0:00:07 > 0:00:08"You quit."
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Six of Ukip's senior members have now resigned in protest
0:00:10 > 0:00:13against the party leader Henry Bolton.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14They've left because he won't step down
0:00:14 > 0:00:16after a vote against him
0:00:16 > 0:00:18and a string of stories about his private life.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23We'll bring you all the latest from Westminster.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27If he hangs around politics, given what has happened and the nature of
0:00:27 > 0:00:30his inner sanctum, I don't think it will be good for him or anyone he is
0:00:30 > 0:00:33with.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Also this lunchtime:
0:00:34 > 0:00:35a government watchdog questions the accuracy
0:00:35 > 0:00:39of some of England's A&E waiting time figures.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The head of the army is to warn that Britain's armed forces risk falling
0:00:42 > 0:00:46behind Russia if they aren't given more money.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47The Red Arrows pilot who died
0:00:47 > 0:00:50after being accidentally ejected from his plane,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54the seat manufacturer admits responsibility.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55And Monday morning,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58but no return to work for hundreds of thousands of Americans
0:00:58 > 0:01:06as the federal shutdown continues.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Coming up in sport on BBC News, shock defeat for Novak Djokovic.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Pressure continues to mount on UKIP leader Henry Bolton this lunchtime
0:01:40 > 0:01:44after four senior members resigned,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46including the party's deputy leader, its assistant deputy leader,
0:01:46 > 0:01:54its immigration spokesman, its trade spokesman.
0:02:00 > 0:02:07Deputy leader Margot Parker, resigned last night. They've all
0:02:07 > 0:02:09stood down in protest at Henry Bolton's refusal to quit as leader,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11following a string of revelations about his private life - even though
0:02:11 > 0:02:14the party executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. Our Political
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Correspondent Alex Forysth, is at Westminster.Over the course of the
0:02:16 > 0:02:19weekend and over the course of the morning, one after another, senior
0:02:19 > 0:02:21figures in Ukip have walked away from their positions on the front
0:02:21 > 0:02:25bench in protest at the decision by Henry Bolton to stay on, they say
0:02:25 > 0:02:28his personal life has become too much of a distraction and he has to
0:02:28 > 0:02:33go. The question now is how long he can hang on in his post and only
0:02:33 > 0:02:39this morning Henry Bolton told me he has no plans to
0:02:39 > 0:02:43resignI'm not making any comment. Despite growing pressure, he says
0:02:43 > 0:02:47he's not going anywhere, Henry Bolton insisting he wants to keep
0:02:47 > 0:02:51leading Ukip, even though the ruling body says he should quit and now, a
0:02:51 > 0:02:54string of senior members have resigned because he will not go.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Including Margot Parker, he stepped down as deputy leader, Mike Hookem
0:02:59 > 0:03:04has quit as assistant deputy, Tim Aker, as local government spokesman,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07David Curtin, as front man for education, William Dartmouth has
0:03:07 > 0:03:11given up his job as trade spokesman, and John Bickley has walked away
0:03:11 > 0:03:15from his role with immigration.If he hangs around politics, given what
0:03:15 > 0:03:18has happened and the nature of everything that has happened, it
0:03:18 > 0:03:23will not be good for him or everyone he is with. My advice would be,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26look, Henry, we don't want to keep arguing with you and causing you any
0:03:26 > 0:03:31more trouble, why don't you just go and sort out your personal life.It
0:03:31 > 0:03:35is over his relationship with 25-year-old Jo Marney, he says it is
0:03:35 > 0:03:38over after she had to apologise for sending racist text messages, that
0:03:38 > 0:03:44has not appease critics. After being elected only four months ago,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48promising to restore unity, his position risks tearing the party
0:03:48 > 0:03:54apart. This is where Ukip has marked some of its big moments, outside
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Europe house, the key EU base in London, but after it's success in
0:03:58 > 0:04:03the Brexit referendum, Ukip lost direction and has been plagued by
0:04:03 > 0:04:07bitter infighting, with four leaders in just over a year, prompting some
0:04:07 > 0:04:12to ask whether now anyone can lead this party back from the brink. The
0:04:12 > 0:04:15party chairman today insisted Ukip still has a role in representing
0:04:15 > 0:04:20those who backed Brexit.That is why Ukip are so important and why we
0:04:20 > 0:04:24must stay on the field of play, get our house in order and do it
0:04:24 > 0:04:28quickly, once we have, we have a purpose. 17.4 million voters are
0:04:28 > 0:04:32important.Even those embroiled in the leadership crisis recognise how
0:04:32 > 0:04:38damaging it is audible Likud party.
