Resign as party leader. Vicki youngs report contains some flash photography. Forced to choose between his job and his controversial new girlfriend. Today, henry bolton announced his romance withjo marney was off and he wasnt going anywhere. I am absolutely not standing down. The reason is because its crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union. And indeed in shaping the nation. Mr bolton was ukips fourth leader in a year. He was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages, but not like this. Hes been forced to act after reports of racist Text Messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harrys fiance Meghan Markle would taint the royal family. Shes apologised for the remarks, which she claims have been taken out of context. And today tweeted that we all make mistakes, its how you deal with them and conduct yourself in the future that matters. Henry boltons come out fighting, but ditching his girlfriend may not be enough to save his leadership. Irrespective of these texts thatjo marney sent, which are absolutely disgraceful, people were calling for him to resign before they came to light. The fact is, i think hes become a bit of an embarrassment to the party now and he really has to go. Can our party really survive an ineffectual, useless leader whose only public fame is for having a scandal . Quite frankly, we dont need another leadership election, we shouldnt have had one, but the situation is untenable. He has to go. Since the brexit folk, they have struggled to find a purpose. The popularity had plummeted. This latest fiasco will not have helped. Activists deny their party is finished as a political force. The infighting continues to plague the party. Its ruling body will hold an emergency meeting at the weekend and could decide his time is up, plunging them into yet another leadership crisis. Vicki young, bbc news, westminster. Now on bbc news, the travel show. This week on the travel show, we catch up with our blind backpacker tony giles as he arrives in bethlehem. This is the place wherejesus was born. Here is the star where he was born. Simons here with his top tips for travelling by train across europe, and i am in paris, seeing the city of light turning into an all night art party. The number of people going to see nuit blanche is just crazy. We are talking about 800,000 people, you know . First up this week, we are on the road with a backpacker who has clocked up more than 120 countries on his travels and has done all that without being able to see. My name is tony giles, i am from england, i am totally blind and severely deaf in both ears and i travel around the world, trying to visit every country. Previously, we joined tony as he explored jerusalem. Massive blocks. Very smooth. But today, he heads into the palestinian territories to make his way to the holy town of bethlehem. Im now at the checkpoint betweenjerusalem and bethlehem. Ive got to walk across the checkpoint and go past the dividing wall. Railing. Getting through the checkpoint is a little bit complicated. Slightly more complicated and confusing than i thought. From one way to the other. I would say we are in the palestinian side, the palestinian territories. It is quite exhilarating. As you come out of the tunnel into the taxi area, where the wall is, you can hear all the people talking, you can smell different food and coffee and that is quite loud and interesting. Can you show me to a taxi . Where . Church of the nativity. 0k. Come. I will take you for a photograph on the wall. I will take it with my camera. 0k, cool. Are you happy . Always. How big is the wall . It is big, maybe 30. 30 metres . Yes, its far. Tony, welcome to bethlehem. You want to go to the church . The church of the nativity. 0k. All this way behind the wall, you have hotel banksy, behind the wall. You have hotel. I am feeling excited to be in bethlehem, a new city, a new town, new experiences. Driving through bethlehem, along the wall, it has given me a sort of brief glimpse of how long the wall could be. It certainly feels quite long, driving along here. In my mind, it seemed quite impressive. I guess its quite scary to a lot of people. Here is the church, tony. Ijust called my host to let them know i am still coming. Adam, we are at the church. Hello . Give me, iwill callthem. Hello. One minute and they will come here. Thanks, mohamed. Hi, tony. Hi, adam. How are you . Good to meet you. Looking forward to seeing your place. Yes, my place. How many countries have you visited before . I have visited 124 countries. Oh, my god, yes, nice. You are like ali baba. I like to travel. Have you done much travelling . No, just here. It is not easy to move or to travel in another country. So you get travellers to come to you . Yes. You have steps here. This is actually couch surfing, so in theory, you stay for free. You have steps, five. You live in a castle. Yes. Its a website. You can find people on it, they have profiles. They want to meet travellers or want to travel, that is how it works. Come here, on the left. Ah, this is home. Weve landed. Thanks, shukran. Ive had a wide range of couch surfing experiences. Ive slept on floors, ive slept on mattresses like these, ive slept on couches, and also i couch surfed in africa, where the toilets outside and its a hole in the ground. I think it probably helps, not seeing. I dont see the dirt or the danger, or the holes and rocks ijust get on with it. You are meeting the people, the local hosts and they are sharing their food and their culture and knowledge, whatever they can offer you and hopefully you make friends at the end of it. Goodnight and good dreams. Shukran, shukran. And to you. People think, 0h, being blind must be terrible, poor you. But they dont understand it, they dont know what they are talking about. I am so lucky. I am leading a fantastic life. I go from country to country when i want, where i want. This is the way to travel with very few restrictions on what i want to photograph or do. You come here and you see people, yeah, they can see and they can walk but they cannot go places. Its just sad. You want directions to the church . Can you give me directions . You go directly this way, no left and no right. Just straight. 