:00:25. > :00:28.The UK Independence Party's only MP, Douglas Carswell, has announced
:00:29. > :00:34.He said he decided to go because the party had
:00:35. > :00:36.achieved its goal of pulling Britain out of the European Union,
:00:37. > :00:38.adding that he was going on "amicable terms".
:00:39. > :00:40.He will now represent Clacton as an independent MP,
:00:41. > :00:43.but there are calls for him to face a by-election.
:00:44. > :00:49.Our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.
:00:50. > :00:58.Shall we shake hands? I don't think we need to! There's been no love
:00:59. > :01:02.lost between Douglas Carswell and some in Ukip for some time. When he
:01:03. > :01:07.joined the party two years ago, it was a big deal. I am today leaving
:01:08. > :01:13.the Conservative Party enjoining Ukip. But the relationship with the
:01:14. > :01:17.then leader soon soured. Differences in policies and personalities. And
:01:18. > :01:22.today he quit Ukip, saying its job was done when the country backed
:01:23. > :01:26.Brexit. We have achieved what Ukip was for. If other people want to
:01:27. > :01:31.carry it on, I wish them all the best. But you were the country's
:01:32. > :01:39.only MP -- the party's only MP, why quit if you have not put the final
:01:40. > :01:43.mail in the coughing? Theresa May means Brexit is in safe hands. No
:01:44. > :01:49.tears from Nigel Farage, the former party leader saying that Douglas
:01:50. > :01:54.Carswell had jumped before he was pushed and was never truly Ukip.
:01:55. > :01:57.Currently does agree. It really won't make very much difference to
:01:58. > :02:01.us, other than drooling a line under something that has really cause
:02:02. > :02:06.nothing but heartache for about a year, more than a year. -- drawing a
:02:07. > :02:13.line. Douglas was never that comfortable in the party, so I think
:02:14. > :02:16.really he will go on his merry way. Douglas Carswell is duly elected as
:02:17. > :02:20.a member of Parliament for the said constituency. Thank you. Last time
:02:21. > :02:25.he changed allegiances, the Clacton MP made a big play of asking voters
:02:26. > :02:30.for approval, but not this time. If I were switching parties, if I were
:02:31. > :02:33.going from Ukip to the Conservatives, then absolutely I
:02:34. > :02:37.would feel honour bound to call a by-election. But the voters voted
:02:38. > :02:41.for a Ukip MP and now they getting an independent. When I was a
:02:42. > :02:45.conservative and switched to Ukip, I was the first member of Parliament
:02:46. > :02:49.for 26 years to insist on a by-election. But I'm not changing
:02:50. > :02:54.parties, I'm not switching sides. So what do Beagle think of his decision
:02:55. > :02:58.in his constituency? Bit of a disgrace, he was doing well for
:02:59. > :03:02.Ukip. It's down to him at the end of the day, if he wants to do that we
:03:03. > :03:06.can't do a lot about it, can we? He hasn't ruled out returning to the
:03:07. > :03:09.Tories but for now he is and it did -- is an independent who has once
:03:10. > :03:15.again raised the question of Ukip's relevance. Let's pick up on that
:03:16. > :03:22.point with Alex, who is in Westminster. Where does this leave
:03:23. > :03:25.Ukip's future? After their role in securing Brexit, you would think the
:03:26. > :03:28.party should be riding high but it is now seeking direction and it has
:03:29. > :03:31.been plagued by bitter infighting for more than a year and much of
:03:32. > :03:34.that has stemmed from different views about the way the party
:03:35. > :03:39.approached that referendum, with Nigel Farage, the former leader, and
:03:40. > :03:42.his supporters, advocating a hard-line stance on issues like
:03:43. > :03:45.immigration and others wanting a more moderate approach, including
:03:46. > :03:49.Douglas Carswell. For many, they will see his departure as a chance
:03:50. > :03:53.to move on from some of the division that has bothered Ukip so long now,
:03:54. > :03:58.frustrating the party and stopping its chances of moving forward. But
:03:59. > :04:05.he left one party gift -- parting gift coming he said the UK's job was
:04:06. > :04:10.-- Ukip's job was done now the public at backed Brexit, again
:04:11. > :04:14.raising the question of what the party stands for following leaving
:04:15. > :04:16.the EU. A former head of the Metropolitan
:04:17. > :04:19.Police has called for changes to security at Westminster,
:04:20. > :04:21.following Wednesday's attack there. Former Commissioner Lord Blair said
:04:22. > :04:23.there should be a review Two men from Birmingham continue
:04:24. > :04:27.to be questioned by police Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:04:28. > :04:31.June Kelly reports. Minutes after the terrorist attack
:04:32. > :04:34.in the precincts of the Palace of Westminster. On the ground is
:04:35. > :04:40.Constable Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death. His killer, Khaled
:04:41. > :04:44.Massoud, has been shot to death by police. Meanwhile, armed officers
:04:45. > :04:50.here have left the scene to investigate the gates, where
:04:51. > :04:54.Masood's car has mounted the pavement and crashed. Meanwhile, the
:04:55. > :04:58.gates were left wide open, anyone could have got through. An
:04:59. > :05:02.understandable error according to a former head of Scotland Yard, who
:05:03. > :05:05.nevertheless leaves that in the future security will have to be more
:05:06. > :05:09.stringent. I'm absolutely certain that they will have to be a review
:05:10. > :05:14.now of the outer soft ring. Always behind it is the inner core of armed
:05:15. > :05:19.officers, but PC Keith Palmer has paid for his life for that soft
:05:20. > :05:25.outer ring and I think his family at least, and everyone else, need
:05:26. > :05:31.reassurance. The BBC has obtained new footage of the police response.