0:04:38 > 0:04:48-- damaging it is for the league at -- for the beleaguered party.
0:04:48 > 0:04:55He says he does not want his future to be decided by senior members
0:04:55 > 0:04:59within Ukip. They will vote on his future, that could be a vote not
0:04:59 > 0:05:08just on the fate of Henry Bolton but on the face of Ukip as a whole.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18NHS England has been asked to explain changes to the way hospitals
0:05:18 > 0:05:20calculate their figures for Accident and Emergency treatment times. The
0:05:20 > 0:05:22UK Statistics Authority says the alterations could have left people
0:05:22 > 0:05:24reaching "misleading conclusions". Our Health Editor, Hugh Pym is here
0:05:24 > 0:05:28with more details. What has been going on?The four our accident and
0:05:28 > 0:05:34Emergency target for patients to be discharged after admitting, that is
0:05:34 > 0:05:37a gauge of how well it is doing, what the statistics watchdog is
0:05:37 > 0:05:42saying,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45is, we are not sure if you are calculating these figures
0:05:45 > 0:05:48accurately, people may have reached misleading conclusions about how
0:05:48 > 0:05:52well or not the local hospital is doing, following information
0:05:52 > 0:05:56supplied by the BBC about how walking centres and minor injury
0:05:56 > 0:06:00centres are treated by the trust, they are allowed to include them in
0:06:00 > 0:06:03figures if they run the centres but not if they are elsewhere in the
0:06:03 > 0:06:11local community run by a different provider. It seems at least six
0:06:11 > 0:06:14trusts started doing this and it improved their performance, it may
0:06:14 > 0:06:18well have been more. An e-mail seed by the BBC suggests they may have
0:06:18 > 0:06:23been in courage to do so by the regulator, NHS Improvement, they say
0:06:23 > 0:06:27it is up to individual trusts to accurately report these figures,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31there is no intention to artificially inflate the figures,
0:06:31 > 0:06:36but certainly, the fact that the stats watchdog is looking into this
0:06:36 > 0:06:40suggests there is some worry about it because these stats have to be
0:06:40 > 0:06:43done transparently and any changes are not acceptable unless they are
0:06:43 > 0:06:51declared in advance.What difference is likely to happen, what are they
0:06:51 > 0:06:55being asked to do?The BBC understands it could be every trust
0:06:55 > 0:06:59must recalculate the figures going back over a year, month on month
0:06:59 > 0:07:02data may have to be changed. May not change very much but the principle
0:07:02 > 0:07:06of the thing. For a patient trying to judge the performance of their
0:07:06 > 0:07:09local hospital, these figures are important, if it changes thanks to
0:07:09 > 0:07:17the way the data has been compiled, that is a pretty serious matter.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23The head of the army says the government must invest more
0:07:23 > 0:07:25in the armed forces or risk falling behind "potential enemies."
0:07:25 > 0:07:28In a speech later this afternoon, General Sir Nick Carter will say
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Britain can't afford to sit back while countries like Russia
0:07:30 > 0:07:31improve their capabilities.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33His comments have been approved by the Defence
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Secretary Gavin Williamson
0:07:35 > 0:07:37and come amid speculation that the military is to face more cuts.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Richard Galpin reports.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45For three years now, the Russian military has been asserting itself
0:07:45 > 0:07:50on the world stage. Playing a Kieran, for example, in the Syrian
0:07:50 > 0:07:57Civil War. -- playing a key role. It has been spending heavily to develop
0:07:57 > 0:08:03sophisticated weapons, like missiles fired into Syria from the Caspian
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Sea, a distance of almost 1000 miles. Now, the head of the British
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Army, General Sir Nick Carter, is claiming Russia's growing capability
0:08:13 > 0:08:17including in cyber warfare is eclipsing Britain's Armed Forces,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22which are potentially facing further deep cuts. In a speech later today,
0:08:22 > 0:08:29is it better to say:
0:08:34 > 0:08:39-- he is expected to say.If we go back to the planning round in 2012,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44when the army was reduced to 80,000, there was a promise made of an
0:08:44 > 0:08:49uplift to make sure that the army of 2020 was properly equipped and
0:08:49 > 0:08:56capable. And it seems to me that the government at the moment is
0:08:56 > 0:09:01threatening to reduce that. And I think that would be a big mistake.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06That fear of further budget cuts to the army and other services is
0:09:06 > 0:09:11probably what is driving today's announcement by the army chief. It
0:09:11 > 0:09:14is extremely unlikely British forces will confront Russia alone. It would
0:09:14 > 0:09:20only be as part of Nato, which has a military budget more than ten times
0:09:20 > 0:09:27that of the Russians. There is no doubt Russia has become more
0:09:27 > 0:09:31aggressive, these exercises, for example, held last year in the
0:09:31 > 0:09:35European part of the country. The government here insist that with
0:09:35 > 0:09:44commitments to Nato, Britain's security is not in doubt.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50A manufacturing firm that makes ejector seats has admitted breaching
0:09:50 > 0:09:53a health and safety law over the death of a Red Arrows pilot.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died in 2011 after being
0:09:55 > 0:09:56accidentally ejected from his plane.
