bama get to fail and then pick up the pieces he then says he will move on to tax reform is not given the ridges in coverage of the informal care act was to given the ridges in coverage of the info he lcare act was z. to 7, given the ridges in coverage of the info he beire act was z. to 7, given the ridges in coverage of the info he be Ire Act Achieve to f given the ridges in coverage of the info he be Ire Act Achieve Tax to f E Reforms Without Dealing With The Healthcare First . One of the things Healthcare First . One of the things he was saying during this debate was who knew healthcare was so complicated and now he is tackling another complicated topic. 0bamacare. Another complicated topic. 0bamacare. There are another complicated topic. 0bamacare. There are a lot of votes taking on 0bamacare, a lot of plans to repeal it. On tax reform that has not been that same history so that has not been that same history so perhaps it is in more freedom to get something from a conservative group or think tank but at the same time the same person who was pushing for the 0bamacare package on the hill will also be pushing for the tax reform, the office of management and budget, so they will be in a lot of lessons learnt on these. You are not able to write speeches . Of lessons learnt on these. You are not able to write speeches7m not able to write speechese been not able to write speechese have been an interesting challenge, iam sure. Have been an interesting challenge, i am sure. Were glad you are not because you have been able to talk to us. Thank you for being on bbc news. European Union Leaders have marked the 60th Anniversary of the eus Founding Treaty with a formal declaration promising to deepen unity. Theresa may did not attend. The meeting came as Tens Of Thousands of people protested in london against brexit, just four days before the formal process of leaving the eu is triggered. Now some of us will not be happy with losing an hours Sleep Tonight when the clocks go forward. Especially those working this weekend. But to Mark British Summer Time more than 2,000 Ticking Clocks have gone on display in an art installation. Set up at nostell priory, near wakefield, it celebrates the life of clockmaker John Harrison who invented the marine chronometer. The exhibition was created by artist luke jerram and runs until 17th july. I wonder if he has stood wind them allup to announce the birth of her first child with One Direction star liam payne. The 33 year old singer said the baby, born on wednesday, weighing 7lb 9, was an incredibly beautiful, Healthy Baby Boy and was looking like a dream. Fe; ;§§ mg . E§ 7§17§7§§7 . ¥§1 that is probably a family that will not be worrying much about the time change it felt like summer was just around the corner today. We lose an hour s Sleep Tonight. The clocks go forward an houras we Sleep Tonight. The clocks go forward an hour as we spring forward. This was the picture today with the sunshine in kent. Temperatures only about 11 degrees because of a brisk wind. The warmest day of the year so far. The temperature now two degrees in places. It should not get too cold in the south because of the wind. For the northern half, no wind, a little bit of mist and fog and we will have developing and we will have crosseddevelopingi the glens of scotland and across the glens of scotland and into northern ireland. Not long to wait until the start of the F1 Grand Prix in melbourne. A lovely sunny day there and one here at home as well. A bit cloud day there and one here at home as well. A bit cl Ofi The Western Side enjoying sunshine. The western side of northern ireland, could get 17 degrees. So to across the north and west of wales. Generally in the sunshine, mid teens. Briscoe winds across southern parts of england and temperatures peaking on the coast. At wembley, it should be a lovely evening install. 0nce at wembley, it should be a lovely evening install. Once The Sun Goes Down the temperatures will fall away quickly. A bit more cloud around on monday morning. Pushing up across Northern England into northern ireland. Not quite as warm. Another lovely day for the north west of scotland. Not as windy in the south. This gradual change with a High Pressure getting pushed away, as we head into tuesday, where the front approaching from the south bringing