0k. I wish you be happy and luck in your life. 0k, thank you. Shukran. Good to meet you, adam. Bye bye. This is the entrance to the church . Yes. Yes, you can go in there, straight. Straight, sir. 0k, thank you. I can roughly hear a voice, but its a bit disconcerting, the echo. The echo splits the sound, so it takes away the direction. Well get there. It cant be far. 0oh theres a big metal thing with studs, which could be. Yeah, its a gate. Oh, yes 0il. Candles. Its got a waxy smell. Polish. Finding the entrance is like reaching my goal, its like reaching my target and anything else after this is a bonus. I think they have started singing, it is louder, so i need to get closer to this, because there will be a lot of energy involved and i will try to get closer and closer and eventually use the cane to pick out the steps. Go down the steps. And then a guide helped me down. Singing. Realising i was the only person to get close to hear that, feel that, makes me feel very privileged, very warm inside. I am absolutely buzzing after that. The energy is incredible. That was cool just to be here for that if nothing else. It is quite crowded, going down the steps, and theyre quite slippery. It is very deep. 0oh, my goodness. From the fire into the furnace. It is very hot in here. I guess thats from candles and more people coming in. This is my hand. This is the place where jesus was born. Here is the star where he was born. Kneel down, on your knees, more, more, more. Kneel down. A flower . No, its a star. It is the star of david. Marble . No, it is silver. Marble is the ground. The ground where jesus was born is down here. You feel it . The stone . This is the grotto. Yes, he was born here. It is not ok like this. Let me help you a little bit. Like this, you can take a photograph. A very humbling experience. Being in a place where one might argue history occurred 2,000 years or so ago. So visiting the church, the smells, the sounds, that is what makes travelling for me special. I travel by myself because it is my challenge. It is like climbing a mountain. You think it is difficult, it is a struggle, but you get to the top and, yes, i have made it. It is magical. And that is what it is all about, it broadens my horizons and helps me become a better person hopefully. Still to come on the travel show im in the french capital, paris, for its dazzling festival of light. Welcome to Manchester Airport and the slice of the show that tackles your questions about getting the best out of travel. Coming up, the merits of a trip to sri lanka during monsoon season and how to get from north west england to South East Europe by train. First, work is beginning on South East Asias leading high speed rail project, a link from kuala lumpur to singapore. When it opens in 2026 it should reduce the journey time to just 90 minutes. At present trains from the malaysian capital take up to seven hours to reachjohor baru on the singapore border, from where you have to catch a bus. At this time of year, many people are heading south from europe to australia and facing this problem like many european visitors to australia, they plan a holiday, a business trip or a family visit and all they need is an evisitor. Thats an electronically stored travel authority. The application process to visit australia is quick and easy and confirmation is normally given within a few minutes. The evisitor is valid for one year for stays of up to three months and it is free unless you inadvertently go through a website that seeks to divert visitors from the official government side and charges fees while adding no value. So look for border. Gov. Au to be certain it is the official site. A question about sri lanka in may while it is perfectly possible to enjoy sri lanka in may, i would recommend you choose another time of year to visit this lovely indian ocean island. May is when the south west monsoon begins, bringing heavy rain and humidity. Agreed, it also coincides with the dry season in the north and east of the island but i prefer to be in sri lanka between december and march when the highlights, which are concentrated in the south west quadrant, are relatively cool and dry. Besides, may is a wonderful time to be in the mediterranean, particularly on a greek island. And speaking of greece, we have this question from manchester you can happily reach belgrade in serbia by train, going via london, paris, munich and zagreb in croatia. From here, however it gets problematic. You can get as far as the greek border by train but from there you are likely be transferred via bus to thessaloniki, a city which i strongly recommend you explore. From thessaloniki to athens, trains are fast and cheap. Whether you are contemplating a trip to the nation next door or the ends of the earth, i am here to help. E mail your question to the address on the screen. I will do my best to find you an answer. From me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. Finally this week, i am in paris where the city has been celebrating. The 15th anniversary of the spectacular nuit blanche. Each year the city of lights gets even brighter as artists and performers light up paris with free events from sunset to sunrise for one night only. The festival takes over the whole city. I have come down to the river seine for a behind the scenes look at rehearsals for one of this years most eye catching installations. The theme of the event is working together. And it is all about getting parisians and tourists alike involved in the art. When it is up and running, this giant installation, the maree de lettres, or tide of letters will give visitors a chance to send a message across the city. Altogether we have 42 letters because it is a bit nerdy 42 is the answer to everything. People have an