0:09:56 > 0:10:03Danny Savage is at Lincoln Crown Court.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Sean Cunningham was 35 years old, fast jet pilot with the RAF, he had
0:10:09 > 0:10:14flown Tornados and seen action in Iraq. His dream as a boy was to
0:10:14 > 0:10:18become a red arrows pilot. Ascribed as an absolute gentleman he achieved
0:10:18 > 0:10:22his goal but was tragically killed as he prepared for a training flight
0:10:22 > 0:10:28back in 2011. -- described. The manufacturer of the ejector seat
0:10:28 > 0:10:34have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38This is the Red Arrows Hawk jet that Sean Cunningham was rejected from,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42the Egyptian seat was unintentionally triggered as he
0:10:42 > 0:10:46carried out his preflight checks, it went off while the plane was
0:10:46 > 0:10:52stationary on the ground. -- the ejector seat. Not only did his seat
0:10:52 > 0:10:57reject him from his brain, but the parachute attached failed to deploy,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01should have saved his life but instead he crashed back down to the
0:11:01 > 0:11:06ground, still strapped in the seat. He died from his injuries. The Red
0:11:06 > 0:11:12Arrows are based here at RAF scans and in Lincolnshire, which is where
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was injured, fatally, in November,
0:11:15 > 0:11:212011. His inquest heard that an over tightened nut and bolt stopped it
0:11:21 > 0:11:26from working properly, and the manufacturers of that seat, Martin
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Baker, knew about the issue and told some air forces but not the Ministry
0:11:30 > 0:11:36of Defence, and so the engineers here were unaware of the issue. Sean
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Cunningham's sister, mother and father were at Lincoln Crown Court
0:11:39 > 0:11:44today, to hear the guilty plea from Martin Baker. This has been a long
0:11:44 > 0:11:48ordeal for them.We welcome the conclusion of the coroner, which
0:11:48 > 0:11:55confirmed what we knew all along. Sean was blameless and his tragic
0:11:55 > 0:12:01death... Excuse me...
0:12:02 > 0:12:04death... Excuse me... His tragic death was preventable.--
0:12:04 > 0:12:10Martin-Baker. The director of Martin-Baker, John Martin, second
0:12:10 > 0:12:14left, admitted the health and safety charge on behalf the company, but
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Martin-Baker continues to work with the Red Arrows and the rest of the
0:12:17 > 0:12:24RAF, as they make all of the ejector seats for fast jets.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Martin-Baker have expressed their deepest condolences to the family
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and friends of Sean Cunningham, in a statement today, they will face a
0:12:30 > 0:12:36sentencing hearing next month.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39The trial of a man accused of the Finsbury Park
0:12:39 > 0:12:40mosque attack has begun.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Darren Osborne is accused of deliberately driving
0:12:41 > 0:12:43a van into worshippers, killing one person.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45He denies murder and attempted murder.
