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 LieutenantSean 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 th