Open more details at half past. Alina has all the weather. Is that the last of the snow . Maybe the last day for a while that i talk about snow, things turning milder but also wetter and windier. All the details later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. What could be better than one Royal Wedding in one year, well, two, of course. Buckingham palace announces prince andrews daughter Princess Eugenie is getting married. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Pressure is continuing to mount on the ukip leader henry bolton after a string of resignations of senior members this morning. The partys assistant deputy leader, and its immigration, trade, education, and local government spokesmen have all quit, joining the deputy leader margot parker, who 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, reports. 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, who 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 as trade spokesman, and john bickley has walked away from his role with immigration. If 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. It 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 appeased 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, a 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 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, but once we have, we have a purpose. 17. 4 million voters are it. Even those embroiled in the leadership crisis recognise how damaging it is for the for the beleaguered party. With me is matthew goodwin, professor of politics at the university of kent and co author of revolt on the right. Most of the hierarchy has decided they dont want him to stay on in this position. It means potentially ukip is heading to another disruptive leadership election and some are asking whether this is possibly the end for what was at one point the third most Popular Party in britain. Now, the leader says he is holding on, henry bolton. He is making a statement later today. Do you think he can hold on . |j making a statement later today. Do you think he can hold on . I think its very unlikely that henry bolton will stay on, if he decides to carry on despite the resignations, then this will go to a vote of all ukip members, of course they have fewer members, of course they have fewer members than during the referendum period but the members will effectively have to sign off on the vote of no confidence that was passed by the National Executive committee, ukips ruling body. Passed by the National Executive committee, ukips ruling body. Nigel farage, whats his reaction to this going to be, do you think . Nigel farage has been quite quiet, i suspect that there are two things maybe going on. One is that we have this internal story about ukip and can it survive, will bolton be replaced . The can it survive, will bolton be replaced . The other can it survive, will bolton be replaced . The other is whats the longer term gain plan for these eurosceptics . Thats where there have been rumours and rumblings about nigel farage with some of his allies setting up possibly a new cross party allies setting up possibly a new cross Party Movement or Political Party that would try and pressure the conservative party to deliver what they would argue is real brexit, nojurisdiction forthe european courts, end freedom of movement, sign free trade deals with countries around the world, all that stuff. Is there anybody in the wings of ukip as it stands at the moment who could take over as leader and try and grab this mess, it is a mess, and move forward with it . The problem for ukip is they dont have household names perhaps some other parties do. We always have this question, was ukip a Political Party 01 was question, was ukip a Political Party or was it a man . Question, was ukip a Political Party orwas ita man . Was it question, was ukip a Political Party or was it a man . Was it actually a movement in its own right or was it nigel farage . We never really knew. What we can say is that ukip were really most successful when they we re really most successful when they were under farages leadership. When they havent been theyve always seemed to struggle to connect to win over large numbers of voters, we discovered with diane james, paul nuttall. Ukip has lived for 25 yea rs, nuttall. Ukip has lived for 25 years, its had 1a different leaders, remarkable rate of turnover. How will history judge this day do you think for ukip, is this day do you think for ukip, is this the day it died . |j this day do you think for ukip, is this the day it died . I think its too early to say. Ukip may linger on. But i think historians will remember ukip as a party that had almost no representation in the house of commons, but nonetheless played a central role in delivering some of the most radical political changes that britain has seen for decades, if not centuries. Great to talk to you, thank you very much. 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 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 a fundraising 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 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. Herfather, her father, believed to herfather, believed to be bilyanaing ham is ill with a stab wound to the stomach. Eight year old miley described as a little angel stabbed to death at the weekend. Tributes lay outside the bungalow in the area near walsall, its where police were called to after 9pm on saturday. Miley was found inside with serious injuries. She was rushed to hospital but police say medics were unable to save her. She died a short time later. A couple of doors down, a neighbours are in shock. Saturday night i didnt sleep. Its terrible. Its just. Night i didnt sleep. Its terrible. Itsjust. Nothing like this happens down here. A 54 year old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder. The bbc understands he is bilyanaing ham, mylees father. He was taken to hospital with a serious stab wound to his stomach isnt is said to be ina to his stomach isnt is said to be in a critical condition. At mylees school the head teacher had this to say. We are all numb. We are all in shock. Everyone at the school is completely devastated. Mylee was dearly loved by us all, her smile lit up the room, in fact it never left her face, she was a fun loving happy eight year old who had her whole life in front of her. She took a full part in school life, particularly enjoying singing and performing. She wasjust particularly enjoying singing and performing. She was just a lovely girl. Our 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 mylees death, the little angel whose short life ended ina tragic little angel whose short life ended in a tragic way. 