app and there they can see a list of topics. For each hour of the night, from 7pm until 7am we have a single topic and people can make suggestions according to this topic. The suggestion with the most votes wins. And moving these giant letters takes quite a knack, as i discovered when i tried to move just one. I think im picking up a life skill here. Make it straight. Make it complete straight. Completely parallel to the direction. As the sun set on night the letters came to life and i decided to make my own suggestion for the first phase of the evening. You download the maree de lettres app and you can either vote for the next phrase to appear on the bank or you can create your own. I will go for allons y. Hundreds took part in the voting but alas my suggestion, which means lets go in french did not quite make it. Paris preferred le quai des mots, or the bank of letters instead. Since it began in paris, the nuit blanche idea has spread to nearly 30 cities around the world. And back in its birthplace it is still as popular as ever. The number of people going to nuit blanche is just crazy. We are talking about 800,000 people, you know . You can feel it. So you have on one side walking and contemplating the city and on the other side you have the artistic project. I think this is why nuit blanche is so famous. And it certainly seems to have worked. There are over 150 events on throughout the night and every venue we went to was packed. The most popular events are the ones that are more immersive. I enjoyed this quite serene exhibition about european rail travel. It is a soundscape that has been composed to evoke the history of rail. And with the smoke and the dark garden, it is quite atmospheric. The whole of paris seems to come together for this event with restaurants, bars and public transport staying open through the night for those in it for the long haul. If you are hardy you can party until7am. But i am not quite able to make it that far. It is past iam. And this party is showing no signs of letting up. But it is the end of this weeks travel show and coming up next week. Henrys in australias red centre to find out how a ban on climbing the sacred site of uluru could affect tourism in the area. At the moment, tourist are allowed to go up to the peak. That is about to change. Join us then if you can. In the meantime, dont forget you can keep up with us on the road and in real time by signing up to our social media needs, details of which are on the screen right now. From me and the rest of the team here in paris, it is goodbye. Hello there. I think some people might welcome the change to the weather this week from what we had last week grey, damp, drizzly conditions. This week, it is looking colder. Certainly were getting our air sourced from the arctic, from greenland. Its going to bring strong winds, sunshine, and showers. Some of these showers will continue to be quite frequent, as they will be through the course of the night, and early on into tuesday. With snow falling over the Higher Ground of the north, even some wintriness down to lower levels. To the south, largely of rain. On tuesday itself, looking colder than it has been. Windy, as well, and there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. Watch out for ice first thing, as well, across parts of scotland, northern ireland, and into north west england. Therell be accumulating snow on the hills. Some wintriness down to lower levels. Add on the wind, its going to be quite a wild morning. There could be some ice, as well, across parts of northern and western wales. But i think, to the south of here, these showers should be mainly of rain, just maybe a little bit of wintriness over the very highest hills. But, for east anglia into the east midlands and the south east, a largely dry start. But chilly wherever you are, if you factor in that wind. And then, throughout the day, its going to be a blustery one. West or north west winds will be touching gale force in exposure, blowing in plenty of showers, as you can see here, most of them in the north and the west. Snow, maybe even blizzard conditions, with accumulating snow over the Higher Ground in the north. If you factor in the wind, its going to feel more like sub zero in that wind across central and northern areas, but at least some places will have the sunshine to compensate. On wednesday, fewer showers. They will be most frequent across the north and north west corner of the country. Again, accumulating snow over the hills, wintry down to lower levels, and some good, lengthy spells of sunshine for parts of england and wales. Temperatures of 3 7 degrees. Now, things get quite interesting as we head into the middle of the week. We look out to the atlantic to the next area of low pressure. It looks like its going to be a deepening area of low pressure, and could bring a significant spell of gales, maybe even severe gales, to england and wales. And to its northern flank, in the cold air, we could see some significant snow through central southern scotland. So either where you get the gales or the snow in the north, its likely there could be some disruption possible to this system, so keep tuned to your bbc local radio. But the good news is it will hurtle through quite quickly, and in fact, for thursday morning, those winds will have died down, the snow will have eased away. Not a bad day for many central, southern, and eastern areas. Plenty of sunshine, further blustery showers across the north and the west. And things look like theyve calmed down slightly as we head on in towards the end of the week and into the weekend, but remaining on the cold side. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. Our top stories simone biles, a time olympic champion gymnast, says she was sexually abused by the former us team doctor. Growing up in the worlds biggest refugee camp we meet the rohingya children who fled violence in myanmar. Got me wrapped around yourfinger. 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