0:12:45 > 0:12:53Daniel Sandford is following the case at Woolwich Crown Court.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57What happened in court today?The jury were told that Darren Osborne
0:12:57 > 0:13:03is facing charges of the murder of Ali and the attempted murder of
0:13:03 > 0:13:08other people, the prosecution counsel said that the defendant
0:13:08 > 0:13:12deliberately drove a heavy Luton box van into a group of Muslims in the
0:13:12 > 0:13:17early hours of the 19th and, and the prosecution says the defendant was
0:13:17 > 0:13:21trying to kill as many of the group as possible. In the event he killed
0:13:21 > 0:13:26one person, a 51 your old man, Makram Ali, his family were in court
0:13:26 > 0:13:31today. -- 51-year-old man. The prosecution asked the jury why
0:13:31 > 0:13:34someone would do such a wicked thing, the prosecution says, easy
0:13:34 > 0:13:41answer, Darren Osborne had left a note, found in the van, and the note
0:13:41 > 0:13:45read, why are their terrorist on our streets today, three recent terror
0:13:45 > 0:13:50attacks, children splattered against walls at concerts. The prosecution
0:13:50 > 0:13:53say Darren Osborne had become obsessed also with events in
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Rochdale, where Muslim men were accused of abusing young women.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Darren Osborne wrote in the note, when people get it, this is
0:14:00 > 0:14:05happening up and down our green and pleasant land, feral inbred Muslim
0:14:05 > 0:14:10men preying on children hunting in packs. It is the prosecution's case
0:14:10 > 0:14:13that this was a terrorist attack designed to intimidate the Muslim
0:14:13 > 0:14:19community. The case is set to last about two weeks.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23A 54-year-old man, arrested after an eight-year-old girl
0:14:23 > 0:14:25was stabbed to death near Walsall in the West Midlands,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27is understood to be her father.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Mylee Billingham died in hospital
0:14:28 > 0:14:30after being found seriously injured on Saturday evening.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Her father, believed to be Bill Billingham,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34is critically ill with a stab wound to the stomach.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sima Kotecha reports.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Eight-year-old Mylee Billingham, described as a little angel, she was
0:14:43 > 0:14:47stabbed to death at the weekend. Tributes lay outside the bungalow in
0:14:47 > 0:14:52the area of Brownhills, near Walsall, it is where police were
0:14:52 > 0:14:59called to just after 9pm, Saturday. Mylee was found inside with serious
0:14:59 > 0:15:02injuries, rushed to hospital but police say medics were unable to
0:15:02 > 0:15:07save her. She died a short time later. A couple of doors down,
0:15:07 > 0:15:13neighbours are in shock.
0:15:13 > 0:15:23It's terrible. It's just... It's usually quiet down here, nothing
0:15:23 > 0:15:27like this happens down here.A 54-year-old man was arrested
0:15:27 > 0:15:31yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder. The BBC understands he is
0:15:31 > 0:15:37Bill Billingham, the father of Mylee Billingham. He was taken to hospital
0:15:37 > 0:15:41with a stab wounds to his stomach and is said to be in a critical
0:15:41 > 0:15:46condition. At Miley's school headteacher had this to say.We are
0:15:46 > 0:15:51all number and in shock. Everyone at the school is completely devastated.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Mylee Billingham was dearly loved by us or Geoff Hurst smile lit up the
0:15:55 > 0:16:01room and in fact it never left her face. She was a fun loving, happy
0:16:01 > 0:16:04eight-year-old who had her whole life ahead of her. She took a full
0:16:04 > 0:16:07part in school life, particularly and enjoying singing and performing.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10She was just a lovely girl. Our hearts go out to her family at this
0:16:10 > 0:16:14difficult time.Police are treating what happened as a domestic incident
0:16:14 > 0:16:21and say they're not looking for anybody else. A postmortem
0:16:21 > 0:16:24examination is taking place today to try and work out the exact cause of
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Mylee Billingham's. , the little angel whose short life ended in a
0:16:27 > 0:16:37tragic way.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Our top story this lunchtime.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Six of Ukip's senior members have now resigned in protest
0:16:48 > 0:16:52against the party leader Henry Bolton.
0:16:52 > 0:17:02And tributes are paid to Jimmy Armfield, who has died aged 82.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09As the working week begins in the United States,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12hundreds of thousands of employees will not be behind their desks,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14as federal government services are still shut down.