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 key role, for example, in the syrian civil war. It has been spending heavily to develop sophisticated weapons, like missiles fired into syria from the caspian sea, a distance of almost 1,000 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, 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. We can now speak to the former British Army Commander colonel richard kemp, he is in our ipswich newsroom. One of the surprises is that he is able to say this having got clea ra nce able to say this having got clearance or perhaps encouragement from the defence secretary himself. Well i believe we know that the Current Defence secretary also believes we should be increasing our defence spending and certainly not sustaining any more cuts. So there can be no doubt that the chief of the general staff, general carter, said this with the approval and agreement of the defence secretary. In terms of military, what does it mean to say that we are probably struggling if we face a threat from russia, at what level, what does that actually mean . Well, we have, as our armed forces have invested very heavily in capabilities to deal with the enemies we have been fighting recently, which is predominantly in afghanistan and iraq and they re predominantly in afghanistan and iraq and theyre low tech enemies so we have diverted a spent a large amount of resources on the technology needed to deal with them which means we have almost unavoidably not spent the money on more hi tech capabilities being developed by other potential enemies, for example, russia and iran, and the gap is therefore widening. We need now, therefore, to address it, we need to forget the idea of further deep cuts which are being proposed and planned by the treasury, and actually reverse them and increase our expenditure. dont think i ever heard the boss of the army or any of the armed forces saying we need less money, but in terms of what we were hearing in that report, what happened to our role within nato, surely this is for nato to worry about the strategic pressures put on by russia and whatever russia is playing at, its notjust a british problem . You are right there, of course britain is one of the two countries, the other being the us, that spends the most on its defences. The nato target is 2 of gdp to be spent on defence by every country. Only britain and america achieve that really in the major economies, some other smaller countries do. But what we have to do, we have to be prepared to fight against potential enemies with the United States on the assumption some elements of nato may fight, some may not. We have seen the will of many European Countries to fight or not to fight in recent years and i think that we cant really depend on them so we need to have our own capability and in addition to that its important we asa in addition to that its important we as a permanent member of the security council, we should lead the way, set an example, we can only encourage other members to meet their obligations if we do the same. When you talk about britain leading the way, arent we beginning to punch above our weight, we are no longer the power that we used to be and we need to recognise that . Well, we are not the power we used to be but we are still a significant power. We are a member of the permanent five nations of the Un Security Council and that brings with it responsibilities which we have to discharge. One thing we shouldnt forget as well i think is that an armed force exists for two main purposes, one is to defeat our enemies and the other purpose is to deter our enemies. In other words, to show intent and capability of our forces which will deter people from carrying out attacks or aggressive action against us. That can only come with significant investment in defence and political will to use it. Currently we are sending signals by cutting defences and by showing a reluctance, shall we say, to considering in combat that can only encourage enemies and make war more lakely. Thank you so much for your time. More likely. The headlines. Henry bolton faces a wave of resignations from key positions as pressure mounts on him to quit. The head of the army warns that britain is struggling to keep up that britain is struggling to keep up with russias military and needs more money, not more cuts. Nhs trufss in england might have to recalculate their farmhandance data after current figures may have lead to misleading conclusions performance. In sport, celebrating the life ofjimmy arnfield who has died at the age of 82. His former teammate has paid tribute describing him as one of the most honest and jn even gentleman he had the good fortune to meet gentleman. Michael oneill has turned down the opportunity to replace Gordon Strachan as scotland manager. He says he doesnt feel its the right opportunity for him at this moment in his career. A shock exit for Novak Djokovic from the Australian Open. He the World EconomicForum Taking Place in davos, in switzerland and were just hearing that the International Monetary fund has upgraded its forecast for the worlds economy predicting growth will accelerate this year by nearly 4 . All signs point to a continuous strengthening of that growth this yearin strengthening of that growth this year in 2018 and next year in 2019. So this is very welcome news. And being here and having arrived to the media centre in the middle of the snow, we mi