:05:32. > :05:39.A fleet of cars carrying teams of marksmen racing down the embankment.
:05:40. > :05:43.This was shortly after Khalid Masood's Trail of carnage which
:05:44. > :05:49.began on Westminster Bridge. Questions remain unanswered about
:05:50. > :05:52.his route to radicalisation. He was a violent criminal before converting
:05:53. > :05:56.to Islam more than a decade ago. One of his victims who have arrived is
:05:57. > :06:01.this Romanian tourist, who was hurled into the Thames. She was in
:06:02. > :06:05.London with her partner, who was also hurt. In Remainiac, a friend
:06:06. > :06:09.paid tribute to the emergency services in London.
:06:10. > :06:13.TRANSLATION: We would especially like to thank the doctors and
:06:14. > :06:19.nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help
:06:20. > :06:21.them. Today at Scotland Yard, police officers who were part of the
:06:22. > :06:27.emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, Keith
:06:28. > :06:30.Palmer, who they tried to help. June Kelly, BBC News.
:06:31. > :06:33.The bodies of two teenagers have been found at the bottom of cliffs
:06:34. > :06:36.Cleveland Police were called to Huntcliff last night.
:06:37. > :06:38.And our correspondent Lindsey Smith is there now.
:06:39. > :06:43.Lindsey, they're still trying to establish
:06:44. > :06:52.They are. It was at 7pm last night that Cleveland Police were called to
:06:53. > :06:57.reports of a casualty here at the cliffs behind me. What they
:06:58. > :07:02.discovered on arrival with the coastguard was far worse, the bodies
:07:03. > :07:05.of two Devon senior boys on a ledge. They were airlifted to the James
:07:06. > :07:10.Cook hospital and we are told by Cleveland Police that the two
:07:11. > :07:14.families of these teenagers are being supported by specially trained
:07:15. > :07:18.officers today. This part is buried popular with walkers and the police
:07:19. > :07:23.are appealing for anyone who may have been in the area before 7pm
:07:24. > :07:25.last night to get in touch with them and help piece together exactly what
:07:26. > :07:28.happened to these teenagers. Thank you.
:07:29. > :07:31.European Union leaders have marked the 60th anniversary of the EU's
:07:32. > :07:33.founding treaty with a formal declaration promising
:07:34. > :07:38.Theresa May is not at the ceremony, in Rome.
:07:39. > :07:41.The meeting comes as tens of thousands of people protest
:07:42. > :07:43.in London against Brexit, just four days before
:07:44. > :07:45.the formal process of leaving the EU is triggered.
:07:46. > :07:48.Damian Grammaticas reports from Rome.
:07:49. > :07:54.This gathering was the EU's answer to Brexit.
:07:55. > :07:57.27 leaders from across Europe returned to Rome, to where the first
:07:58. > :08:01.steps to the creation of the EU were taken, to reaffirm
:08:02. > :08:09.their vows of unity, just as the UK prepares to quit.
:08:10. > :08:12.I do think that the Brexit, the exit of Britain, is a tragedy.
:08:13. > :08:20.The leaders were marking exactly 60 years to the day from the signing
:08:21. > :08:23.of the treaties of Rome, in the very same room
:08:24. > :08:31.Then, just six nations met to create an economic partnership.
:08:32. > :08:33.Countries who had fought each other putting aside
:08:34. > :08:42.Today, in a vast league expanded union, 27 Prime Ministers
:08:43. > :08:44.and presidents signed a new Rome declaration, pledging to continue
:08:45. > :08:49.to cooperate, even as they faced challenges all around.
:08:50. > :08:51.Their countries are emerging from the economic crisis
:08:52. > :08:54.but there are fears about jobs, terrorism, migration and divisions
:08:55. > :09:01.Europe as a political entity will either be united
:09:02. > :09:08.Only a united Europe can be a sovereign Europe.
:09:09. > :09:13.In relation to the rest of the world.
:09:14. > :09:16.And only a sovereign Europe guaranteed independence
:09:17. > :09:26.for its nations, guarantees freedom for citizens.
:09:27. > :09:28.And on this anniversary, there were marches around Europe
:09:29. > :09:33.More than 20,000 estimated to have taken part.
:09:34. > :09:36.And in Rome, the gatherings were small.
:09:37. > :09:43.What worries EU leaders is that, in the wake of Brexit,
:09:44. > :09:44.it's their opponents, Eurosceptic nationalist forces,
:09:45. > :09:47.With this summit, EU leaders are trying to find
:09:48. > :09:50.a new impetus for their project, to confront Brexit and the other
:09:51. > :10:04.The problem they have: how to rekindle enthusiasm
:10:05. > :10:05.That's it for now. I will be back for the later news at quarter