0:17:14 > 0:17:22Senators held a rare Sunday sitting yesterday,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26but delayed a vote on a budget measure which would have allowed
0:17:26 > 0:17:27civil servants to go back to work.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Democrats and Republicans remain in deadlock, with President Trump's
0:17:30 > 0:17:31immigration policy one of the main sticking points.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34From Washington, David Willis reports.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Members of Congress met throughout the weekend,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39desperate to find a solution to a crisis that has shutdown
0:17:39 > 0:17:42desperate to find a solution to a crisis that has shut down
0:17:42 > 0:17:45the government of the largest economy in the world.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the president,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49too, was in residence, after shelving plans to attend
0:17:49 > 0:17:51a fund-raising dinner at his Florida retreat Mar-a-Lago.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54At issue, the fate of these people, the so-called dreamers,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57young people brought to the United States illegally
0:17:57 > 0:18:03whom President Trump is threatening to deport in a few weeks' time.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Democrats want to link their fate to a funding bill that
0:18:06 > 0:18:08would end the shutdown.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14The Republicans want it debated separately.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Yet despite having the majority in both houses of Congress,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Republicans need the opposition's support in order to get a funding
0:18:19 > 0:18:22bill through the Senate.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26After several days of rancour, the Republican leader pledged
0:18:26 > 0:18:29to bring the dreamers issue up for debate within the next
0:18:29 > 0:18:33few weeks, in return for ending the shutdown.
0:18:33 > 0:18:40The shutdown should stop today.
0:18:40 > 0:18:48And we'll soon have a vote that will allow us to do exactly that.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54So, let's step back from the brink, let's stop victimising the American
0:18:54 > 0:18:56people and get back to work on their behalf.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59But Democrats are adamant they want an earlier agreement to protect
0:18:59 > 0:19:02the dreamers from deportation.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04We've had several conversations, talks will continue.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But we have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward that
0:19:07 > 0:19:10would be acceptable for both sides.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The White House released pictures of President Trump receiving
0:19:13 > 0:19:15updates from Capitol Hill, but the president has been
0:19:15 > 0:19:19criticised by Democrats for what they call his shifting
0:19:19 > 0:19:25positions on immigration.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Chuck Schumer said on Saturday it was like negotiating with Jell-o.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The last government shop down here in 2013 lasted 16 days
0:19:30 > 0:19:33The last government shutdown here in 2013 lasted 16 days
0:19:33 > 0:19:35and caused the closure of many national parks and monuments.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37It also led to around 800,000 workers being placed
0:19:37 > 0:19:39on temporary leave.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41The effects of this shutdown will start to be felt today,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44as the working week gets under way here.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48The Senate will reconvene later in the hope of resolving this game
0:19:48 > 0:19:50of political brinkmanship.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53The vote is set for noon.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58David Willis, BBC News, Washington.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Our correspondent Jane O'Brien is in Washington.
0:20:02 > 0:20:10How likely is it that senators will reach a deal today?Well, they do
0:20:10 > 0:20:17seem to be inching out close to some kind of compromises, but the issue
0:20:17 > 0:20:19will be, will it be enough? The Republicans are suggesting,
0:20:19 > 0:20:25indicating, that they will be open to look at the legislation to deal
0:20:25 > 0:20:29with this issue of dreamers in the next few weeks or so. But Democrats
0:20:29 > 0:20:35are very worried that if they don't get a firm guarantee, they will lose
0:20:35 > 0:20:37all leverage that they would have obtained by shutting down the
0:20:37 > 0:20:40government. So, the irony is that most Americans think that their
0:20:40 > 0:20:45SHOULD be some protection for dreamers, but most Americans also
0:20:45 > 0:20:49want the government to stay open. So at what point does this issue become
0:20:49 > 0:20:56a worth the fight that we're now seeing in Congress over government
0:20:56 > 0:20:59funding? That will be the point I think at which one party or the
0:20:59 > 0:21:02other will blink is in the political fallout from this is likely to be
0:21:02 > 0:21:08considerable on both sides of. There is enough blame here to go around
0:21:08 > 0:21:11all parties and the President. And of course we're coming into the
0:21:11 > 0:21:13mid-term elections, when the fate of Congress could change hands. There
0:21:13 > 0:21:21could be a shift in power. So there is a lot riding on this. It's not
0:21:21 > 0:21:23just about immigration. And also, today is when most people will start
0:21:23 > 0:21:26to feel the effects of the shutdown. At the weekend people were not at
0:21:26 > 0:21:30work and were not asking for services. Today, that could change
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and we could see an increase in anger from ordinary Americans are
0:21:33 > 0:21:37able Jane O'Brien, many thanks.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is meeting his US counterpart Rex
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Tillerson in London this lunchtime.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46The two men are expected to discuss the situation
0:21:46 > 0:21:47in Syria, Iran and Yemen.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50The meeting comes at a difficult time in transatlantic relations -
0:21:50 > 0:21:53after President Trump refused to visit the UK and open
0:21:53 > 0:21:54the new US embassy.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Let's speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale
0:21:56 > 0:21:57who's in central London.
0:21:57 > 0:22:04What have they been discussing?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Well, Rex Tillerson met the Prime Minister in Downing Street this
0:22:10 > 0:22:13morning and he is having lunch with the the Foreign Secretary at his
0:22:13 > 0:22:15official residence right now. The context for this meeting was clearly
0:22:15 > 0:22:18the rocky patch in the UK-US relationship. Both countries have
0:22:18 > 0:22:23differences over fundamental issues of international affairs and also
0:22:23 > 0:22:25the president is refusing to come to Britain to open his new embassy.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31What was interesting in that public remarks that were made in the last
0:22:31 > 0:22:36hour is that yes, Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State gave the usual
0:22:36 > 0:22:39reassurances about the importance of the relationship, particularly on
0:22:39 > 0:22:44security and the economy, but he also said, we need to pay attention
0:22:44 > 0:22:46to that relationship. That was a tacit acknowledgement that things
0:22:46 > 0:22:50are not great at moment and need to be improved before the Prime
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Minister meets the President in Davos later this week. In terms of
0:22:53 > 0:22:59the substance of the talks, they discussed the situation in northern
0:22:59 > 0:23:04Syria, the new Turkish offensive against the Kurds and they were at
0:23:04 > 0:23:06one in saying there needs to be restraint on all sides. Yes, Turkey
0:23:06 > 0:23:13has a right to defend its border and the Kurds have been a strong ally in
0:23:13 > 0:23:15the fight against IS but there needs to be restraint and a limit on
0:23:15 > 0:23:19civilian casualties. On the other crucial part of the talks, Iran, I
0:23:19 > 0:23:25think there will be less common ground. That's what they're talking
0:23:25 > 0:23:28about right now. The president is fiercely opposed to the Iran nuclear
0:23:28 > 0:23:34deal. The British and the Europeans are trying to do whatever they can
0:23:34 > 0:23:37to protect that deal, which they think genuinely makes the world
0:23:37 > 0:23:40safer. So, that I think will be the area where the talks will be quite
0:23:40 > 0:23:44tough.Thank you.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46A former Treasury minister and Remain supporter says economic
0:23:46 > 0:23:50growth in the UK is likely to be better than predicted this year.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Lord O'Neill thinks gloomy forecasts about the possible effects of Brexit
0:23:52 > 0:23:55are likely to be "dwarfed" by improved global economy activity.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Our economics correspondent Andy Verity is here -
0:23:57 > 0:24:00unexpected views from a Remainer?
0:24:00 > 0:24:08That's right. If you remove a 18 months ago, the Remain side were
0:24:08 > 0:24:13saying it would be a disaster if we had a Brexit vote. The Treasury
0:24:13 > 0:24:19itself was saying the effects would be immediate and profound, talking
0:24:19 > 0:24:21about half a million more unemployed, maybe 800,000. That
0:24:21 > 0:24:28didn't happen, in fact come and implement has gone down. The growth
0:24:28 > 0:24:33has not been quite what we were used to before, it has generally been
0:24:33 > 0:24:36less than 2% for the last couple of years. We know that they have had a
0:24:36 > 0:24:39uncertainty on the one hand, because we don't know the outcome of the
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Brexit negotiations. That makes it difficult for corporations who want
0:24:40 > 0:24:47to invest to be able to predict how the future is going to work out and
0:24:47 > 0:24:50work out whether they want to invest or not. That has slowed it down. On
0:24:50 > 0:24:54the other hand we have the weaker pound, which has slowed down
0:24:54 > 0:24:56consumer spending because imports have got more expensive, but it has
0:24:56 > 0:24:58helped exporters, because their goods are more competitive. That has
0:24:58 > 0:25:01helped growth, as the former Treasury Minister Lord O'Neill has
0:25:01 > 0:25:08been forced to admit.I certainly would not have thought the UK
0:25:08 > 0:25:12economy would be as robust as it currently seems. But that is because
0:25:12 > 0:25:15it looks to me like some parts of the country, led by the north-west,
0:25:15 > 0:25:21are actually doing way better than people seemed to realise or
0:25:21 > 0:25:24appreciate, as well as this crucial fact, the rest of the world is doing
0:25:24 > 0:25:28way better than many people would have thought a year ago. So, it
0:25:28 > 0:25:34makes it easier for the UK.So, ironically, Rita, one of the biggest
0:25:34 > 0:25:36reasons is that the Eurozone is doing a lot better, because the
0:25:36 > 0:25:42pound is weaker, they want our cars, which has helped to lift car
0:25:42 > 0:25:45exports, while at home we are not buying as many cars. It has all
0:25:45 > 0:25:49helped to rebalance the economy and although growth is not as good as it
0:25:49 > 0:25:55used to be, it is certainly better than most of the dire predictions.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57One in three young women in the UK are avoiding smear tests
0:25:57 > 0:25:59for cervical cancer, because they're embarrassed
0:25:59 > 0:26:02to show their bodies to doctors, according to a health charity.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, which surveyed more than 2000 women,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07said cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10yet the majority of those questioned didn't know they were most at risk.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Here's our Health Correspondent Michelle Roberts.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18A smear test can help find abnormal cells before they turn into cancer.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24But of the 5 million women in the UK invited for screening each year, one
0:26:24 > 0:26:30in four do not attend.We need a bit more education around the problems,
0:26:30 > 0:26:36around what a smear test is. For me like being under 205I just don't do
0:26:36 > 0:26:39it told anything about it.When you got your U were in different about
0:26:39 > 0:26:45going?Indeed I was a little bit worried, what is it about? But I
0:26:45 > 0:26:49really have to do it and actually I haven't done it but probably I have
0:26:49 > 0:26:52to do it.I think it will be awhile before I just kind of like have to
0:26:52 > 0:26:56go for it, and that's basically all there is to it.It is helpful to
0:26:56 > 0:26:59have a friend who can come with you maybe and sit in the waiting area
0:26:59 > 0:27:05and stuff that.The survey by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust found one in
0:27:05 > 0:27:10three of young women aged between 25 and 35 were embarrassed to attend
0:27:10 > 0:27:13the smear test. A third said they would not go if they had not waxed
0:27:13 > 0:27:18their bikini area. One in six said they would rather miss their smear
0:27:18 > 0:27:24test then go to a gym class. When Jade Goody died of cervical cancer
0:27:24 > 0:27:27in 2009, extra women turned up for tests. A decade on the number
0:27:27 > 0:27:33turning up is low again and experts are worried.Virtually all of my
0:27:33 > 0:27:37patients feel the need to apologise to me before we start. I'm really
0:27:37 > 0:27:41sorry I haven't waxed my legs, I am sorry I didn't shave, I am sorry I
0:27:41 > 0:27:45had a show yesterday rather than this morning. My answer is, I don't
0:27:45 > 0:27:52think about that, I am here to do a job, we're doing the examination or
0:27:52 > 0:27:54the proceeding and that is that. This man is chief executive of Jo's
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Cervical Cancer Trust. He says body image issues could be putting lives
0:27:58 > 0:28:04in danger. Cycle cancer is largely preventable. Smear tests prevent a
0:28:04 > 0:28:07large percentage of all cervical cancers of. If women are being put
0:28:07 > 0:28:12off attending screening, there is a real risk that more women being
0:28:12 > 0:28:14diagnosed and potentially losing their lives. Women aged 25 dew 49
0:28:14 > 0:28:20are offered tests every three years on the NHS. Those between 50 and 64,
0:28:20 > 0:28:27every five years. Getting checked save lives.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Princess Eugenie has become engaged to her long-term
0:28:28 > 0:28:29boyfriend Jack Brooksbank.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32A statement from Buckingham Palace said the couple got engaged
0:28:32 > 0:28:33in Nicaragua earlier this month.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36The wedding will take place in the autumn of this year
0:28:36 > 0:28:41at George's Chapel in Windsor.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44The former England football captain, Jimmy Armfield, has died aged 82.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46He played for Blackpool for seventeen years and represented
0:28:46 > 0:28:47his country 43 times.
0:28:47 > 0:28:54After retiring he worked as a summariser for BBC Radio.
0:28:54 > 0:29:01Our sports correspondent David Ornsetin looks back at his life.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Jimmy Armfield rose to prominence in black and white. But he would though
0:29:04 > 0:29:09on to carve the most colourful of careers. Born in Greater Manchester
0:29:09 > 0:29:15in 1935, Armfield was perhaps destined for the field.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21COMMENTATOR: Armfield moving up... And it has hit the post can nearly
0:29:21 > 0:29:24always had a little tennis ball in my pocket, would push it along the
0:29:24 > 0:29:26street and play with it if that's what led to me becoming a
0:29:26 > 0:29:30footballer.One club players have always been where but Armfield was
0:29:30 > 0:29:37one of them, playing 627 games for Blackpool, many of them as captain,
0:29:37 > 0:29:42over 17 years as a dashing right-back. It is why they have
0:29:42 > 0:29:44since named a stand after him and elected a statue in his honour.
0:29:44 > 0:29:52Jimmy was loyal and loved.He won 43 caps for England.Armfield, a
0:29:52 > 0:29:58perfect interception... 15 of them as skipper and he was part of the
0:29:58 > 0:30:001966 World Cup winning squad, only injury preventing him from playing
0:30:00 > 0:30:06in the tournament.They said, you're not playing in the warm-ups, you've
0:30:06 > 0:30:11got to be fit for the start of the World Cup. And I never played again.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14It is better we won, because today, people look back and they say, you
0:30:14 > 0:30:20remember the World Cup squad, you were a member, it is not the same as
0:30:20 > 0:30:24being in the XI who played in the final. But the point was, it is
0:30:24 > 0:30:27better that they won.Later, Armfield turned his hand to
0:30:27 > 0:30:33management, taking Leeds United to the 1975 European Cup Final. He
0:30:33 > 0:30:35spent the best part of 40 years as a summariser for the BBC, becoming
0:30:35 > 0:30:40known to many as the voice of football. In a statement the
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Armfield family said to me passed away peacefully after a decade-long
0:30:45 > 0:30:47battle with cancer. The flow of tributes, a fitting reflection of
0:30:47 > 0:30:53one of the greats of English football. The former England
0:30:53 > 0:30:57football captain Jimmy Armfield, who has died aged 82. Let's have a look
0:30:57 > 0:31:05at the weather.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07at the weather. We have still got
0:31:07 > 0:31:07has died aged 82. Let's have a look at the weather. We have still got
0:31:07 > 0:31:14some lying snow in some areas but it is starting to fall in the coming
0:31:14 > 0:31:18days. Yesterday some places struggled to get above freezing,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21whilst the milder air was already arriving in south-west England. By
0:31:21 > 0:31:26tomorrow most of us will be in double figures, maybe even higher
0:31:26 > 0:31:29for parts of Wales and western England. We have lost the cold air,
0:31:29 > 0:31:34the winds have changed direction, bringing the milder air across the
0:31:34 > 0:31:36country. And we've also got some sunshine this afternoon, not for
0:31:36 > 0:31:40everyone but where we have it, 11 Celsius, feeling quite plus and.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46More cloud the further west you are. Showers fading and losing intensity
0:31:46 > 0:31:53during the afternoon. A mild day for all. A fairly quiet evening. Some
0:31:53 > 0:31:59icy stretches across eastern parts of Scotland and north-east England.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Our next spell of wet and windy weather then arrives from the west
0:32:02 > 0:32:08through tomorrow. But it will be a much milder night. Certainly, a more
0:32:08 > 0:32:14unsettled day tomorrow, with outbreaks of rain spreading
0:32:14 > 0:32:20eastwards, coupled with strong winds. Quite a wet rush-hour for
0:32:20 > 0:32:27many. This is how it looks at eight click the morning. The rain will be
0:32:27 > 0:32:29slowly clearing from Northern Ireland, a little bit more to come
0:32:29 > 0:32:32in the afternoon. Some patchy fog. But also some strong winds. It looks
0:32:32 > 0:32:35like the intensity of the rain will be across the Midlands, East Anglia
0:32:35 > 0:32:40and the south-east of England and the M4 corridor and behind it, some
0:32:40 > 0:32:45grey and murky conditions, but mild. One way or another we're all going
0:32:45 > 0:32:48to see some rain tomorrow. It will not be raining all the time. There
0:32:48 > 0:32:54could be some sunshine at times. But more showers pushing eastwards
0:32:54 > 0:33:00through the afternoon. Temperatures compared to recently, so much
0:33:00 > 0:33:06milder.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09milder. But there is another system coming in from the Atlantic and this
0:33:09 > 0:33:15time you can see the squeeze in the isobars, some very windy weather.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Severe gales on Tuesday night coupled with heavy rain, which will
0:33:20 > 0:33:22continue to sink south-eastwards through Wednesday. Behind it, some
0:33:22 > 0:33:27sunshine and showers, but and, which is are starting to dip again.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33Staying winds, particularly on Thursday.